Lectio Divina: For the 16th Week in Ordinary Time

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS (FIRST READER ONLY)

BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I URGE YOU TO LIVE IN A MANNER/

WORTHY OF THE CALL YOU HAVE RECEIVED./

WITH ALL HUMILITY AND GENTLENESS/

WITH PATEINCE/

BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER THROUGH LOVE/

STRIVING TO PRESERVE THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT/

THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE./

ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT/

AS YOU WERE ALSO CALLED TO ONE HOPE/

ONE LORD/

ONE FAITH/

ONE BAPTISM/

ONE GOD OF ALL/

WHO IS ABOVE ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN ALL./