Tomorrow churches that use the Revised Common Lectionary will read Mark 12:38-44 and most likely hear a sermon on it. Too often we don’t have time to really reflect on the Gospel read on Sunday. We hear it quickly and don’t have time to process it. Today, read the Gospel reading for this Sunday and [...]
Today we celebrate the witness of St. Luke the Evangelist, companion of Paul and author of the two part book including the Gospel of Luke and Acts. In honor of his witness spend some time in Lectio Divina with a passage from Luke’s gospel. Slowly read the passage aloud, then read it again quietly, pausing [...]
It is only through a denigration of motherhood that we do not venerate St. Mary, the mother of Jesus. It is she who carried Christ in her womb through the discomfort of nine months, gave birth to Jesus through the pains of birth, nursed God incarnate upon her breast, raised him, learned from him, watched [...]
Read Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 aloud to your self, pausing on any word or phrase that stands out to you. Then read the passage again silently. Again, if there is a word or phrase that stands out to you, repeat it to yourself and think about its meaning. Abide with the passage. Ask yourself why you heard what [...]
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