Lectio Divina - The traditional way of praying the Scriptures
"The Bible is the Word of God which is always alive and active, always new.Lectio Divina is a traditional way of praying the Scriptures so that the Word of God may penetrate our hearts and that we may grow in an intimate
relationship with the Lord. It is a very natural way of prayer and was developed and practiced by the early monks and thus came to the first Carmelite hermits."
"This method can help us let go of our own agendas when we read the Bible.
Like other forms of meditation, Lectio Divina silences the noise of the
world around us, leading us in stages to an inner silence where God is
waiting for us. But Lectio Divina is not an escape from the world. Instead,
God's Word helps us see both our lives and the world around us through God's
eyesand to love what we see in the heart of God. It is both inner-directed
(to the presence of God within) and outer-directed (to the world God
created)."
*Four stages: Lectio, Meditatio, Oratio and Contemplatio.*
Text copied from the carmalites website and the following sites. You can
read the rest of this at :
www.ocarm.org
www.osb.org
ucc.org
"The Bible is the Word of God which is always alive and active, always new.Lectio Divina is a traditional way of praying the Scriptures so that the Word of God may penetrate our hearts and that we may grow in an intimaterelationship with the Lord. It is a very natural way of prayer and was developed and practiced by the early monks and thus came to the first Carmelite hermits."
"This method can help us let go of our own agendas when we read the Bible.
Like other forms of meditation, Lectio Divina silences the noise of the
world around us, leading us in stages to an inner silence where God is
waiting for us. But Lectio Divina is not an escape from the world. Instead,
God's Word helps us see both our lives and the world around us through God's
eyesand to love what we see in the heart of God. It is both inner-directed
(to the presence of God within) and outer-directed (to the world God
created)."
*Four stages: Lectio, Meditatio, Oratio and Contemplatio.*
Text copied from the carmalites website and the following sites. You can
read the rest of this at :
www.ocarm.org
www.osb.org
ucc.org
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