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    In Western Christianity, Lectio Divina (Latin for "Divine Reading") is a traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended...
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    practices: Lectio Divina in the West and hesychasm in the East. Hesychasm involves the repetition of the Jesus Prayer, but Lectio Divina uses different...
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    practices: Lectio Divina in the West and hesychasm in the East. Hesychasm involves the repetition of the Jesus Prayer, but Lectio Divina uses different...
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    practices range from simple prayerful meditation of holy scripture (i.e. Lectio Divina) to contemplation on the presence of God, resulting in theosis (spiritual...
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    practices: Lectio Divina in the West and hesychasm in the East. Hesychasm involves the repetition of the Jesus Prayer, but Lectio Divina uses different...
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    and the sequences used for lectio continua and lectio selecta were established over the centuries. The term lectio divina is distinct from this practice...
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  • community challenges and daily prayers such as the Catholic practice of Lectio Divina, curated music, praylists, and options to set prayer routines. Hallow...
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  • with God to simple prayerful contemplation of Holy Scripture (i.e., Lectio Divina). The experiences of mystics are often framed within theological approaches...
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  • in the churches of larger towns, at times twice a week. Lectio continua Lectio divina Lectio scriptura Crucified With Christ: Meditation on the Passion...
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  • Anglican devotions, among other Christian traditions, may employ the Lectio Divina method of Bible reading. Christians of all denominations may use study...
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  • Cassino, Italy. Lectio Divina is a Benedictine prayer form based on praying with the Word of God. Lectio Divina has four "moments": Lectio (Reading Scripture)...
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  • "ladder" of Lectio Divina prayer, a practice which continues daily in contemporary Benedictine ritual meditation, with the Latin terms lectio, meditatio...
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  • additionally seek to daily read the Bible through the monastic method of Lectio Divina. Benedictine oblates have used the postnominals Obl. O.S.B. or Obl....
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    monk-priest or transitional deacon unless designated by the abbot. Lectio Divina is part of the formation schedule of postulants and novices where it...
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    as visualizations of Biblical scenes as in the Ignatian exercises or lectio divina in which the practitioner "listens to the text of the Bible with the...
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    approach to prayer within the practice of lectio divina. Historically a Benedictine practice, lectio divina involves the following steps: a short scripture...
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    Guigo II used it as inspiration for his description of the steps of the Lectio Divina, and the contemporary philosopher Peter Kreeft used it in his apologetics...
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    the day. It is typically categorized as a form of reading known as lectio divina ("divine reading"), based on the Christian monastic practice of spiritual...
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    Silence Asceticism Mendicant Spiritual direction Meditation Meditation Lectio Divina Invoking of Mystic Saints Active asceticism Contemplation Hesychasm...
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    Lection (redirect from Lectio)
    mention of the name "Jesus Christ"). Gospel Book Lector Lectio Continua Lectio Divina Lectio Sacra Look up lection in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
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  • Silence Asceticism Mendicant Spiritual direction Meditation Meditation Lectio Divina Invoking of Mystic Saints Active asceticism Contemplation Hesychasm...
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    Christianity portal Apophatic theology (known also as the via negativa) Lectio Divina "A later owner has glossed the Middle English word 'cleped' with its...
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  • Christian meditation, such as on the Rosary, or Lectio Divina, and Keating has promoted both Lectio Divina and Centering Prayer. Pope Francis has not commented...
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    1993), was a French Benedictine monk, the author of classic studies on Lectio Divina and the history of inter-monastic dialogue, as well as the life and...
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    and doctrinal writings of Church authorities. It is different from lectio divina which focuses on the bible. The biblical basis is St. Paul's advice...
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    abripiuntur ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250219093515/http://www.lectio-divina.org/images/nyssa/Concerning%20Infants%20who%20have%20Died%20Prematurely...
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    p. 147. ISBN 9780822382362. Jean-Christophe Imbert, Geniphone.com: Lectio Divina; 18 July. "St. Arnulf of Metz". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 6 May...
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    (public domain audiobooks) Thomas Merton on Saint John of the Cross Lectio divina and Saint John of the Cross The Life and Miracles of St. John of the...
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    celibate. In 2007, he published The Bible as Prayer: a handbook for lectio divina. Nosing Around, his little book on perfume, was published in 2014. In...
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