Lectio Divina
On Monday evenings at 7pm from Sept 8th 2025 Fr. Pat Collins leads us in Lectio Divina, a sacred reading of the Gospel for the following Sunday.
Join us on zoom (click event details below) from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Ends approx. 8.30pm to 8.45pm
Lectio Divina
Here is a summary description of the four steps in Lectio Divina which is the form of prayerful reading of the scriptures most recommended by the Church.They are taken from par 87 of Pope Benedict’s post-synodal exhortation on The Word of God.
1) “Lectio Divinaopens with the reading of a text, which leads to a desire to understand its true content: what does the biblical text say in itself? Without this, there is always a risk that the text will become a pretext for never moving beyond our own ideas.
2) Next comes meditation, which asks: what does the biblical text say to us? Here, each person, individually but also as a member of the community, must let himself or herself be moved and challenged.
3) Following this comes prayer, which asks the question: what do we say to the Lord in response to his word? Prayer, as petition, intercession, thanksgiving and praise, is the primary way by which the word transforms us.”
4) Lectio divina concludes with contemplation, during which we take up, as a gift from God, his own way of seeing and judging reality, and ask ourselves what conversion of mind, heart and life is the Lord asking of us? . . .Contemplation aims at creating within us a truly wise and discerning vision of reality, as God sees it.”
What the Pope is saying is that when we engage in Lectio Divinaand particularly contemplation, that is where you will get your vision, God’s vision for the world and that in turn will bring renewal, not only to the people who pray, but to the people they are in contact with.
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