Welcome to this Lectio Divina on Psalm 82.
You are really welcome here and I am glad to share these words with you.
In arriving I invite you to sink and settle,
To let the day go,
To welcome this deeper breath,
To let go of anything that wants to be let go of,
To tuck into your heart those things that need tending to and to arrive into this space,
Stepping over the threshold into these words and this receiving.
May grace and love meet you here,
Hold you,
Envelop you and may these words bring you what you need in this moment.
Breathe deeply and connect with yourself in your body.
I'm going to read the whole psalm three times and on this first reading I invite you to let the words come without attaching to any in particular.
Psalm 82 When will you learn to act justly and with integrity will bring mutual blessing to all?
Do you not know that to give succor to the poor and to free people to succeed will bring you more joy than all your bank accounts?
Arise,
Awaken to the new dawn,
Come into the light,
Shed darkness like skin on the snake,
For the foundations of the cosmos are shaking with injustice.
I say within you dwells the beloved,
The breath of your breath.
Open your heart in the silence and know the one in the many.
Arise,
Join the new creation,
Let harmony reign among all the nations.
On this second reading you're invited to notice any words or phrases that capture your attention.
O compassionate teacher,
You are our merciful counselor.
In the silence you make yourself known to all who take time to listen.
Would that those in power heed your voice?
How long will you misuse power that oppresses the poor?
When will you learn that to act justly and with integrity will bring mutual blessing to all?
Do you not know that to give succor to the poor and to free people to succeed will bring you more joy than all your bank accounts?
Arise,
Awaken to the new dawn,
Come into the light,
Shed darkness like skin on the snake,
For the foundations of the cosmos are shaking with injustice.
I say within you dwells the beloved,
The breath of your breath.
Open your heart in the silence and know the one in the many.
Arise,
Join the new creation,
Let harmony reign among all the nations.
This final reading invites you to welcome the word,
The words or phrases that captured your attention,
To settle within,
To welcome them to bring their gift to you in this moment.
Notice how they feel as they arrive.
How does your body feel and respond to them?
What emotions arise as you consider them?
Do they invoke a response?
Do they offer an invitation?
Be curious as you welcome those words and phrases into yourself in a deeper way.
Oh compassionate teacher,
You are our merciful counsellor.
In the silence you make yourself known to all who take time to listen.
Would that those in power heed your voice?
How long will you misuse power that oppresses the poor?
When will you learn that to act justly and with integrity will bring mutual blessing to all?
Do you not know that to give succour to the poor and to free people to succeed will bring you more joy than all your bank accounts?
Arise,
Awaken to the new dawn,
Come into the light,
Shed darkness like skin on the snake,
For the foundations of the cosmos are shaking with injustice.
I say within you dwells the beloved,
The breath of your breath.
Open your heart in the silence and know the one in the many.
Arise,
Join the new creation,
Let harmony reign among all the nations.
Be blessed my friends,
May grace and love continue to accompany you and may these words continue to bring their gift.
Amen.
