Lectio Divina: For the 2nd Week of Easter

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS ACCORDING TO LUKE (FIRST READER ONLY)

JESUS STOOD IN THEIR MIDST AND SAID TO THEM, “PEACE BE WITH YOU.”/

THEY WERE STARTLED AND TERRIFIED./

THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE SEEING A GHOST./

HE SAID TO THEM, “WHY ARE YOU TROUBLED?”/

TOUCH ME AND SEE./

A GHOST DOES NOT HAVE FLESH AND BLOOD AS I DO.”/

HE SHOWED THEM HIS HANDS AND HIS FEET./

IN THEIR JOY THEY DIDN’T DARE BELIEVE./

HE ASKED,”DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT?”/

THEY GAVE HIM A PIECE OF BROILED FISH;/

HE TOOK IT AND ATE IT BEFORE THEM./