Group Lectio Divina, Monday, May 29, 8:00am (hosted by Alan on Google Meet) https://meet.google.com/zhy-jrcw-xrz

 Lectio Divina Procedures:

With any text, image, music, nature, a person:

 Statio  Stop, breathe, quiet, be present

 Lectio: Look, Listen,  Notice

Meditatio: Make connections, find meanings, Reflect on God’s messages to you

Oratio: Talk to God, Respond to God's Message, Express your needs, desires

Contemplatio: Rest in oneness. Bask in Belovedness

when praying with scripture, poems, and any meaningful words:

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.

Matthew 28:16-20

16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

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, holy, holy God, in calling forth creation from the void, revealing yourself in human flesh, and pouring forth your wisdom to guide us, you manifest your concern for your whole universe. Fill us with strength and courage, with discernment and compassion, that we may be your instruments of justice and love in this world. We pray in  the name of Creator, Christ and Holy Spirit, Amen