Lectio Divina - Broken Bay Institute

Lectio Divina Praying the Scriptures in Lent and Holy Week 2011 Year Amen broken and the bodies removed. 32 Then the soldiers came and brokethe legs of the fi rst and of the other who had been crucifi ed with him. 33 Butwhen they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did notbreak his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear,and at once blood and water came out. 35 (He who saw this has testifi edso that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows* thathe tells the truth.) 36 These things occurred so that the scripture might befulfi lled, ‘None of his bones shall be broken.’ 37 And again another passageof scripture says, ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced.’38After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus,though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let himtake away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission; so he came andremoved his body. 39 Nicodemus, who had at fi rst come to Jesus by night,also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundredpounds. 40 They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices inlinen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now there was agarden in the place where he was crucifi ed, and in the garden there was anew tomb in which no one had ever been laid. 42 And so, because it was theJewish day of Preparation, and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.Holy SaturdayLamentations 3:1-243 I am one who has seen affl iction under the rod of God’s wrath; 2 he hasdriven and brought me into darkness without any light; 3 against me alonehe turns his hand, again and again, all day long. 4 He has made my fl esh andmy skin waste away, and broken my bones; 5 he has besieged and envelopedme with bitterness and tribulation; 6 he has made me sit in darkness like thedead of long ago. 7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he hasput heavy chains on me; 8 though I call and cry for help, he shuts out myprayer; 9 he has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my pathscrooked. 10 He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding; 11 he led me offmy way and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate; 12 he bent his bowand set me as a mark for his arrow. 13 He shot into my vitals the arrows ofhis quiver; 14 I have become the laughingstock of all my people, the objectof their taunt-songs all day long. 15 He has fi lled me with bitterness, he hassated me with wormwood. 16 He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and61