Lectio Divina: For the 5th 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 MARK (FIRST READER ONLY)

A LEPER CAME TO JESUS AND, KNEELING DOWN, BEGGED HIM/

"IF YOU WISH, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN."/

HAVING COMPASSION FOR THE MAN/

JESUS STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND AND TOUCHED HIM./

HE SAID,"I DO WILL IT. BE MADE CLEAN."/

THE LEPROSY LEFT HIM IMMEDIATELY./

JESUS WARNED HIM,"SEE THAT YOU TELL THIS TO NO ONE./

GO AND SHOW YOURSELF TO THE PRIEST AND OFFER WHAT MOSES PRESCRIBED FOR CLEANSING."/

THE MAN BEGAN TO PUBLICIZE THE WHOLE MATTER./

SO THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR JESUS TO ENTER A TOWN OPENLY./