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SUNDAY GOSPEL LECTIO DIVINA

  • Lectio Divina, Fourth Sunday of Advent December 22, 2024
    December 19, 2024

    Lectio Divina, Fourth Sunday of Advent December 22, 2024

    The presence of God sustains us when our senses fail us. His presence on earth was sensed by John even when no one else could see him in Mary’s womb. Jesus is often present to us in similar ways, even when we cannot sense him. God has placed a desire for him deep in our hearts, and he desires to be with us. Be silent now and get in touch with that inner longing. In doing so, you will meet the same God that John experienced while in Elizabeth’s womb, and receive the same joy he had.

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  • Lectio Divina, Third Sunday of Advent December 15, 2024
    December 13, 2024

    Lectio Divina, Third Sunday of Advent December 15, 2024

    During Advent, we are on the road to Bethlehem following that star. When we listen for God, and then listen to him, we are searching just as the Magi searched. John the Baptist paved the way. He made the crooked ways straight. Now it is our turn to follow on the path by listening to what God has to say to us.
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  • Lectio Divina, Second Sunday of Advent December 8, 2024
    December 6, 2024

    Lectio Divina, Second Sunday of Advent December 8, 2024

    In John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, many voices try to tempt Christian, the main character, to leave the path to the Celestial City. He has to remain resolute in his desire to listen only to the true guide, Evangelist. In a similar way, we as Christians strive to stay on the Way and listen to the word of God, as John the Baptist did. While the Way may seem to be anything but straight, even when we are doing the Lord’s will the best we know how, God’s voice and his law cannot be swayed. It is always the same. So when we are tempted to sway to the left or to the right, we should turn to the Lord and listen to him closely. Then he will direct the way.
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  • Lectio Divina, First Sunday of Advent December 1, 2024
    November 28, 2024

    Lectio Divina, First Sunday of Advent December 1, 2024

    Being vigilant and ready means praying constantly, and praying includes listening to God. We have to be paying attention if we are to recognize the signs when they come. We also must pay attention to the signs in our own lives, so that we notice when God is speaking to us. The readings about the End Times start the season of waiting, but they are also a training period for how we should be vigilant and pray all year long.
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  • Lectio Divina, The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 24, 2024
    November 22, 2024

    Lectio Divina, The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 24, 2024

    Jesus says, “Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” He is the Good Shepherd, and we are his sheep. The sheep know their shepherd’s voice when he calls. When we listen for the Truth, we can distinguish his voice from the others in the crowd of influences in our lives. The Truth is indeed a person. We can know him and his voice just as we can know any other person and their voice. We can know the voice of Truth so well, in fact, that we can decipher it from other voices when others claim to be telling the truth but are not. The more we listen to Jesus, the clearer this voice of truth becomes. This voice is telling us to believe, to be not afraid, and to trust in Jesus.
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  • Lectio Divina, Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 17, 2024
    November 16, 2024

    Lectio Divina, Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 17, 2024

    In reality, Christ’s words in this Sunday’s Gospel are constantly coming true all around us. They will all come true in all the ways we imagine they will as well in a day of Final Judgment, because Christ is not trying to deceive us. But science has shown us how all of Jesus’ warnings take place upon occassion. Stars do fall from the sky. We call them shooting stars. The sun and moon do become darkened. We call them eclipses. Instead of seeing these astronomical events as just pretty shows in the sky, let's heed them as signs from God. He is telling us that everything we thought was constant and stable, he can alter at his will. It will all pass away, but his word will remain. When we listen to him, we start to see the many layers of truth in his word.
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  • Lectio Divina, Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time November 10, 2024
    November 8, 2024

    Lectio Divina, Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time November 10, 2024

    God’s ways are not our ways. Our ways would say it’s foolish to give all our money away like the poor widow did in this Sunday’s Gospel. But God is inviting us to a completely different world that casts aside the worries and concerns of this world. The worries this world gives us keep us from hearing God’s voice. The main reason Jesus wants us to let go of the treasures of this world is so that we could not only rely on him more completely, but also see and hear him more clearly. What can I let go of so that I can more clearly hear God’s voice?

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  • Lectio Divina, Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time November 3, 2024
    October 31, 2024

    Lectio Divina, Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time November 3, 2024

    God wants to take over our lives and fill them with his divine love and joy. For this to happen we need to put him first in our lives and prefer his will over our own. To become everything God intended us to be, we need to get out of our own way. Let’s do what we need to do in this moment to silence ourselves and listen to God.
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