Lectio Divina of the Gospels 2019-2020

April 12, 2020 Lectio Divina for the Octave of Easter

We begin our prayer: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O God, who have united the many nations in confessing your name, grant that those reborn in the font of Baptism may be one in the faith of their hearts and the homage of their deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Collect, Thursday within the Octave of Easter Reading ( Lectio ) Read the following Scripture two or three times. Matthew 28:1-10 A fter the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, approached, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing was white as snow. The guards were shaken

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