Episode Transcript
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Hi, my name is Emma Plant,
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I’m the Communications Manager
at Archdiocesan Ministries
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and a missionary disciple doing my best
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to follow Jesus and grow in faith.
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I invite you to join me today
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in a moment of Lectio Divina.
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This is a slow,
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prayerful way of reading Scripture
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that helps us listen for God’s voice in the words.
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It invites us to read, reflect
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pray, and rest in God’s presence
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so the Word can move from our heads to our hearts
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and transform our lives.
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There’s more than one way to engage in this practice
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and today I invite you to listen
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as I read through a Gospel passage
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for a word or a phrase that stands out to you.
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When you hear a word or phrase that stands out,
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take time to sit with that.
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I’ll read through the text a second time
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and again invite you to listen
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and whatever the word or phrase
that strikes you is, stay there
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and ask God what He’s saying to you.
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Let’s pray.
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In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
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This is a reading from the Gospel of Luke.
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One day, while He was teaching,
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Pharisees and teachers of the law
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were sitting near by.
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They had come from every
village of Galilee and Judea
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and from Jerusalem.
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And the power of the Lord
was with Him to heal.
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Just then some men came,
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carrying a paralysed man on a bed.
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They were trying to bring him in
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and lay him before Jesus;
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but finding no way to bring
him in because of the crowd,
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they went up on the roof
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and let him down with
his bed through the tiles
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into the middle of the crowd
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in front of Jesus.
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When He saw their faith, He said,
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“Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”
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Then the scribes and the
Pharisees began to question,
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“Who is this who is
speaking blasphemies?
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Who can forgive sins
but God alone?”
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When Jesus perceived
their questionings,
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He answered them,
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“Why do you raise such
questions in your hearts?
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Which is easier,
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to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’
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or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?
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But so that you may know
that the Son of Man
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has authority on
earth to forgive sins”
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He said to the one
who was paralysed,
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“I say to you, stand up,
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take your bed and go to your home.”
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Immediately he stood up before them,
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took what he had been lying on,
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and went to his home,
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glorifying God.
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I invite you now to sit with that
word that touched your heart.
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What is God trying to say to you?
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I'll read the scripture one more time.
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One day, while He was teaching,
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Pharisees and teachers of the law
were sitting near by.
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They had come from every
village of Galilee and Judea
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and from Jerusalem.
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And the power of the Lord
was with Him to heal.
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Just then some men came,
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carrying a paralysed man on a bed.
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They were trying to bring him
in and lay him before Jesus;
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but finding no way to bring
him in because of the crowd,
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they went up on the roof
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and let him down with
his bed through the tiles
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into the middle of the crowd
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in front of Jesus.
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When He saw their faith, He said,
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“Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”
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Then the scribes and the
Pharisees began to question,
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“Who is this who is
speaking blasphemies?
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Who can forgive sins
but God alone?”
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When Jesus perceived
their questionings,
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He answered them,
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“Why do you raise such
questions in your hearts?
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Which is easier, to say,
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‘Your sins are forgiven you,’
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or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?
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But so that you may know
that the Son of Man
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has authority on
earth to forgive sins”
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He said to the one
who was paralysed,
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“I say to you, stand up,
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take your bed and go to your home.”
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Immediately he stood up before them,
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took what he had been lying on,
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and went to his home,
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glorifying God.
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Thank you God for all the ways you speak to us.
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I pray as we carry these words in our hearts
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that you will continue to reveal yourself to us.
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Amen.
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In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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Amen.
