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Praying Lectio Divina
Communion Shoulder my Yoke
Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart. And you’ll find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy and my burden light. 1. ‘Come, you weary’, says the Lord. ‘All who are heavy laden.’
He will give you rest for your souls. 2. ‘Come, you hungry’, says the Lord. ‘All who are heavy laden.’
He will give you rest for your souls. 3. ‘Come, you thirsty’, says the Lord. ‘All who are heavy laden.’
He will give you rest for your souls. 4. ‘Come, you children’, says the Lord.
‘Yours is the kingdom of heaven.’
He will keep you safe from all harm.
Anne Ward
Recessional
1. We walk by faith, and not by sight: no gracious words we hear of Him who spoke as none e'er spoke, but we believe Him near.
2. We may not touch His hands and side, nor follow where He trod; yet in his promise we rejoice, and cry, "My Lord and God!" 3. Help then, O Lord, our unbelief; and may our faith abound; to call on You when You are near, and seek where You are found.
4. That when our life of faith is done, in realms of clearer light may we behold You as You are with full and endless sight. 5. We walk by faith, and not by sight: no gracious words we hear of Him who spoke as none e'er spoke, but we believe Him near.
Henry Alford
We Walk by Faith
LECTIO DIVINA A short guide to praying with the Scriptures
Lectio IS
✙ Prayer ✙ Listening ✙ A moment of quiet ✙ A moment when God speaks to me ✙ For every day ✙ For life
Lectio is NOT
✙ Study ✙ Reading a novel ✙ Homework
✙ Difficult
✙ Rushed
Some tips
✙ Use a short passage of scripture – from one of the Gospels is ideal ✙ If on your own ‘start small’ – perhaps just 5 or 10 minutes
The practice of Lectio Divina ✙ Be still
✙ Choose a short text from the Scriptures ✙ Read it through – perhaps aloud ✙ Read it through – in silence – two or three times ✙ Reflect on the text in your mind and heart ✙ Be open to a particular word or phrase that stays with you ✙ Read through the text again ✙ Reflect on the text again ✙ Be open for a prayer, or thought, that may come to you ✙ Carry this through the day ✙ End with a short prayer and the Sign of the Cross
Lectio with a group ✙ If you are doing Lectio Divina in a group, one person can read the text for the first time
✙ People may wish to share the word or phrase that came to them ✙ The text can then be read aloud once more, before people reflect on their own minds and hearts
✙ One person can bring the time of Lectio Divina to a close with the prayer and Sign of the Cross
God has something He wishes to say to me TODAY God has something to say to me EACH day He will say this to me in a SIMPLE way, through his WORD
Sunday 31 July
9.30 am International Mass in Pius X Basilica
2.30 pm Reconciliation Service for Hotels/Accueil, in Church of St Bernadette Cote Grotte & Cote Carmel
5.30 pm Choir practice at St Sauveur Mezzanine
6.00 pm Clinical Team Meeting, Panorama 1st Floor Meeting room
6.00 pm Chaplains’ Meeting in the Ste Rose Bar
9.00 pm Marian Torchlight Procession
DAILY PRAYERS SUNDAY 31 JULY
Leader: O God, come to our aid. All: O Lord, make haste to help us. Leader: O God, as we begin this time of prayer, Open our hearts to hear your call in these moments. Help us to set aside any obstacles to your love, So that we may rest here in you. Amen.
(Silence is kept) Leader: Our Lady said to Bernadette, ‘Go and tell the priests…’ Scripture: Luke 12:18-21 Reader: Then he said, “This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain in them, and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink and have a good time.” But God said to him, “Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?” So it is when a man stores up treasures for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.’ Leader: The Gospel of the Lord All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ All: Our Lady said to Bernadette, ‘Go and tell the priests…’ (Silence is kept) Reflection Today we gather for mass with our brothers and sisters from the other pilgrimages in Lourdes. We will hear prayers in languages other than our own. This year we have been reminded of the horror of war. The war in Ukraine has brought the reality of violence very close to home, to a people who seem like us. Sadly, at any one time there is large scale violence or war somewhere in the world. We take time to think about what Jesus is telling us in the Gospel about our own lives and what we need to store up in our lives. What does your soul need?
Intercessions
Leader: we offer our prayers for those people and situations on our hearts at this time. We pray aloud or in silence.
Closing prayer All: O God, be with us as we journey together through this pilgrimage, May the special grace we encounter here in Lourdes, the out-pouring of your love, inspire us throughout our lives. As we learn to encounter, listen, and together, help us to constantly search for your grace, for your love, wherever we find ourselves. So that, like the priests here in Lourdes, we may respond to your call, in humility and trust. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Leader: Our Lady of Lourdes, All: Pray for us. Leader: St Bernadette, All: Pray for us. Leader: All holy men and women, All: Pray for us. Leader: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
TOMORROW
✙ Geste De L’eau (Water Gesture) (p.90) ✙ Group Mass (p.92) ✙ Blessed Sacrament Procession (p.94) ✙ Reconciliation Service for Helpers (p.84)
Sunday 31 July
Reading Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21 - 23 Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity. For so it is that a man who has laboured wisely, skillfully and successfully must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, is vanity and great injustice; for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun? What of all his laborious days, his cares of office, his restless nights? This, too, is vanity.
Gospel Luke 12: 13 - 23 A man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.’ ‘My friend.’ he replied, ‘who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?’ The he said to them, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs. Then he told them a parable: ‘There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself, “What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops,” Then he said, “This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain in them, and I will say to my soul: My soul , you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink and have a good time.” But God said to him, “Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?” So it is when a man stores up treasures for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.’
Our Father Pater noster, qui es in caelis: Sanctificétur nomen tuum: Advéniat regnum tuum: Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie: Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem, sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.
Creed CREDO in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem caeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium.
Et in unum Dominum Iesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum. Et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula. Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero, genitum non factum, consubstantialem Patri: perquem omnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos hominess et propter nostrum salute descendit de caelis. Et incarnates est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, passus et sepultus est, et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas, et ascendit in caelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris.
Et iterum venturus est cum gloria, iudicare vivos et mortuos, cuius regni non erit finis. Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem, qui ex Patre Filioque procedit. Qui cum Patre et Filio simuladoratur et conglorificatur: qui locutus est per prophetas. Etunam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam. Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum. Et expect resurrectionem mortuorum, et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen.
