Lectio Div Catholic Gospel

On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. He said to the host who invited him, “When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or sisters or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed...

“Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/30/thirty-first-sunday-in-ordinary-time/

Jesus told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table. “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. . . . Rather, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place so that when the host comes to you he may say, ‘My friend, move up to a higher position.’” This episode is als...

Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/28/feast-of-saints-simon-and-jude-apostles/

Someone asked Jesus, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” He answered them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/26/wednesday-of-the-thirtieth-week-in-ordinary-time/

Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and  the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches .” Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour until the wh...

Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect. When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, “Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.” He laid his hands on her, and she at once stood up straight and glorified God. This episode is also available as a blog pos...

“But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10...

Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. He said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lec...

Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does; and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time?” This episode is also ava...

Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/...

Jesus said to his disciples: “Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/19/memorial-of-saints-john-de-brebeuf-and-isaac-jogu...

Jesus said to the seventy-two disciples, “Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/feast-of-saint-luke-evangelist/

Then [Jesus] said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/17/memorial-of-saint-ignatius-of-antioch-bishop-and-martyr/

The Lord said, “Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/16/twenty-ninth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/

“When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say.  For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/15/memorial-of-saint-teresa-of-jesus-virgin-and-doctor-of-the-church/

“There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed on the housetops. . . . Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them has escaped the notice of God. Even the hairs of your head have all been c...

Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and Apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://...

“Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. . . . You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/12/wednesday-of-the-twenty-eighth-week-in-ordinary-time/

The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil. You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/11/tuesday-of-the-t...

At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/10/monday-of-the-twenty-eighth-week-in-ordinary-time/

While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/08/saturday-of-the-twenty-seventh-week-in-ordinary-time/

“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/07/memorial-of-our-lady-of-the-rosary/

And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/06/thursday-of-the-twenty-seventh-week-in-ordinary-time/

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/10/05/wednesday-of-the-twenty-seventh-week-in-ordinary-time/