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




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Summary: <br> Thursday 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 6:44-51<br> Jesus said to the crowd:<br> ‘No one can come to me<br> unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me,<br> and I will raise him up at the last day.<br> It is written in the prophets:<br> They will all be taught by God,<br> and to hear the teaching of the Father,<br> and learn from it,<br> is to come to me.<br> Not that anybody has seen the Father,<br> except the one who comes from God:<br> he has seen the Father.<br> I tell you most solemnly,<br> everybody who believes has eternal life.<br> ‘I am the bread of life.<br> Your fathers ate the manna in the desert<br> and they are dead;<br> but this is the bread that comes down from heaven,<br> so that a man may eat it and not die.<br> I am the living bread which has come down from heaven.<br> Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever;<br> and the bread that I shall give is my flesh,<br> for the life of the world.’<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 crowd:<br> ‘No one can come to me<br> unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me,<br> and I will raise him up at the last day.<br> It is written in the prophets:<br> They will all be taught by God,<br> and to hear the teaching of the Father,<br> and learn from it,<br> is to come to me.<br> Not that anybody has seen the Father,<br> except the one who comes from God:<br> he has seen the Father.<br> I tell you most solemnly,<br> everybody who believes has eternal life.<br> ‘I am the bread of life.<br> Your fathers ate the manna in the desert<br> and they are dead;<br> but this is the bread that comes down from heaven,<br> so that a man may eat it and not die.<br> I am the living bread which has come down from heaven.<br> Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever;<br> and the bread that I shall give is my flesh,<br> for the life of the world.’<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 crowd:<br> ‘No one can come to me<br> unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me,<br> and I will raise him up at the last day.<br> It is written in the prophets:<br> They will all be taught by God,<br> and to hear the teaching of the Father,<br> and learn from it,<br> is to come to me.<br> Not that anybody has seen the Father,<br> except the one who comes from God:<br> he has seen the Father.<br> I tell you most solemnly,<br> everybody who believes has eternal life.<br> ‘I am the bread of life.<br> Your fathers ate the manna in the desert<br> and they are dead;<br> but this is the bread that comes down from heaven,<br> so that a man may eat it and not die.<br> I am the living bread which has come down from heaven.<br> Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever;<br> and the bread that I shall give is my flesh,<br> for the life of the world.’<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>