Lectio Divina of the Gospels 2018-2019

by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Lectio Divina of the Gospels for the Liturgical Year, 2018-2019 takes the reader through the traditional process of lectio divina, with reading, meditation, prayer, and contemplation, focused on the Sunday gospel reading. A unique guide is offered for each gospel reading to help the reader explore the sacred texts with greater attention and allow the Word to permeate their mind and imagination more deeply. Each week's lectio divina includes a dedicated page for writing out reflections, thoughts, and prayers. This book takes the reader through a cycle of praying with the Gospels for Sundays and major feasts of the liturgical year, beginning with the first Sunday of Advent on December 2, 2018, and concluding with the last Sunday in Ordinary Time on November 24, 2019. This lectio divina prayer guide can be used for personal meditation, as a tool for family prayer, and would also be great for parish small-group reflections on the Sunday Gospel.

280 pages, Paperback

Published October 15, 2018

About the author

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter) in the United States and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the bishops in the six dioceses form their own episcopal conference, the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (Spanish, Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña). The bishops in U.S. insular areas in the Pacific Ocean – the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of American Samoa, and the Territory of Guam – are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (Latin, Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici).

The USCCB adopted its current name in July 2001. The organization is a registered corporation based in Washington, D.C. As with all bishops' conferences, certain decisions and acts of the USCCB must receive the recognitio, or approval of the Roman dicasteries, which are subject to the immediate and absolute authority of the Pope.