Mother and daughter Monica and Grace share their experiences with Lectio Divina. Listen to them explain the process and pray alongside us in this guided meditation on a passage from the Gospel of Luke.

Lectio Divina Guided Meditation begins at 11:44.

Passage:

Luke 24: 28-35

28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further, 29 but they constrained him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. 32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?” 33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, 34 who said, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Meditation Questions:

What words or phrases are “standing out” or even “jumping out” at you?

What details in the passage are interesting to you?

What have you never noticed before in this passage?

Which person in the passage do you identify with? Does this passage relate to your life? How? Does the passage relate to someone important in your life?

What practical resolutions should you make?

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