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

Summary: <br> Sunday 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 17:20-26<br> Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:<br> “Holy Father,<br> I pray not only for these, but for those also who through their words will believe in me.<br> May they all be one. Father, may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.<br> I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one.<br> With me in them and you in me, may they be so completely one that the world will realise that it was you who sent me and that I have loved them as much as you loved me.<br> Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see the glory you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.<br> Father, Righteous One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.<br> I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.’<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> Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:<br> “Holy Father,<br> I pray not only for these, but for those also who through their words will believe in me.<br> May they all be one. Father, may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.<br> I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one.<br> With me in them and you in me, may they be so completely one that the world will realise that it was you who sent me and that I have loved them as much as you loved me.<br> Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see the glory you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.<br> Father, Righteous One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.<br> I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.’<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> Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:<br> “Holy Father,<br> I pray not only for these, but for those also who through their words will believe in me.<br> May they all be one. Father, may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.<br> I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one.<br> With me in them and you in me, may they be so completely one that the world will realise that it was you who sent me and that I have loved them as much as you loved me.<br> Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see the glory you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.<br> Father, Righteous One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.<br> I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in th...