LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Luke 6:27-38 (Jesus said to his disciples) “I say to you who can hear, love your enemies, do good to them who hate you. Bless those that curse you and pray for those who use you spitefully. And to him who strikes you on one cheek, offer him the other. And if one takes away your cloak, let him also take your coat. Give to every man that asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours, do not demand it back. Do unto others as you would want

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Romans 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together for good of those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that they might be the firstborn among many. Moreover, those whom He predestined, He also called, and those He called, He also justified, and those whom He justified, he also glorified. MEDITATIO - Meditate on text, allow t

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Luke 6:6-11 And it came to pass on a sabbath that Jesus entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man whose right hand was withered. The scribes and Pharisees watched him to see if he would heal on the sabbath so that they might make a case against him. But he knew their intentions and said to the man with the withered hand, “Rise and stand in our midst.” And he rose and stood before them. Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you one thing:

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Romans 13:8-10 Owe no one anything except to love one another. He who loves another has fulfilled the law. “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not kill,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and any other commandment all come down to “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love works no ill toward a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. MEDITATIO - Meditate on text, allo

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Psalm 145:17-21 R. (v 18) The LORD is near to all who call upon Him. The LORD is righteous in all his ways And holy in all his works. The LORD is near to all who call upon him, To all who call upon him in truth. R. (v 18) The LORD is near to all who call upon Him. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him, He hears their cry and will save them. The LORD keeps all who love him, But the wicked will be destroyed. R. (v 18) The LORD is near

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Let us be regarded as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Of course, it is required of stewards to be found faithful. To me, it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or any man. I don’t even judge my own self. For I know nothing of myself, yet am I not justified? But He who judges me is the Lord. Therefore, judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will bring to light the h

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Luke 5:1-11 And it came to pass that as He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people crowded round Him to hear the word of God. He saw two boats moored by the lake, and the fishermen were washing their nets. He boarded one of the boats which was Simon’s, and He asked him to row out a bit from the shore. Then He sat down and taught the people from the boat. When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Cast out into the deep and let down

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Luke 4:38-44 And Jesus left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. And Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering with a great fever, and they sought Jesus’ help for her. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever and it left her. Immediately, she rose and ministered to them. Now when the sun was setting, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to Him. He laid hands on each of them and healed them. And demons also came out of m

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 1:10b-16 The Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. Among men, who knows what pertains to a man except his spirit within? Similarly, no one knows what pertains to God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God so that we may understand the things freely given to us by God. And we speak about them not with words man’s wisdom teaches but with words taught by the

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 When I came to you, declaring to you the testimony of God, I came not with excellent speech or human wisdom. For I resolved not to know anything while with you except Jesus Christ crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of human wisdom but rather in demonstration of the Spirit and of the power so that your faith should not stand on the wi

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Matthew 16:21-27 Jesus began to show his disciples how he must go up to Jerusalem and suffer many things because of the elders, chief priests, and scribes ad be killed and raised again on the third day. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him saying, “God forbid, Lord, let this not be for you.” But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan. You are an offense to me. For you think not as God does but rather as men do.” T

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 See, brothers and sisters, how few wise, how few powerful, and how few of noble birth were called. Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to confound the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong, and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those counting for little, to reduce to nothing those who are something so that no human being might boast before God. Because of Him, you are in Christ

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with the wisdom of words that would empty the cross of Christ of its meaning. The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And I will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise one? Where is the scr

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Matthew 24:42-51 (Jesus said to his disciples,) “Be attentive because one does not know at which hour your Lord will come. But know this, if the master of the house had known at which time the thief would come, he would have been attentive and would not have suffered from his house being broken into. Therefore, you also must be ready for the Son of Man will come when you do not expect. “Who then is the faithful and wise servant who his lord h

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18 We command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in a disorderly way rather than following the tradition received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us because we were not disorderly when we were among you. Neither did we eat another’s bread, but rather labored night and day so that we would not be a burden to any o

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Matthew 23:23-26 (Jesus said,) “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes on mint and anise and cummin and have omitted the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These you should have done without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: John 1:45-51 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found him, the one about whom Moses in the law and the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” And Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip answered him, “Come and see.” Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and sai

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Romans 11:33-36 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor? Or who has given the Lord anything that he may be repaid? For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. MEDITATIO - Meditate on text, allow the LORD to touch us with His Word: Am I in rightfu

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Matthew 23:1-12 Then Jesus spoke to the multitude and his disciples saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. Do and observe all that they command you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens difficult to carry and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves do not move one finger to help them. All their works they do to be seen by others. They make their phylacteries b

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Matthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Then one of them, a scholar of the law, asked him a question seeking to test him and saying, “Master, which commandment is the greatest in the law?” Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it. Y