Lectio Divina: For the 18th 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.)

The land of a rich couple produced an abundant harvest,/

They said to each other, what shall we do? We have nowhere to store our crops/

We will tear down our barns and build larger ones,/

Then we will be able to say, "We are secure for many years./

Let us take it easy, eat, drink and celebrate."/

But God said to them, "You fools,/

This night your souls are required of you./

And the things you have stored, whose will they be?/

Thus it will be for all who store up treasures for themselves,/

But are not rich towards God."/