Lectio Div Catholic Gospel

FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” This episode is also available a...

Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heave...

Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. . . . Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/09/06/tuesday-of-the-twenty-third-week-in-ordinary-time/

Then Jesus said to scribes and Pharisees, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/09/05/monday-of-the-twenty-third-week-in-ordinary-time/

What Jesus says seems harsh and confusing: “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/09/04/twenty-third-sunday-in-ordinary-time/

Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/09/02/friday-of-the-twenty-second-week-in-ordinary-time/

From today's Gospel reading: They came and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/09/01/thursday-of-the-twenty-second-week-in-ordinary-time/

At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/08/31/wednesday-of-the-twenty-second-week-in-ordinary-time/

“What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy One of God!” Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet! Come out of him!” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lectiodiv.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/tuesday-of-the-twenty-second-week-in-ordinary-time/

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