Lectio Divina: For the First Sunday in Lent

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM PSALM 51 (FIRST READER ONLY)

CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GRACIOUS ONE,/

AND PUT A NEW AND RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN ME./

ENFOLD ME IN THE ARMS OF LOVE/

AND FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT./

RESTORE IN ME THE JOY OF YOUR SAVING GRACE,/

AND ENCOURAGE ME WITH A NEW SPIRIT./

OPEN MY LIPS AND MY MOUTH SHALL SING YOUR PRAISE/

FOR YOU DO NOT WANT SACRIFICE./

YOU DELIGHT IN OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU/

MOST APPROPRIATE IS A HUMBLE SPIRIT/

A REPENTANT AND CONTRITE HEART/

IS THE GIFT YOU MOST DESIRE./