Lectio Divina: For Pentecost Sunday

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
(FIRST READER ONLY)

THE DISCIPLES WERE ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE./

SUDDENLY, THERE CAME A SOUND LIKE THE RUSH OF A VIOLENT WIND/

IT FILLED THE WHOLE HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE SITTING./

DIVIDED TONGUES, AS OF FIRE, APPEARED AMONG THEM/

AND A TONGUE RESTED ON EACH OF THEM./

ALL OF THEM WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT/

AND BEGAN TO SPEAK IN OTHER LANGUAGES AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM THE ABILITY./

JEWS FROM EVERY NATION WERE GATHERED IN JERUSALEM/

THEY WERE AMAZED BECAUSE THEY HEARD THE DISCIPLES SPEAKING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGES./