Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Eastertide – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast




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Summary: <br> Tuesday 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 14:27-31<br> Jesus said to his disciples:<br> ‘Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you,<br> a peace the world cannot give,<br> this is my gift to you.<br> Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.<br> You heard me say: I am going away, and shall return.<br> If you loved me you would have been glad to know that I am going to the Father,<br> for the Father is greater than I.<br> I have told you this now before it happens,<br> so that when it does happen you may believe.<br> I shall not talk with you any longer,<br> because the prince of this world is on his way.<br> He has no power over me,<br> but the world must be brought to know<br> that I love the Father<br> and that I am doing exactly what the Father told 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> ‘Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you,<br> a peace the world cannot give,<br> this is my gift to you.<br> Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.<br> You heard me say: I am going away, and shall return.<br> If you loved me you would have been glad to know that I am going to the Father,<br> for the Father is greater than I.<br> I have told you this now before it happens,<br> so that when it does happen you may believe.<br> I shall not talk with you any longer,<br> because the prince of this world is on his way.<br> He has no power over me,<br> but the world must be brought to know<br> that I love the Father<br> and that I am doing exactly what the Father told 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> ‘Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you,<br> a peace the world cannot give,<br> this is my gift to you.<br> Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.<br> You heard me say: I am going away, and shall return.<br> If you loved me you would have been glad to know that I am going to the Father,<br> for the Father is greater than I.<br> I have told you this now before it happens,<br> so that when it does happen you may believe.<br> I shall not talk with you any longer,<br> because the prince of this world is on his way.<br> He has no power over me,<br> but the world must be brought to know<br> that I love the Father<br> and that I am doing exactly what the Father told 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 &amp; Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.<br> <br>