Lectio Divina with Fr. Lawrence
II Corinthians 5:15
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He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Meditation
The Fourth Eucharistic Prayer is seldom used because of its length. However, these words, quoted directly from St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians, have always...
June 18
Lectio Divina with Fr. Lawrence
Matthew 5:48
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“So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
Meditate
Is Jesus asking the impossible of us? How can we be as perfect as God? Unfortunately, the way we use the word perfect in English (meaning – without flaw) is not the meaning of the word in Greek (meaning – whole, complete,...
Lectio Divina with Fr. Lawrence
I Kings 19:11-12
Reading
Then the LORD said: Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD; the LORD will pass by. There was a strong and violent wind rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the LORD—but the LORD was not in the wind; after the wind, an earthquake—but the LORD was not in the earthquake; after the earthquake,...
Lectio Divina with Fr. Lawrence
Matthew 5:13
Reading
“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
Meditation
Perhaps the most prevalent use for it in Israel in the time of Jesus was as a catalyst for fire. A block of salt lay at the base...
Lectio Divina with Fr. Lawrence
2 Timothy 2:11-13
Reading
This saying is faithful: If we have died with him we shall also live with him;
if we persevere we shall also reign with him.
But if we deny him he will deny us.
If we are unfaithful he remains unfaithful, for he cannot deny himself.
Meditation
The words of this canticle are phrased as conditional statements – a...