Lectio Divina: For the 14th Week In Ordinary Time

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS (FIRST READER ONLY)

MOSES LED HIS FLOCK TO THE WILDERNESS/

AND CAME TO HOREB, THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD./

HE SAW A BUSH BURNING/

YET IT WAS NOT BEING CONSUMED./

GOD CALLED TO MOSES OUT OF THE BUSH, "MOSES, MOSES!"/

HE SAID, "HERE I AM." /

GOD SAID, "DO NOT COME NEAR;/

TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES,/

FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU STAND IS HOLY GROUND."/

MOSES HID HIS FACE./

HE WAS AFRAID TO LOOK AT GOD./