Lectio Divina September 9, 2024, 8:00am

 

                 

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Call to Prayer

Leader    Let Us gather in the lavish hospitality of our father Abraham and of our Triune God, Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit. (Gn. 18:3)

Gathered:  Lord, it is good for us to be here. (Mt. 17:4)

Lighting the Christ candle

Leader   Jesus Christ is the Light of the world.  (Jn. 1:4)   

 

Gathered:   The Light no darkness can overcome (Jn. 1:5)

Centering Hymn

"The Road To Emmaus" (Luke 24:13-45) John Penoyar, Hinesburg Vermont. Used with permission.

Were not our hearts burning as He spoke

Were not His words words we longed to hear

Were not our eyes opened in the breaking of the bread

Were not our hearts burning as He spoke

Our God is here He walks among us

When two or three of us are gathered in his name

Our God is here and he surrounds us

And all creation sings the glory of his name

And we shall rise, as he is risen

And though he promised us we did not understand

Yes we shall rise as he is risen

And we will know him when he calls to us by name.

Lectio Divina Process: 

LECTIO (Read) During the first spoken reading, listen for the overall sense of the passage. Select  a word or phrase that captures your attention as though the Holy Spirit were flashing a light from the text to your heart, asking you to notice it. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, allow your eyes to be opened and your heart to be melted as God speaks to you. If you choose, simply share the word or phrase with the group. 

MEDITATIO (Reflect)  During the second spoken reading, listen for the feelings, sensations and connections that God's Word stirs in you. If you wish, share a connection you sense between the passage and this particular moment in your life.

ORATIO (Respond) During the third  spoken reading listen to your own heart for something that you want to express to God in response to the meanings and observations you are hearing. If you desire, share a prayer that you would like God and your siblings gathered with you to hear.

CONTEMPLATIO Rest- After the final sharing of responses, share the silence and attend once more to the presence of Christ among us. Let us hold a quiet space to hear God speaking in our hearts.

The Suffering Servant

Isaiah 50:4-9a

4 The Lord GOD has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. 5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn backward. 6 I gave my back to those who struck me and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. 7 The Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame; 8 he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand in court together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me. 9 It is the Lord GOD who helps me; who will declare me guilty?

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

O God, Wisdom of the universe, you bear the pain of your people, Grant us the gift of wisdom, that we may discern your way and live justly and graciously amid the struggles of this world. Amen.