Lectio Divina of the Gospels 2019-2020

April 19, 2020 Lectio Divina for the Second Week 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 willed that through the paschal mysteries the gates of mercy should stand open for your faithful, look upon us and have mercy, that as we follow, by your gift, the way you desire for us, so may we never stray from the paths of life. 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, Saturday of the Second Week of Easter Reading ( Lectio ) Read the following Scripture two or three times. John 20:19-31 O n the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father