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




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Summary: <br> Wednesday of the Seventh 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 John 17:11-19<br> Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:<br> ‘Holy Father,<br> keep those you have given me true to your name,<br> so that they may be one like us.<br> While I was with them,<br> I kept those you had given me true to your name.<br> I have watched over them<br> and not one is lost<br> except the one who chose to be lost,<br> and this was to fulfil the scriptures.<br> But now I am coming to you<br> and while still in the world I say these things<br> to share my joy with them to the full.<br> I passed your word on to them,<br> and the world hated them,<br> because they belong to the world<br> no more than I belong to the world.<br> I am not asking you to remove them from the world,<br> but to protect them from the evil one.<br> They do not belong to the world<br> any more than I belong to the world.<br> Consecrate them in the truth;<br> your word is truth.<br> As you sent me into the world,<br> I have sent them into the world,<br> and for their sake I consecrate myself<br> so that they too may be consecrated in truth.’<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 raised his eyes to heaven and said:<br> ‘Holy Father,<br> keep those you have given me true to your name,<br> so that they may be one like us.<br> While I was with them,<br> I kept those you had given me true to your name.<br> I have watched over them<br> and not one is lost<br> except the one who chose to be lost,<br> and this was to fulfil the scriptures.<br> But now I am coming to you<br> and while still in the world I say these things<br> to share my joy with them to the full.<br> I passed your word on to them,<br> and the world hated them,<br> because they belong to the world<br> no more than I belong to the world.<br> I am not asking you to remove them from the world,<br> but to protect them from the evil one.<br> They do not belong to the world<br> any more than I belong to the world.<br> Consecrate them in the truth;<br> your word is truth.<br> As you sent me into the world,<br> I have sent them into the world,<br> and for their sake I consecrate myself<br> so that they too may be consecrated in truth.’<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 raised his eyes to heaven and said:<br> ‘Holy Father,<br> keep those you have given me true to your name,<br> so that they may be one like us.<br> While I was with them,<br> I kept those you had given me true to your name.<br> I have watched over them<br> and not one is lost<br> except the one who chose to be lost,<br> and this was to fulfil the scriptures.<br> But now I am coming to you<br> and while still in the world I say these things<br> to share my joy with them to the full.<br> I passed your word on to them,<br> and the world hated them,<br> because they belong to the world<br> no more than I belong to the world.<br> I am not asking you to remove them from the world,<br> but to protect them from the evil one.<br> They do not belong to the world<br> any more than I belong to the world.<br> Consecrate them in the truth;<br> your word is truth.<br> As you sent me into the world,