Friday, April 28, 2023
Shared Lectio Divina, Monday, May 1, 8:00am
Lectio Divina Procedure:
1st reading: Read: Listen for the overall sense of the passage. Choose one word or phrase that captures your attention as you listen, as if the Holy Spirit were flashing a light from your heart to the text , asking you to notice it. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, what opens your eyes or warms your heart as God is speaking to you?
2nd reading: Reflect- What feelings, sensations or memories are you experiencing? Describe something God be telling you as you listen.
3rd reading: Respond- Are you moved to say something to God in response to the meanings and observations you are hearing? Is there a request, a question, or realization that you would like God to hear from you?
After the 3rd Sharing, Share the Silence: Rest in God- Hold a quiet space to listen to God speaking in your heart, beyond words.
| "Sun," Edvard Munch | |
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John 14:1-10
1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And you know the way to the place where I am going."5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him."
8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
Lord's Prayer (recited together)
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. for thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Closing Prayer
- Risen Christ,
you prepare a place for us,
in the home of the Mother-and-Father of us all.
Draw us more deeply into yourself,
through scripture read,
water splashed,
bread broken,
wine poured,
so that when our hearts are troubled,
we will know you more completely
as the way, the truth, and the life. Amen.
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Shared Lectio Divina, Monday, April 24, 8:00am
Lectio Divina Procedure:
1st reading: Read: Listen for the overall sense of the passage. Choose one word or phrase that captures your attention as you listen, as if the Holy Spirit were flashing a light from your heart to the text , asking you to notice it. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, what opens your eyes or warms your heart as God is speaking to you?
2nd reading: Reflect- What feelings, sensations or memories are you experiencing? Describe something God be telling you as you listen.
3rd reading: Respond- Are you moved to say something to God in response to the meanings and observations you are hearing? Is there a request, a question, or realization that you would like God to hear from you?
After the 3rd Sharing, Share the Silence: Rest in God- Hold a quiet space to listen to God speaking in your heart, beyond words.
"The Good Shepherd," Julien Dupre, 1851-1910
John 10: 2-7
2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers." 6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7 So again Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep."
Lord's Prayer (recited together)
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. for thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Closing Prayer
- Holy Shepherd,
you know your sheep by name
and lead us to safety through the valleys of death.
Guide us by your voice,
that we may walk in certainty and security
to the joyous feast prepared in your house,
where we celebrate with you forever. Amen.
Sunday, April 16, 2023
Monday Morning Group Lectio, April 17, 2023, 8:00am
Lectio Divina Procedure:
1st reading: Read: Listen for the overall sense of the passage. What most captures your attention as you listen? Share a word or phrase that seems to “light up” or makes the passage come alive for you.
2nd reading: Reflect- What feelings, sensations or longings are you experiencing? Share a message or question from God you are hearing.
3rd reading: Respond- What are you moved to say to God in response to what you are hearing? Share a prayer of intention, thanksgiving, or concern that rises within you.
After the 3rd Sharing, Share the Silence: Rest in God- Hold a quiet space to listen to God speaking in your heart, beyond words.
Psalm 116: 12-19
12 What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD, 14 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful ones. 16 O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people, 19 in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
Lord's Prayer (recited together)
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. for thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Closing Prayer
Holy God, you have called us to follow in the way of your risen Son,
and to care for those who are our companions, not only with words of comfort, but with acts of love. Guide us in the path of discipleship,
so that, as you have blessed us, we may be a blessing for others,
bringing the promise of the kingdom near by our words and deeds. Amen
and to care for those who are our companions, not only with words of comfort, but with acts of love. Guide us in the path of discipleship,
so that, as you have blessed us, we may be a blessing for others,
bringing the promise of the kingdom near by our words and deeds. Amen
Friday, April 7, 2023
Communal Lectio Divina, Easter Monday, April 16, 2023, 8:00am
Song for Meditation "On the Road to Emmaus," John Penoyar
Ernst Barlach, Reunion - Thomas and Christ
Lectio Divina Procedure:
1st reading: Read: Listen for the overall sense of the passage. What most captures your attention as you listen? Share a word or phrase that seems to “light up” or makes the passage come alive for you.
2nd reading: Reflect- What feelings, sensations or longings are you experiencing? Share a message or question from God you are hearing.
3rd reading: Respond- What are you moved to say to God in response to what you are hearing? Share a prayer of intention, thanksgiving, or concern that rises within you.
After the 3rd Sharing, Share the Silence: Rest in God- Hold a quiet space to listen to God speaking in your heart, beyond words.
John 20: 24-29
24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe."26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." 28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe."
Lord's Prayer (recited together)
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. for thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Closing Prayer
Dear Holy One, Lord of the universe, your Son remained with his disciples after his resurrection, teaching them to love all people as neighbors. Open our hearts to your power moving around us and between us and within us, until your glory is revealed in our love of both friend and enemy, in communities transformed by justice and compassion, and in the healing of all that is broken. Amen.
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