Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Eastertide – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast




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Summary: <br> Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Eastertide – 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 According to St. John 12:44-50<br> Jesus declared publicly:<br> ‘Whoever believes in me<br> believes not in me<br> but in the one who sent me,<br> and whoever sees me,<br> sees the one who sent me.<br> I, the light, have come into the world,<br> so that whoever believes in me<br> need not stay in the dark any more.<br> If anyone hears my words and does not keep them faithfully,<br> it is not I who shall condemn him,<br> since I have come not to condemn the world,<br> but to save the world.<br> He who rejects me and refuses my words has his judge already:<br> the word itself that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.<br> For what I have spoken does not come from myself;<br> no, what I was to say,<br> what I had to speak,<br> was commanded by the Father who sent me,<br> and I know that his commands mean eternal life.<br> And therefore what the Father has told me<br> is what I speak.’<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 declared publicly:<br> ‘Whoever believes in me<br> believes not in me<br> but in the one who sent me,<br> and whoever sees me,<br> sees the one who sent me.<br> I, the light, have come into the world,<br> so that whoever believes in me<br> need not stay in the dark any more.<br> If anyone hears my words and does not keep them faithfully,<br> it is not I who shall condemn him,<br> since I have come not to condemn the world,<br> but to save the world.<br> He who rejects me and refuses my words has his judge already:<br> the word itself that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.<br> For what I have spoken does not come from myself;<br> no, what I was to say,<br> what I had to speak,<br> was commanded by the Father who sent me,<br> and I know that his commands mean eternal life.<br> And therefore what the Father has told me<br> is what I speak.’<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 declared publicly:<br> ‘Whoever believes in me<br> believes not in me<br> but in the one who sent me,<br> and whoever sees me,<br> sees the one who sent me.<br> I, the light, have come into the world,<br> so that whoever believes in me<br> need not stay in the dark any more.<br> If anyone hears my words and does not keep them faithfully,<br> it is not I who shall condemn him,<br> since I have come not to condemn the world,<br> but to save the world.<br> He who rejects me and refuses my words has his judge already:<br> the word itself that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.<br> For what I have spoken does not come from myself;<br> no, what I was to say,<br> what I had to speak,<br> was commanded by the Father who sent me,<br> and I know that his commands mean eternal life.<br> And therefore what the Father has told me<br> is what I speak.’<br> What touched your heart in this time of prayer?<br> What did your heart feel as you prayed?<br> What do you hope to carry with you from this time with the Lord?<br> <br> Our Father, who art in heaven,<br>   hallowed be thy name.<br> Thy kingdom come.<br>  Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.<br> Give us this day our daily bread,<br>