Lectio Divina: For the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM PSALM 78 (FIRST READER ONLY)

LISTEN WELL, O PEOPLES OF THE EARTH/

TO THE INNER PROMPTINGS OF THE SPIRIT;/

LET SILENCE ENTER YOUR HOUSE/

THAT YOU MAY HEAR!/

FOR WITHIN YOUR HEART, LOVE SPEAKS:/

NOT WITH WORDS OF DECEIT,/

BUT OF SPIRITUAL TRUTHS/

TO GUIDE YOU UPON THE PATHS OF PEACE./

IF YOU TURN TO THE BELOVED,/

LISTENING FOR LOVE’S VOICE/

WITHIN YOUR OWN HEART,/

YOU WILL LIVE WITH INTEGRITY/

AND RADIATE LOVE./