Lectio Divina: For the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF MARK
(FIRST READER ONLY)

JESUS SAID TO THE CROWDS,” BEWARE OF THOSE WHO ACCEPT GREETINGS IN THE MARKETPLACES,/

SEATS OF HONOR IN SYNAGOGUES,/

AND PLACES OF HONOR AT BANQUETS./

THEY DEVOUR THE HOUSES OF WIDOWS,/

AND, AS A PRETEXT, RECITE LENGTHY PRAYERS./

THEY WILL RECEIVE A SEVERE CONDEMNATION./

AS JESUS SAT OPPOSITE THE TREASURY,/

A POOR WIDOW, PUT IN TWO SMALL COINS,/

JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES,”THIS WIDOW PUT IN MORE THAN ALL THE OTHERS.”/

THEY CONTRIBUTED FROM THEIR SURPLUS WEALTH./

BUT SHE, FROM HER POVERTY, HAS CONTRIBUTED ALL SHE HAD, HER WHOLE LIVEHOOD.”/