Saturday of the Sixth Week of Eastertide – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast
Summary: <br> Saturday of the Sixth 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 16:23-28<br> Jesus said to his disciples:<br> ‘I tell you most solemnly,<br> anything you ask for from the Father he will grant in my name.<br> Until now you have not asked for anything in my name.<br> Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete.<br> I have been telling you all this in metaphors,<br> the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in metaphors;<br> but tell you about the Father in plain words.<br> When that day comes you will ask in my name;<br> and I do not say that I shall pray to the Father for you,<br> because the Father himself loves you for loving me<br> and believing that I came from God.<br> I came from the Father and have come into the world<br> and now I leave the world to go to the Father.’<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 his disciples:<br> ‘I tell you most solemnly,<br> anything you ask for from the Father he will grant in my name.<br> Until now you have not asked for anything in my name.<br> Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete.<br> I have been telling you all this in metaphors,<br> the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in metaphors;<br> but tell you about the Father in plain words.<br> When that day comes you will ask in my name;<br> and I do not say that I shall pray to the Father for you,<br> because the Father himself loves you for loving me<br> and believing that I came from God.<br> I came from the Father and have come into the world<br> and now I leave the world to go to the Father.’<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 his disciples:<br> ‘I tell you most solemnly,<br> anything you ask for from the Father he will grant in my name.<br> Until now you have not asked for anything in my name.<br> Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete.<br> I have been telling you all this in metaphors,<br> the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in metaphors;<br> but tell you about the Father in plain words.<br> When that day comes you will ask in my name;<br> and I do not say that I shall pray to the Father for you,<br> because the Father himself loves you for loving me<br> and believing that I came from God.<br> I came from the Father and have come into the world<br> and now I leave the world to go to the Father.’<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 & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.<br> <br>
