Summary: <br> 5th Monday 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 8:12-20<br> Jesus said to the Pharisees:<br> ‘I am the light of the world;<br> anyone who follows me will not be walking in the dark;<br> he will have the light of life.’<br> At this the Pharisees said to him, ‘You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid.’<br> Jesus replied:<br> ‘It is true that I am testifying on my own behalf,<br> but my testimony is still valid,<br> because I know<br> where I came from and where I am going;<br> but you do not know<br> where I come from or where I am going.<br> You judge by human standards;<br> I judge no one,<br> but if I judge, my judgement will be sound,<br> because I am not alone:<br> the one who sent me is with me;<br> and in your Law it is written<br> that the testimony of two witnesses is valid.<br> I may be testifying on my own behalf,<br> but the Father who sent me is my witness too.’<br> They asked him, ‘Where is your Father?’ Jesus answered:<br> ‘You do not know me,<br> nor do you know my Father;<br> if you did know me,<br> you would know my Father as well.’<br> He spoke these words in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple. No one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.<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 the light of the world;<br> anyone who follows me will not be walking in the dark;<br> he will have the light of life.’<br> At this the Pharisees said to him, ‘You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid.’<br> Jesus replied:<br> ‘It is true that I am testifying on my own behalf,<br> but my testimony is still valid,<br> because I know<br> where I came from and where I am going;<br> but you do not know<br> where I come from or where I am going.<br> You judge by human standards;<br> I judge no one,<br> but if I judge, my judgement will be sound,<br> because I am not alone:<br> the one who sent me is with me;<br> and in your Law it is written<br> that the testimony of two witnesses is valid.<br> I may be testifying on my own behalf,<br> but the Father who sent me is my witness too.’<br> They asked him, ‘Where is your Father?’ Jesus answered:<br> ‘You do not know me,<br> nor do you know my Father;<br> if you did know me,<br> you would know my Father as well.’<br> He spoke these words in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple. No one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.<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 the light of the world;<br> anyone who follows me will not be walking in the dark;<br> he will have the light of life.’<br> At this the Pharisees said to him, ‘You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid.’<br> Jesus replied:<br> ‘It is true that I am testifying on my own behalf,<br> but my testimony is still valid,<br> because I know<br> where I came from and where I am going;<br> but you do not know<br> where I come from or where I am going.<br> You judge by human standards;<br> I judge no one,<br> but if I judge, my judgement will be sound,<br> because I am not alone:<br> the one who sent me is with me;<br>
