Friday 24th January
2014
A Time of Lectio Divina
GREETING
The Lord be with
you.
And
also with you.
PREPARING OUR HEARTS
Our souls long for your presence,
Lord.
When
we turn our thoughts to you, we find peace and contentment.
Lord, help us to know what you want
to say to us. Help us to notice your
words of reassurance and challenge.
We
ask for the grace to be free from our own concerns,
and
open to what you would say to us.
We turn our thoughts to you,
Lord. We leave behind our chores and preoccupations.
We
will take rest and refreshment in your presence, Lord.
MEDITATING ON
SCRIPTURE
This ‘King Melchizedek of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him’; 2 and to him Abraham apportioned ‘one-tenth of everything’. His name, in the first place, means ‘king of righteousness’; next he is also king of Salem, that is, ‘king of peace’. 3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest for ever.
4 See how great he is! Even Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth of the spoils. 5 And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to collect tithes from the people, that is, from their kindred, though these also are descended from Abraham. 6 But this man, who does not belong to their ancestry, collected tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had received the promises. 7 It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8 In the one case, tithes are received by those who are mortal; in the other, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.
(Hebrews 7: 1-8, NRSV)
One group member reads the scripture portion
aloud, followed by silence. What word or
idea strikes us?
A second member reads aloud, followed by
silence. Where is Christ in what we
read?
A third member reads aloud, followed by
silence. What does Christ call me to do?
A brief time of sharing follows.
PRAYING FOR ONE
ANOTHER
Informal prayer in pairs
The collect of
the day
Our Father in
heaven …
DISMISSAL
The Lord be with
you.
And also with you.
Let us go in peace
to love and serve the Lord.
In
the name of Christ. Amen.
Acknowledgements
Front cover image accessed 23rd
January 2014 at www.decorative-films-by-maryanne.com
Prayers and service format based on Sacred Space, accessed 23rd
January at www.sacredspace.ie
Other liturgical material from BCP (2004) and New Patterns of Worship (www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship)
Reproduced under licence from CCLI, Licence
Nos. 1344568 and 1344575
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