Lectio Divina: For the 13th Sunday 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)

As they were proceeding on their journey, someone said to Jesus,/

"I will follow you wherever you go."/

Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens; birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."/

To another he said, "Follow me."/

That person replied, "Let me first bury my father."/

Jesus replied, "Let the dead bury their dead; you go and proclaim the reign of God."/

Another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family,"/

Jesus replied, "No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the reign of God."/