Lectio Divina: For the 3rd 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 MATTHEW

When jesus heard that John had been arrested,/

He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum./

As he was walking by the sea of Galilee,/

He saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and his brother, Andrew,/

Casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen,/

He said to them, "Follow me,/

And I will make you fishers of people."/

At once, they left their nets and followed him./

Further on, he saw two brothers, James and his brother John,/

In a boat with their father Zebedee./

He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him.