Lectio Divina: For the Fifth 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)

O GRACIOUS ONE, YOU HAVE PLACED YOUR TRUTH IN MY

INNER BEING;/

TEACH ME WISDOM OF THE HEART./

FORGIVE ALL THAT BINDS ME IN FEAR,/

THAT I MIGHT RADIATE LOVE./

CLEANSE ME/

THAT YOUR LIGHT MIGHT SHINE IN ME./

FILL ME WITH GLADNESS;/

TRANSFORM MY WEAKNESS INTO STRENGTH./

LOOK NOT ON MY PAST MISTAKES/

BUT ON THE ASPIRATIONS OF MY HEART./

CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART./

PUT A NEW AND RIGHT SPIRIT WTIHIN ME./