Proposed Lectio Passages

These are suggested brief passages for your private lectio during this retreat, taken from the one of the hours of the Liturgy of the Hours of the day. However, you are free to use whatever texts you like, including psalms and readings from the daily Liturgy of the Hours.

A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (Hebrews 7:26-27) It was fitting that we should have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens. He has no need, as did the high priests, to offer sacrifice day after day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did that once for all when he offered himself.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 53:4-5) It was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings he endured, While we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted, But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, Upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.

A reading from the first Letter of Saint Peter (1 Peter 1:18-21) Realize that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb. He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, who through him believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (Hebrews 10:12-14) Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God; now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool. For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated. We also recommend doing Lectio Divina with your children! For more information see the Resource for Parents starting on page 30 or Lectio Divina with Children on page 34.

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