Lectio the Liturgy
Give a woman a phrase, and she's going to want a visual to go with it.
That's how it all started. You know those times - when you ask God to show you something amazing in Scripture. One weekend during Easter of 2016, the only thing that popped off the page of Scripture was "so that".
So what was I supposed to do with that? "Nothing" was my first reaction because really, what kind of conjunction is that, anyway? Next week, another "so that" appeared. THEN, I went home and started diagramming Scripture, and I found myself, each day, diagramming a new verse. This method made the Scripture, and the Prayers of the Liturgy come alive. (p.s. "So that" is not like an equal sign.)
I am a wife, mom, and a convert to the Catholic Faith. I love to read, travel, teach, and share the love of God. Tea and Scripture make for the best mornings, don't they?
DISCLAIMER: No "grammar police" here! I have rediscovered my passion for diagramming sentences and in doing so, have found a whole new insight into prayer because I've found joy in the words.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 136
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 80: Prayer after Communion 14 Sunday in Ordinary Time
Toddlers are a hoot, aren’t they? They sure know what they want. However, God doesn’t bargain like parents do. If we don’t want to accept His gifts, we don’t have to. The choice is ours.
I would su…
Episode 79: God's Job Description
If you could write a job description for God, what would it include? In this week’s prayer, we ask God to accomplish the effects of his mysteries in us.
The mysteries are the saving works of Jesus,…
Episode 78: Prayer Over the Offering 12 Sunday in Ordinary Time
In the Sacrament of the Eucharist, we get back what we offer to the Father - which is Jesus. However, there is more to the action than just taking. We need to take and receive. It takes both for us t…
Episode 77: Collect 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
We can talk the talk, but in this week’s Collect we ask for the grace to walk the walk.
If we want to please God, we need to follow through with the changes we are called to make.
The down side is …
Episode 76: Collect 10th Sunday of Ordinary Time
This week’s Collect addresses two of the more difficult parts of the Christian life: discerning and doing.
How can I trust that what I hear is from God and what if I’m afraid to step out?
Go back t…
Episode 75: Collect Feast of Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
There is something very different and yet almost unnoticeable in this week’s prayer. It is not addressed to God the Father, it is addressed to Jesus, and rightly so.
Once we enter into the Mass like…
Episode 74: Collect Feast of the Holy Trinity
What do we do with a Sunday to celebrate one of the greatest mysteries of the Church - the Trinity? Unless God gives us divine revelation, we may never be able to grasp it all.
However, whether we …
Episode 73: Collect Vigil of Pentecost
God did not spin the wheel and see what day Pentecost would land on! It was a part of his plan all along, and when I learned about Pentecost, how it was first mentioned in the Old Testament, just may…
Episode 72: Untitled Episode
The heavenly realms are ALREADY in us. We aer ALREADY seated with Jesus in heaven.
This changes everything! It changes how we act and what we say, it should also change how we pray.
We are not ear…
Episode 70: Collect 6 Sunday of Easter
Heartfelt devotion is not just a warm fuzzy. It means to go to God exactly as we are, not hiding something, not pretending to “just fine,” not afraid.
It also means that we need to not pick up when w…
Episode 71: Collect 6 Sunday of Easter
Heartfelt devotion is not just a warm fuzzy. It means to go to God exactly as we are, not hiding something, not pretending to “just fine,” not afraid.
It also means that we need to not pick up when w…
Episode 69: Collect 5th Sunday of Easter
Sure - let God do all the work, but there's one important thing that has to happen first. We have to participate. We've got to cooperate with His plan! So go ahead, get fertilized and put yourself in…
Episode 68: Collect for the 4th Sunday of Easter
We were made and meant to live in the joys of heaven now! How? By letting the Shepherd lead us.
Episode 67: Collect for the 3rd Sunday of Easter
In the prayer, we tell God that with our renewed "youthfulness of spirit" we rejoice forever in our restored adoptioin. "Youthfulness of spirit" is being like a kid again. Let yourself go! Rejoice in…
Episode 66: Collect for the 2nd Sunday of Easter
Three things the Church wants us to understand and grasp: the font, the Spirit, and the Blood. Our freedom comes from the womb that is the tomb. Not the tomb of death, but the tomb of Resurrection po…
Episode 65: Collect for Easter Sunday
At Easter Vigil we hear how God opened the doors to set captives free. In the Collect for Easter Mass, we hear how God opened the doors to eternity. They are the same doors!
As Resurrection people, …
Episode 64: Collect for Palm Sunday
How many times have you been a patient sufferer? How many patient sufferers do you know? What if our patient suffering is what makes us partakers in Resurrection Glory?
I'm not going to ask for extr…
Episode 63: Collect 5th Sunday of Lent
Did Jesus need to be convinced or did He eagerly desire to be our salvation? Of those two, which one do we ask for in this week's Collect?
Episode 61: Collect 3rd Sunday of Lent
I remember learning about transcendentals a long time ago, so this prayer was a fun refresher.
Originally named by Aquinas and Plato, these original three, truth, beauty, and goodness tell us what G…