Jesus, Son of David, Have Mercy on Me

For those just joining us we are working on lectio divina.  I am supplying some passages to use with "holy reading".  You can get freshend up on the practice itself by going back in this blog or hitting the links below.

Father Thomas Keating's Lectio Divina
Father Basil Pennington's Lectio Divina

Today's reading is one of the key texts of scripture that was used in the development of the Jesus Prayer, both by Abba Arsenius and then the later Fathers and Mothers of the desert and Church.

The reading is from Mark 10:46-52

At that time, as Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a
great multitude, Bartimaios, a blind beggar, the son of Timaios, was
sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,
he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on
me!" And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out
all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" And Jesus stopped and
said, "Call him." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take
heart; rise, he is calling you." And throwing off his mantle he sprang
up and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to
do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Master, let me receive
my sight." And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made
you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed him on
the way.