Lectio Divina: For the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE PSALM 91 (FIRST READER ONLY)

THOSE WHO DWELL IN THE SHELTER OF INFINITE LIGHT/

WHO ABIDE IN THE WINGS OF INFINITE LOVE,/

WILL RAISE THEIR VOICES IN PRAISE:/

“MY REFUGE AND MY STRENGTH;/

IN YOU ALONE WILL I TRUST.”/

FOR YOU DELIVER ME FROM THE WEB OF FEAR,/

FROM ALL THAT SEPARATES AND DIVIDES./

YOU PROTECT ME AS AN EAGLE SHIELDS IT’S YOUNG,/

YOUR FAITHFULNESS IS SURE,/

LIKE AN ARROW SET UPON THE MARK./

I WILL NOT FEAR THE SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT,/

NOR THE CONFUSION THAT COMES BY DAY,/

I SURRENDER MYSELF TO YOU,/

WITHOUT RESERVE./