Lectio Divina: For the 7th 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 JESUS ACCORDING TO LUKE (FIRST READER ONLY)

Jesus said to his disciples, "Love your enemies/

Do good to those who hate you,/

Pray for those who treat you badly,/

Give to everyone who asks of you,/

And if anyone has taken something from you/

Do not demand it back./

Do as others as you would have others do to you,/

For if you only love those who love you,/

What kind of graciousness is yours?/

God is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked,/

Be merciful, just as your God is merciful,/

Forgive and you will be forgiven,/

The measure you give/

Will be the measure you receive back./