Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast
Summary: Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time – 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 of St. Mark 12:35-37<br> At that time while teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, ‘How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, moved by the Holy Spirit, said:<br> The Lord said to my Lord:<br> Sit at my right hand<br> and I will put your enemies<br> under your feet.<br> David himself calls him Lord, in what way then can he be his son?’ And the great majority of the people heard this with delight.<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> At that time while teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, ‘How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, moved by the Holy Spirit, said:<br> The Lord said to my Lord:<br> Sit at my right hand<br> and I will put your enemies<br> under your feet.<br> David himself calls him Lord, in what way then can he be his son?’ And the great majority of the people heard this with delight.<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> At that time while teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, ‘How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, moved by the Holy Spirit, said:<br> The Lord said to my Lord:<br> Sit at my right hand<br> and I will put your enemies<br> under your feet.<br> David himself calls him Lord, in what way then can he be his son?’ And the great majority of the people heard this with delight.<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>
