Saturday of the Fifth Week of Eastertide – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast
Summary: <br> Saturday of the Fifth 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 15:18-21<br> Jesus said to his disciples:<br> ‘If the world hates you,<br> remember that it hated me before you.<br> If you belonged to the world,<br> the world would love you as its own;<br> but because you do not belong to the world,<br> because my choice withdrew you from the world,<br> therefore the world hates you.<br> Remember the words I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master.<br> If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too;<br> if they kept my word, they will keep yours as well.<br> But it will be on my account that they will do all this,<br> because they do not know the one who sent me.’<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 his disciples:<br> ‘If the world hates you,<br> remember that it hated me before you.<br> If you belonged to the world,<br> the world would love you as its own;<br> but because you do not belong to the world,<br> because my choice withdrew you from the world,<br> therefore the world hates you.<br> Remember the words I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master.<br> If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too;<br> if they kept my word, they will keep yours as well.<br> But it will be on my account that they will do all this,<br> because they do not know the one who sent me.’<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 his disciples:<br> ‘If the world hates you,<br> remember that it hated me before you.<br> If you belonged to the world,<br> the world would love you as its own;<br> but because you do not belong to the world,<br> because my choice withdrew you from the world,<br> therefore the world hates you.<br> Remember the words I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master.<br> If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too;<br> if they kept my word, they will keep yours as well.<br> But it will be on my account that they will do all this,<br> because they do not know the one who sent me.’<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> and forgive us our trespasses,<br> as we forgive those who trespass against us,<br> and lead us not into temptation,<br> but deliver us from evil.<br> Amen<br> Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.<br> <br>
