Summary: <br> 5th Wednesday 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 8:31-42<br> To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said:<br> ‘If you make my word your home<br> you will indeed be my disciples,<br> you will learn the truth<br> and the truth will make you free.’<br> They answered, ‘We are descended from Abraham and we have never been the slaves of anyone; what do you mean, “You will be made free”?’ Jesus replied:<br> ‘I tell you most solemnly,<br> everyone who commits sin is a slave.<br> Now the slave’s place in the house is not assured,<br> but the son’s place is assured.<br> So if the Son makes you free,<br> you will be free indeed.<br> I know that you are descended from Abraham;<br> but in spite of that you want to kill me<br> because nothing I say has penetrated into you.<br> What I, for my part, speak of<br> is what I have seen with my Father;<br> but you, you put into action<br> the lessons learnt from your father.’<br> They repeated, ‘Our father is Abraham.’ Jesus said to them:<br> ‘If you were Abraham’s children,<br> you would do as Abraham did.<br> As it is, you want to kill me<br> when I tell you the truth<br> as I have learnt it from God;<br> that is not what Abraham did.<br> What you are doing is what your father does.’<br> ‘We were not born of prostitution,’ they went on ‘we have one father: God.’ Jesus answered:<br> ‘If God were your father, you would love me,<br> since I have come here from God;<br> yes, I have come from him;<br> not that I came because I chose,<br> no, I was sent, and by him.’<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> To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said:<br> ‘If you make my word your home<br> you will indeed be my disciples,<br> you will learn the truth<br> and the truth will make you free.’<br> They answered, ‘We are descended from Abraham and we have never been the slaves of anyone; what do you mean, “You will be made free”?’ Jesus replied:<br> ‘I tell you most solemnly,<br> everyone who commits sin is a slave.<br> Now the slave’s place in the house is not assured,<br> but the son’s place is assured.<br> So if the Son makes you free,<br> you will be free indeed.<br> I know that you are descended from Abraham;<br> but in spite of that you want to kill me<br> because nothing I say has penetrated into you.<br> What I, for my part, speak of<br> is what I have seen with my Father;<br> but you, you put into action<br> the lessons learnt from your father.’<br> They repeated, ‘Our father is Abraham.’ Jesus said to them:<br> ‘If you were Abraham’s children,<br> you would do as Abraham did.<br> As it is, you want to kill me<br> when I tell you the truth<br> as I have learnt it from God;<br> that is not what Abraham did.<br> What you are doing is what your father does.’<br> ‘We were not born of prostitution,’ they went on ‘we have one father: God.’ Jesus answered:<br> ‘If God were your father, you would love me,<br> since I have come here from God;<br> yes, I have come from him;<br> not that I came because I chose,<br> no, I was sent, and by him.’<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> To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said:<br> ‘If you make my word your home<br>
