Lectio Divina consists of three "steps" in approaching the Sacred Scriptures:
1) Meditation or chewing on the Word
2) Oratio or seeking the face of God
3) Contemplation or beholding the Lord
JPII says this of Lectio:
"Dear brothers and sisters, this development needs to be consolidated and deepened, also by making sure that every family has a Bible. It is especially necessary that listening to the word of God should become a life-giving encounter, in the ancient and ever valid tradition of lectio divina, which draws from the biblical text the living Word which questions, directs, and shapes our lives."
from "Novo Millennio Ineute": Apostolic Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the Bishops, Clergy and Lay faithful at the close of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. n. 39.
Ironically, it is more a question of being read by the Word than of reading the Word. The Word of God, after all, is "living and active..."
2 comments:
http://lionandlambministry.com/index.php/liontube/video/490/The-Ten-Commandments-1956,-Cecil-B--Demille--Full-Version
http://www.olgcparish.net/resources/Files/frjohn/articles/themutualsubordinationofhusbandandwife.pdf
See this article by JOhn Grabowski (Steubenville)
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