Summary: <br> 5th Tuesday of Lent – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast<br> As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of this day to the Lord.<br> Say slowly from your heart “Jesus, I Trust In You…You Take Over”<br> Become aware that He is with you, looking upon you with love, wanting to be heard deep within in your heart…<br> From the Holy Gospel of John 8:21-30<br> Jesus said to the Pharisees:<br> ‘I am going away;<br> you will look for me<br> and you will die in your sin.<br> Where I am going, you cannot come.’<br> The Jews said to one another, ‘Will he kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, “Where I am going, you cannot come”?’ Jesus went on:<br> ‘You are from below; I am from above.<br> You are of this world; I am not of this world.<br> I have told you already:<br> You will die in your sins.<br> Yes, if you do not believe that I am He,<br> you will die in your sins.’<br> So they said to him, ‘Who are you?’ Jesus answered:<br> ‘What I have told you from the outset.<br> About you I have much to say<br> and much to condemn;<br> but the one who sent me is truthful,<br> and what I have learnt from him<br> I declare to the world.’<br> They failed to understand that he was talking to them about the Father. So Jesus said:<br> ‘When you have lifted up the Son of Man,<br> then you will know that I am He<br> and that I do nothing of myself:<br> what the Father has taught me is what I preach;<br> he who sent me is with me,<br> and has not left me to myself,<br> for I always do what pleases him.’<br> As he was saying this, many came to believe in him.<br> What word made this passage come alive for you?<br> <br> What did you sense the Lord saying to you?<br> Once more give the Lord an opportunity to speak to you:<br> Jesus said to the Pharisees:<br> ‘I am going away;<br> you will look for me<br> and you will die in your sin.<br> Where I am going, you cannot come.’<br> The Jews said to one another, ‘Will he kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, “Where I am going, you cannot come”?’ Jesus went on:<br> ‘You are from below; I am from above.<br> You are of this world; I am not of this world.<br> I have told you already:<br> You will die in your sins.<br> Yes, if you do not believe that I am He,<br> you will die in your sins.’<br> So they said to him, ‘Who are you?’ Jesus answered:<br> ‘What I have told you from the outset.<br> About you I have much to say<br> and much to condemn;<br> but the one who sent me is truthful,<br> and what I have learnt from him<br> I declare to the world.’<br> They failed to understand that he was talking to them about the Father. So Jesus said:<br> ‘When you have lifted up the Son of Man,<br> then you will know that I am He<br> and that I do nothing of myself:<br> what the Father has taught me is what I preach;<br> he who sent me is with me,<br> and has not left me to myself,<br> for I always do what pleases him.’<br> As he was saying this, many came to believe in him.<br> What did your heart feel as you listened?<br> What did you sense the Lord saying to you?<br> Once more, through Him, with Him and in Him listen to the Word:<br> Jesus said to the Pharisees:<br> ‘I am going away;<br> you will look for me<br> and you will die in your sin.<br> Where I am going, you cannot come.’<br> The Jews said to one another, ‘Will he kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, “Where I am going, you cannot come”?’ Jesus went on:<br> ‘You are from below; I am from above.<br> You are of this world; I am not of this world.<br> I have told you already:<br> You will die in your sins.<br> Yes, if you do not believe that I am He,<br> you will die in your sins.’<br> So they said to him, ‘Who are you?’ Jesus answered:<br>
