Lectio Divina: For the 27th Week in Ordinary Time

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM PSALM 128 (FIRST READER ONLY)

BLESSED ARE YOU WHO REVERENCE THE BELOVED,/

WHO WALK IN LOVE’S WAYS!/

YOU RADIATE AN INNER JOY/

AND PEACE WHERE’ER YOU GO;/

COMPASSION DRAWS YOU/

TO THE GATES OF THOSE IN NEED./

STRANGERS FEEL AT HOME IN YOUR PRESENCE;/

THE OPPRESSED ARE COMFORTED BY YOUR SUPPORT./

BLESSED IN DEED ARE YOU WHO REVERENCE THE BELOVED!/

PEACE IS WITHIN YOU!/