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Friday, 27 September 2024 08:24

Lectio Divina October 2024

The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Opening Prayer

Father, You show Your almighty power in Your mercy and forgiveness. Continue to fill us with Your gifts of love. Help us to hurry towards the eternal life You promise and come to share in the joys of Your kingdom. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

"Lectio divina," a Latin term, means "divine reading" and describes a way of reading the Scriptures whereby we gradually let go of our own agenda and open ourselves to what God wants to say to us. In the 12th century, a Carthusian monk called Guigo, described the stages which he saw as essential to the practice of Lectio divina. There are various ways of practicing Lectio divina either individually or in groups but Guigo's description remains fundamental.

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