Lectio Divina: For the 19th 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)

IN THE EVENING, JESUS WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN TO PRAY./

MEANWHILE, THE DISCIPLES WERE IN THEIR BOAT ON THE LAKE./

THE BOAT WAS BEING TOSSED ABOUT BY THE WIND AND THE WAVES./

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT /

JESUS CAME TOWARD THEM, WALKING ON THE SEA./

THEY WERE TERRIFIED./

JESUS SAID, "TAKE COURAGE. DO NOT BE AFRAID. IT IS I./

PETER SAID," IF IT IS YOU, ALLOW ME TO COME TO YOU ON THE WATER."/

HE SAID, "COME."/

AS PETER WALKED ON THE WATER, HE BECAME FRIGHTENED AND BEGAN TO SINK./

"LORD SAVE ME", HE CRIED./

JESUS STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND AND CAUGHT HIM./

JESUS SAID TO HIM, "O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH. WHY DID YOU DOUBT?/

AS THEY GOT INTO THE BOAT, THE WIND DIED DOWN./