Friday of the Third Week of Eastertide – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast




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Summary: <br> Friday of the Third 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 6:52-59<br> The Jews started arguing with one another: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ they said. Jesus replied:<br> ‘I tell you most solemnly,<br> if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,<br> you will not have life in you.<br> Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood<br> has eternal life,<br> and I shall raise him up on the last day.<br> For my flesh is real food<br> and my blood is real drink.<br> He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood<br> lives in me<br> and I live in him.<br> As I, who am sent by the living Father,<br> myself draw life from the Father,<br> so whoever eats me will draw life from me.<br> This is the bread come down from heaven;<br> not like the bread our ancestors ate:<br> they are dead,<br> but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.’<br> He taught this doctrine at Capernaum, in the synagogue.<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> The Jews started arguing with one another: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ they said. Jesus replied:<br> ‘I tell you most solemnly,<br> if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,<br> you will not have life in you.<br> Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood<br> has eternal life,<br> and I shall raise him up on the last day.<br> For my flesh is real food<br> and my blood is real drink.<br> He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood<br> lives in me<br> and I live in him.<br> As I, who am sent by the living Father,<br> myself draw life from the Father,<br> so whoever eats me will draw life from me.<br> This is the bread come down from heaven;<br> not like the bread our ancestors ate:<br> they are dead,<br> but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.’<br> He taught this doctrine at Capernaum, in the synagogue.<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> The Jews started arguing with one another: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ they said. Jesus replied:<br> ‘I tell you most solemnly,<br> if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,<br> you will not have life in you.<br> Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood<br> has eternal life,<br> and I shall raise him up on the last day.<br> For my flesh is real food<br> and my blood is real drink.<br> He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood<br> lives in me<br> and I live in him.<br> As I, who am sent by the living Father,<br> myself draw life from the Father,<br> so whoever eats me will draw life from me.<br> This is the bread come down from heaven;<br> not like the bread our ancestors ate:<br> they are dead,<br> but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.’<br> He taught this doctrine at Capernaum, in the synagogue.<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,