Lectio Divina: For the 9th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (FIRST READER ONLY)

JESUS SAID TO HIS FOLLOWERS: "EVERYONE WHO HEARS MY WORDS AND DOES THEM/

WILL BE LIKE THE WISE PERSON WHO BUILT A HOUSE UPON ROCK./

THE RAINS FELL; THE FLOODS CAME, AND THE WINDS BLEW AND BEAT UPON THE HOUSE/

BUT IT DID NOT FALL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN BUILT ON ROCK./

ALL THOSE WHO HEAR MY WORDS AND DO NOT ACT ACCORDINGLY/

WILL BE LIKE A FOOLISH PERSON WHO BUILT A HOUSE UPON SAND./

THE RAIN POURED, THE RIVERS FOLOODED, THE WIND BLEW AGAINST THE HOUSE/

IT COLLAPSED AND THE RUIN WAS COMPLETE."/

THE CROWDS WERE AMAZED AT JESUS' TEACHING/

BECAUSE HE TAUGHT WITH AUTHORITY, UNLIKE THEIR TEACHERS OF THE LAW./