Lectio Divina: For the 1st Sunday in Advent

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS (FIRST READER ONLY)

I GIVE THANKS TO GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU/

BECAUSE OF THE GRACE OF GOD/

WHICH WAS GIVEN YOU IN CHRIST JESUS/

IN WHOM YOU HAVE BEEN ENRICHED IN EVERY WAY./

TESTIMONY TO CHRIST HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AMONG YOU/

SO THAT YOU ARE NOT LACKING IN ANY SPIRITUAL GIFT/

AS YOU WAIT FOR THE REVELATION OF JESUS./

GOD WILL SUSTAIN YOU TO THE END/

SO THAT YOU WILL BE BLAMELESS/

ON THE DAY OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST./

IT IS BY GOD, WHO IS FAITHFUL/

THAT YOU ARE CALLED INTO COMMUNION WITH JESUS./