Lectio Divina of the Gospels 2019-2020

June 21, 2020 Lectio Divina for the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

We begin our prayer: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Grant, O Lord, that we may always revere and love your holy name, for you never deprive of your guidance those you set firm on the foundation of your love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Collect, Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading ( Lectio ) Read the following Scripture two or three times. Matthew 10:26-33

J esus said to the Twelve: “Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more