Sunday of the Fourth Week of Eastertide – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast

Sunday of the Fourth Week of Eastertide – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast

April 25, 2026 · 9 min

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This episode focuses on a spiritual reflection during the Fourth Week of Eastertide, incorporating Lectio Divina and a reading from the Gospel of St. John.

Sunday of the Fourth Week of Eastertide – A Time of Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart Podcast As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of this day to the Lord. Say slowly from your heart “Jesus, I Trust In You…You Take Over” Become aware that He is with you, looking upon you with love, wanting to be heard deep within in your heart… From the Holy Gospel According to St. John 10:1-10 Jesus said: ‘I tell you most solemnly, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but gets in some other way is a thief and a brigand. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. When he has brought out his flock, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow because they know his voice. They never follow a stranger but run away from him: they do not recognise the voice of strangers.’ Jesus told them this parable but they failed to understand what he meant by telling it to them. So Jesus spoke to them again: ‘I tell you most solemnly, I am the gate of the…

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