Lectio Divina is Latin for divine or sacred reading. The contemplative practice dates back to at least the fourth century where we have the first recorded mention of it in The Rule of Saint Benedict.

As Christian believers, we are invited to an active life of prayer. As we respond to this call, the Church desires to assist us and so provides us with various prayer methods. Some of the more popular ...

Lectio divina is Latin for spiritual reading. It is a method of reading and praying on Scripture and other classics of spirituality like Augustine’s Confessions and The Imitation of Christ. It has ...

Characteristic of our times are the many uses and abuses of the Bible. What is the meaning of a biblical passage and how do we find it? This question divides Christians into a variety of camps, often ...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I’m joined by writer, speaker, and convert Derek Rotty to take about Lectio Divina – the ancient way of reading the Bible. We also discuss Derek’s own ...

Catholics are sometimes accused of not knowing the Bible, but a growing discovery of an ancient form of prayer is now helping Catholics know the Bible better than ever. Lectio divina is a form of ...

I offer my most cordial greeting to all of you who are taking part in the Congress on Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church, an event organized by the Catholic Biblical Federation and the ...

The Rule of Benedict arranges daily life to be punctuated with a rhythm of set times for formal communal prayer: the Divine Office, also known as the opus Dei, the work of God. In the monastery Sunday ...

Political conventions prove the inspirational power of words. We all gravitate to the sound bites, the zingers that produce the loudest applause and the headlines in the morning. Words have the ...