Prayer of Sacred Reading, Listening and Seeing, Monday, May 19, 2025, 9am

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Call to Prayer Leader    Let Us gather in the welcome of our Triune God, Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit.  Gathered:  Lord, it is good for us to be here.  Lighting the Christ candle Leader       Jesus Christ is the Light of the world.        Gathered:   The Light no darkness can overcome  Invitation Song to Lectio Divina, written and gifted by music minister John Penoyar of Hinesburg, Vermont "The Road To Emmaus" 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 burn -ing 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 Guidelines Leader:  - During the first 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 warmed as God speaks to you.  Leader:  During the second reading let us listen for the feelings, sensations and connections that God's Word stirs in us. What message might God be speaking into your life now?. Leader:  - During the final reading let us attend to our own hearts for a response to God’s love. What response will you carry forth from this encounter with the Living Word into the world?  Leader:   Let us now rest in the silence and attend once more to the presence of Christ among us. We hold a quiet space to hear God speaking in our hearts        Christ Healing the Sick at the Pool of Bethesda, Orrente, Pedro d' ,  ca. 1615-1620 John 5:1-9  1 After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. 3 In these lay many ill, blind, lame, and paralyzed people.( 4 waiting for the stirring of the water, for an angel of the Lord went down from time to time into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made well from whatever disease that person had.)*  5 One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" 7 The ill man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am making my way someone else steps down ahead of me." 8 Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." 9 At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a Sabbath. *many ancient sources include v. 4, the NRSV omits it and skips to v.5 Lord’s Prayer     (from "Celtic Benediction," by John Phillip Newell) Holy One beyond all names,  Eternal Wellspring,  May love rise again in us today  with food for every table, shelter for ever person, and reverence for every living being. Forgive us our failings in love,  and free us from all falseness,  that the light of our souls may shine  and the strength of our spirits endure for earth and all its people  this day, tonight,  and forever.  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.