Lectio Divina: next Sunday’s Mass readings will be different

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I read the description and it sounds complicated. Hopefully parishioners will find consolation in it.
 
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This coming Sunday parishioners at Catholic churches in New Zealand will notice the Liturgy of the Word is a little different:
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From your link:

“There will be only one reading (the Gospel), which the lay reader will read. … The reader will invite the congregation to close their eyes and listen prayerfully while the Gospel (Matthew 22: 34-40 – which is about Our Lord’s greatest commandment) is being read. While they are listening, each person will be listening for a word, image or phrase that strikes them in some way.”

After the Gospel has been read, there will be a 30-second period of silence. The Leader will then re-read the Gospel and again invite everybody to listen for the word, image or phrase that has occurred to them while they were listening. … Then there will be another short period of silence.
The Leader will then give everyone time to think about what they want to say to God in response to the Gospel passage they’ve just heard. … Another period of silence will follow, for 90 seconds or so.

Summarizing: The first and second readings have been done away with. Instead, the Gospel is read twice, interspersed with long silences. Definitely a disimprovement.
 
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