A time of Lexio devena for the discerning heart.

Saturday of the seventh week in Easter tide.

As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly.

For the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of this day to the Lord.

Say slowly from your heart,

Jesus, I trust in you. You take over. Become aware that he is with you, looking upon you with love, wanting to be heard deep within your heart. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John, Chapter 21 verses 20 through 25. Peter turned and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them,

the one who had leaned on his breast at the supper and had said to him,

Lord, who is it that will betray you?

Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus,

What about him, Lord?

Jesus answered, if I want him to stay, What about him, Lord? Jesus answered,

If I want him to stay behind till I come,

what does it matter to you?

You are to follow me.

The rumor then went out among the brothers

that this disciple would not die.

Yet Jesus had not said to Peter,

he will not die, but if I want him to stay behind

till I come. This disciple is the one who vouches for these things and has written them down,

and we know that his testimony is true. There were many other things that Jesus did. If all were

written down, the world itself, I suppose, would not hold all the books that would have to be written. What word made this passage come alive for you.

What did you sense the Lord an opportunity to speak to you. Peter turned and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them,

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