Lectio Divina: For Pentecost Sunday

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)

ON THE EVENING OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK/

THE DOORS WERE LOCKED WHERE THE DISCIPLES WERE/

BECAUSE OF THEIR FEAR OF THE JEWS./

JESUS CAME AND STOOD AMONG THEM/

AND SAID TO THEM,”PEACE BE WITH YOU.”/

THEN HE SHOWED THEM HIS HANDS AND HIS SIDE./

THE DISCIPLES KEPT LOOKING AT JESUS/

AND WERE FULL OF JOY./

AGAIN, HE SAID TO THEM, ”PEACE BE WITH YOU.”/

AS GOD HAS SENT ME , SO I AM SENDING YOU.”/

THEN HE BREATHED ON THEM AND SAID/

“RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT”./