Lectio Divina: For the 4th 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 JOHN (FIRST READER ONLY)

JESUS SAID,”I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD,/

A GOOD SHEPHERD LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS SHEEP./

A HIRED MAN, WHO IS NOT THE SHEPHERD,/

SEES A WOLF COMING AND LEAVES THE SHEEP./

THE WOLF CATCHES THEM AND SCATTERS THEM./

I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD./

I KNOW MINE, AND MINE KNOW ME./

JUST AS MY FATHER KNOWS ME, AND I KNOW MY FATHER./

I HAVE OTHER SHEEP THAT DO NOT BELONG TO THIS FOLD./

THESE ALSO I MUST LEAD./

THEY WILL HEAR MY VOICE,/

AND THERE WILL BE ONE FLOCK AND ONE SHEPHERD./