Lectio Divina for 20 July 2024
Lectio Read the passage slowly and attentively, focusing on each word and phrase. Passage: “Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom […]
Lectio Divina for 19 July 2024
Lectio Read the passage slowly and attentively, focusing on each word and phrase. Passage: “And after these things, the Lord appointed also other seventy-two. And he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was to come. And he said to them: The harvest indeed is great, […]
Lectio Divina for 18 July 2024
Lectio Read the passage slowly and attentively, paying close attention to each word and detail. Passage: “This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do the […]
Lectio Divina for 17 July 2024
Click here for the Lectio Divina for Saint Luke 16:1-9.
Lectio Divina for 16 July 2024
Lectio Read the passage slowly and attentively, paying close attention to each word and detail. Passage: “Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you […]
Lectio Divina for 15 July 2024
Lectio Read the passage slowly and attentively, paying close attention to each word and detail. Passage: “Jesus said to his disciples: Let your loins be girt and lamps burning in your hands. And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that when he cometh and […]
Lectio Divina for 13 July 2024
Click here for the Lectio Divina for Saint Luke 11:27-28
Lectio Divina for 11 July 2024
This is the same passage read on 7 July 2024.
Lectio Divina for 10 July 2024
1. Lectio Read the passage slowly and attentively, paying close attention to each word and detail. Passage: “As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. And one said unto him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee. But he […]
On Human Rights, Torture, Cruel and Inhuman Treatment
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem is committed to upholding human rights within its Canonical, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction to the extent that it is capable and strongly believes and desires to put emphasis on the fact that all human beings, no matter what social status they may or may not hold, must not be subjected to any form […]
