Lectio Divina: For the 11th Week In 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)

WHEN JESUS SAW THE CROWDS,/

HE WAS MOVED WITH PITY./

THEY WERE HARASSED AND HELPLESS/

LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD./

THEN HE SAID TO HIS COMPANIONS,/

"THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL, BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW/

PRAY TO THE ONE IN CHARGE TO SEND OUT LABORERS."/

THEN, HE SENT OUT THE TWELVE SAYING,/

"GO TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL./

HEAL THE SICK, RAISE THE DEAD, CLEANSE LEPERS./

WITHOUT COST YOU HAVE RECEIVED;/

WITHOUT COST YOU ARE TO GIVE."/