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




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Summary: Tuesday of the Seventh 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 John 17:1-11<br> Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:<br> ‘Father, the hour has come:<br> glorify your Son<br> so that your Son may glorify you;<br> and, through the power over all mankind that you have given him,<br> let him give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him.<br> And eternal life is this:<br> to know you,<br> the only true God,<br> and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.<br> I have glorified you on earth<br> and finished the work that you gave me to do.<br> Now, Father, it is time for you to glorify me<br> with that glory I had with you<br> before ever the world was.<br> I have made your name known<br> to the men you took from the world to give me.<br> They were yours and you gave them to me,<br> and they have kept your word.<br> Now at last they know<br> that all you have given me comes indeed from you;<br> for I have given them the teaching you gave to me,<br> and they have truly accepted this, that I came from you,<br> and have believed that it was you who sent me.<br> I pray for them;<br> I am not praying for the world<br> but for those you have given me,<br> because they belong to you:<br> all I have is yours<br> and all you have is mine,<br> and in them I am glorified.<br> I am not in the world any longer,<br> but they are in the world,<br> and I am coming to you.’<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 raised his eyes to heaven and said:<br> ‘Father, the hour has come:<br> glorify your Son<br> so that your Son may glorify you;<br> and, through the power over all mankind that you have given him,<br> let him give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him.<br> And eternal life is this:<br> to know you,<br> the only true God,<br> and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.<br> I have glorified you on earth<br> and finished the work that you gave me to do.<br> Now, Father, it is time for you to glorify me<br> with that glory I had with you<br> before ever the world was.<br> I have made your name known<br> to the men you took from the world to give me.<br> They were yours and you gave them to me,<br> and they have kept your word.<br> Now at last they know<br> that all you have given me comes indeed from you;<br> for I have given them the teaching you gave to me,<br> and they have truly accepted this, that I came from you,<br> and have believed that it was you who sent me.<br> I pray for them;<br> I am not praying for the world<br> but for those you have given me,<br> because they belong to you:<br> all I have is yours<br> and all you have is mine,<br> and in them I am glorified.<br> I am not in the world any longer,<br> but they are in the world,<br> and I am coming to you.’<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 raised his eyes to heaven and said:<br> ‘Father, the hour has come:<br> glorify your Son<br> so that your Son may glorify you;<br> and, through the power over all mankind that you have given him,<br> let him give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him.<br> And eternal life is this:<br> to know you,<br> the only true God,<br>