Lectio Divina: For Second Week in Advent - Cycle C

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS ACCORDING TO LUKE (FIRST READER ONLY)

IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF EMPEROR TIBERIUS,/

WHEN PONTIUS PILATE WAS GOVERNOR OF JUDEA,
AND HEROD WAS RULER OF GALILEE,/

THE WORD OF GOD CAME TO JOHN, SON OF ZECHARIAH, IN THE WILDERNESS./

HE WENT INTO ALL THE REGIONS AROUND THE JORDAN,/

PROMOTING A BAPTISM FOR REPENTENT PEOPLE TO OBTAIN FORGIVENESS OF SINS/

AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH, "I HEAR A VOICE CRYING OUT IN THE DESERT/

'PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATH
STRAIGHT. /

THE VALLEYS WILL BE FILLED, AND THE MOUNTAINS
AND HILLS MADE LOW;/

EVERYTHING CROOKED WILL BE MADE STRAIGHT; /

AND THE ROUGH PATHS SMOOTH, /

AND EVERY MORTAL WILL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD.'"