I was first introduced to Lectio Divina a little less than a year ago in a college class on prayer. Since then, I have used Lectio Divina to move from intellectual knowledge about scripture into an encounter with the Divine One. Lectio Divina is Latin for “Divine Reading” and is a practice which combines prayer and scripture reading. This method of meditating on scripture is rooted in the Benedictine order of Catholicism, and it emphasizes reading the word of God to know the one who is the Word (John 1:1). In his letter to the Romans, Paul wonderfully illustrates the heart behind Christian prayer which consequently is also the heart behind Lectio Divina. Romans 8:26–27 Paul states: Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of Go...
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