St. George Church

Lectio Divina is a slow, rhythmic reading and praying of a Scripture passage. You pick a passage and read it. Notice what arises within you as you read it. Then you read it again, and then again, noticing what words and phrases grab your heart and noticing the feelings that arise. You respond to God about whatever is stirring within as you read and pray with the passage. Finally, you rest and let God respond and speak to you.

O Mary, Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life.

Look down, O Mother,
upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born,
of the poor whose lives are made difficult,
of the men and women and children today
who are victims of threats and abuse, of slavery and violence.

Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of life
with honesty and love to the people of our time.

Help us to stand up, like Jesus, for the weak and oppressed.
Pray that we may receive the Gospel with joy and gratitude throughout our lives.
May your Son give us the courage to bear witness to him resolutely,
in order to build, together with all people of good will,
the civilization of truth and love,
to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.

[adapted from Evangellium Vitae, #105, St. John Paul II, 1991