Lectio Divina: For the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE PSALM 146 (FIRST READER ONLY.)

PRAISE THE BELOVED, O MY SOUL!/

I WILL SING JOYFULLY, WITH THANKSGIVING./

PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN RICHES/

IN ILLUSORY THINGS THAT FADE AWAY./

FOR WHEN OUR DAY COMES TO DEPART THIS WORLD/

WE CARRY ONLY THE LOVE IMPRINTED ON OUR SOUL./

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO TRUST IN YOU/

O DIVINE LOVER./

YOU FREE US FROM THE BONDS OF FEAR;/

YOU LIFT UP THE FAINT-HEARTED./

O THAT WE MIGHT BECOME BEACONS OF LIGHT/

TO THOSE IN DARKNESS./