Lectio Divina of the Gospels 2019-2020

December 15, 2019 Lectio Divina for the Third Week of Advent

We begin our prayer: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O God, who through your Only Begotten Son have made us a new creation, look kindly, we pray, on the handiwork of your mercy, and at your Son’s coming cleanse us from every stain of the old way 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, Tuesday of the Third Week of Adven t Reading ( Lectio ) Read the following Scripture two or three times. Matthew 11:2-11 W hen John the Baptist heard in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples to Jesus with this question, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” Jesus said to them in reply, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers

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