Lectio Divina for 22 September 2024
Lectio “To you, Yahweh, I have lifted up my soul. In you, my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame.” (Psalm 24:1-2) This psalm is a cry of trust and surrender to the Lord. David lifts up his soul in a gesture of complete reliance on God, expressing faith that God will […]
Lectio Divina for 21 September 2024
Lectio “Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter. Who is this King of Glory? Yahweh who is strong and powerful; Yahweh powerful in battle. Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter. […]
Lectio Divina for 20 September 2024
Lectio “Who will ascend to the mountain of Yahweh? And who will stand in His holy place? The innocent of hands and the clean of heart, who has not received his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour. He will receive a blessing from Yahweh, and mercy from God, his Saviour.” (Psalm 23:3-5)
Lectio Divina for 19 September 2024
Lectio “You have prepared a table in my sight, opposite those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup, which inebriates me, how brilliant it is! And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of Yahweh for length […]
Lectio Divina for 18 September 2024
Lectio “Even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation.” (Psalm 22:4)
Lectio Divina for 17 September 2024
Lectio “Yahweh directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me. He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment. He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name.” (Psalm 22:1-3)
Meditation: On the Exercise of the Presence of God
A strong awareness of God’s presence is a powerful way to drive sin from the world, to bring even the worst sinners back to God, to awaken the lukewarm, and to inspire them towards fervour. It also helps the righteous grow in virtue until they reach perfection. This is what God told Abraham in Genesis […]
Lectio Divina for 16 September 2024
Lectio “Be exalted, Yahweh, by your own power. We will play music and sing psalms to your virtues.” (Psalm 20:14)
Meditation: On the Presence of God
Consider this undeniable truth, a core tenet of our faith that no Christian can doubt: the great God who created us all—the eternal, incomprehensible, and infinite majesty, to whom all creation is as nothing—is present everywhere. He is truly in every place and in every being. Wherever we are, God is there, with all His […]
Lectio Divina for 15 September 2024
Lectio “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will call upon the name of Yahweh our God. They have been bound, and they have fallen. But we have risen up, and we have been set upright. O Yahweh, save the king, and hear us on the day that we will call upon […]
