KykNET Lent Guide 2023Sample

Week of Preparation – The Word

Enough.

These few words are enough.

If not these words, this breath.

If not this breath, this sitting here.

This opening to life

We have refused

Again and again

Until now.

Enough by David Whyte

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture… 1 Tim 4:13 NIV

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law, day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. Psalms 1:1-3 NIV

There is something special about the Bible. The Bible is called the Holy Scripture. Holy means “set apart”. It is different from any other book you will ever come across. Through the ages, the Bible has been the source of nourishment for believers, that stimulates them, keeps them intact, leads them, and helps them grow.

During this journey, you are invited to live each week with beatitude and a story from Scripture. It is important that you do not only use your logical and rational mind when engaging with the Word. We read the Scripture repeatedly. By reading it in this way, we begin to meditate on it. You rethink it. You go to your inner functions – your intuition – a way of reading from the early church that helps take scripture from our heads to our hearts.

Exercise:

Read the Scripture for the day.

What do you feel? What happens inside of you as you read it? What is God inviting you to through these words?

Repetition Prayer:

Lord, give me the grace to receive Your Word.