Lectio Divina of the Gospels 2019-2020

September 13, 2020 Lectio Divina for the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

We begin our prayer: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Look upon us, O God, Creator and ruler of all things, and, that we may feel the working of your mercy, grant that we may serve you with all our heart. 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, Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading ( Lectio ) Read the following Scripture two or three times. Matthew 18:21-35

P eter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the accounting, a debtor was brought