Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart

Описание: 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 – 𝗔 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁

𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙂𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙩. 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝟨:𝟣𝟦-𝟤𝟫
King Herod had heard about Jesus, since by now his name was well known. Some were saying, ‘John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.’ Others said, ‘He is Elijah’; others again, ‘He is a prophet, like the prophets we used to have.’ But when Herod heard this he said, ‘It is John whose head I cut off; he has risen from the dead.’
Now it was this same Herod who had sent to have John arrested, and had him chained up in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife whom he had married. For John had told Herod, ‘It is against the law for you to have your brother’s wife.’ As for Herodias, she was furious with him and wanted to kill him; but she was not able to, because Herod was afraid of John, knowing him to be a good and holy man, and gave him his protection. When he had heard him speak he was greatly perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.
An opportunity came on Herod’s birthday when he gave a banquet for the nobles of his court, for his army officers and for the leading figures in Galilee. When the daughter of this same Herodias came in and danced, she delighted Herod and his guests; so the king said to the girl, ‘Ask me anything you like and I will give it you.’ And he swore her an oath, ‘I will give you anything you ask, even half my kingdom.’ She went out and said to her mother, ‘What shall I ask for?’ She replied, ‘The head of John the Baptist.’ The girl hurried straight back to the king and made her request, ‘I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head, here and now, on a dish.’ The king was deeply distressed but, thinking of the oaths he had sworn and of his guests, he was reluctant to break his word to her. So the king at once sent one of the bodyguard with orders to bring John’s head. The man went off and beheaded him in prison; then he brought the head on a dish and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘑𝘌𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘈𝘓𝘌𝘔 𝘉𝘐𝘉𝘓𝘌, 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 (𝘤) 𝟣𝟫𝟨𝟨 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘯 & 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘥, 𝘓𝘵𝘥. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘐𝘯𝘤. 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: DiscerningHearts.com
𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: VisualRevival.com