A time of Lexio devena for the discerning heart.

Wednesday of the third week of Eastertide.

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

For the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of the stay 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 6 verses 35 through 40.

Jesus said to the crowd, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry.

He who believes in me will never thirst. But as I have told you, you can see me and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me. and whoever comes to me I shall not turn him away

because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of the one who sent me.

Now the will of him who sent me is that I should lose nothing of all that he is given to me,

and that I should raise it up on the last day.

Yes, it is my father's will that whoever sees the son and believes in him shall have

eternal life, and that I shall raise him up on the last day. What word made this passage come alive for you.

What did you sense the Lord saying to you?

What did you sense the Lord an opportunity to speak to you.

Jesus said to the crowd,

I am the bread of life.

He who comes to me will never be hungry.

He who believes in me will never thirst.

But as I have told you, you can see me, and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me, I shall not turn him away.

Because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of the one who sent me.

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