Lectio Divina: For the 12th 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)

JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES : NOTHING IS COVERED THAT WILL NOT BE REVEALED/

OR HIDDEN THAT WILL NOT BE KNOWN./

WHAT I TELL YOU IN THE DARK/

UTTER IN THE LIGHT./

WHAT YOU HEAR WHISPERED/

PROCLAIM UPON THE HOUSETOPS./

DO NOT FEAR THOSE WHO CAN KILL THE BODY./

RATHER FEAR THE ONE WHO CAN DESTROY BODY AND SOUL./

NOT ONE SPARROW FALLS TO THE GROUND WITHOUT THE CREATOR'S WILL./

YOU ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS./

EVEN THE HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE NUMBERED./