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




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Summary: <br> Wednesday 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 6:35-40<br> Jesus said to the crowd:<br> ‘I am the bread of life.<br> He who comes to me will never be hungry;<br> he who believes in me will never thirst.<br> But, as I have told you,<br> you can see me and still you do not believe.<br> All that the Father gives me will come to me,<br> and whoever comes to me I shall not turn him away;<br> because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will,<br> but to do the will of the one who sent me.<br> Now the will of him who sent me<br> is that I should lose nothing of all that he has given to me,<br> and that I should raise it up on the last day.<br> Yes, it is my Father’s will<br> that whoever sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life,<br> and that I shall raise him up on the last day.’<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> ‘I am the bread of life.<br> He who comes to me will never be hungry;<br> he who believes in me will never thirst.<br> But, as I have told you,<br> you can see me and still you do not believe.<br> All that the Father gives me will come to me,<br> and whoever comes to me I shall not turn him away;<br> because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will,<br> but to do the will of the one who sent me.<br> Now the will of him who sent me<br> is that I should lose nothing of all that he has given to me,<br> and that I should raise it up on the last day.<br> Yes, it is my Father’s will<br> that whoever sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life,<br> and that I shall raise him up on the last day.’<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> ‘I am the bread of life.<br> He who comes to me will never be hungry;<br> he who believes in me will never thirst.<br> But, as I have told you,<br> you can see me and still you do not believe.<br> All that the Father gives me will come to me,<br> and whoever comes to me I shall not turn him away;<br> because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will,<br> but to do the will of the one who sent me.<br> Now the will of him who sent me<br> is that I should lose nothing of all that he has given to me,<br> and that I should raise it up on the last day.<br> Yes, it is my Father’s will<br> that whoever sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life,<br> and that I shall raise him up on the last day.’<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,<br>  as we forgive those who trespass against us,<br> and lead us not into temptation,<br>  but deliver us from evil.<br> Amen<br> Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1966 by Darton, Longman &amp; Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.<br> <br>