Lectio Divina of the Gospels 2019-2020

November 8, 2020 Lectio Divina for the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

We begin our prayer: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Almighty and merciful God, graciously keep from us all adversity, so that, unhindered in mind and body alike, we may pursue in freedom of heart the things that are yours. 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, Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading ( Lectio ) Read the following Scripture two or three times. Matthew 25:1-13

J esus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps. Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became

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