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I- Contemplative Lectio Divina

The Lectio Divina taught in the School of Mary is a Contemplative Lectio Divina, based on the daily readings of the Liturgy of the Word of the Mass. ‘Contemplative’, i.e. it involves the personal and direct intervention of the Holy Spirit. It presupposes the existence of the Lord’s Call to follow him from close. The following links are various articles on Lectio Divina. It is better to read the book first (please see below). They offer more recent deepening of different aspects of the practice of a contemplative Lectio Divina.

  1. Lectio Divina: Definition, Steps
  2. A Keynote on Lectio Divina (with short video)
  3. Lectio Divina: Origins and the Theology of Listening
  4. Suggested Reading List for Lectio Divina (+ Fathers of the Church)  <—–
  5. A Clarification on How the Lord Speaks in Lectio Divina (Two Texts, One Message)
  6. Steps Towards Implementing Lectio Divina
  7. Finished and Unfinished Lectio Divina. How The General Light Becomes Clear ⇐ (see the book too)
  8. From Listening to Doing: The Transformative Power of God’s Word
  9. How The Grace Of God Works In Lectio Divina
  10. The Space We Dig In Ourselves
  11. Lectio Divina: Returning to the Gospel’s Two Steps. Lectio Divina, Four, Five or Two Steps?
  12. Lectio Divina’s Act of Humility
  13. Lectio Divina, From Pharisee to Publican
  14. Respecting the Literal Meaning of the Sacred Text
  15. Bible Tools to Understand its Literal Meaning (Video) (website)
  16. Inspiration and Inerrance of the Scriptures
  17. Each Word Is A Diamond
  18. Reading the Scriptures “in the Spirit”
  19. Lectio Divina, From The Human To The Divine Author
  20. From the Literal Meaning of Scriptures to the Spiritual One
  21. Scriptures Grow With us, The Experience of the Fathers of the Church
  22. St James Explains Lectio Divina 1
  23. St James Explains Lectio Divina 2
  24. St James Explains Lectio Divina 3
  25. The Judgement of God in Lectio Divina: An Exposing that Liberates
  26. The Nature of Contemplation in Lectio Divina
  27. Four Steps to Nowhere: Exposing the Misleading Shortcut in Lectio Divina
  28. “Whoever Humbles Himself Shall be Exalted”
  29. Lectio Divina: Encountering the Living Word of God

II- More on Lectio Divina

  1. Lectio Divina And Liturgy Of Hours
  2. Proposal for the Liturgy of the Word
  3. The Angels and The Word of God
  4. Lectio Divina and Contemplative Prayer According to Carmelite Spirituality
  5. Document: Guigo’s Letter About Contemplative Life
  6. “Lead us Not Into Temptation”… Roughly and Aproximately?
  7. Lectio Divina & Theology
  8. The Prophetic Dimension of Christianity
  9. Lectio Divina & Prayer of the Heart at Two Important Turning Points in Spiritual Life
  10. The Resurrection of His Words
  11. The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit and Lectio Divina (video)
  12. The Holy Spirit and Lectio Divina: see the book “Lectio Divina at the School of Mary”, Part IV.
  13. Mary and Lectio: see the book “Lectio Divina at the School of Mary”, Part III.
  14. Personal and Common Lectio Divina
  15. The Liturgy, Privileged Setting for the Word of God (Pope Benedict XVI)
  16. “Looking at the Lectionary as it Approaches its Golden Jubilee”, Thomas O’Loughlin
  17. Confinement Mass and Lectio Divina / Prayer of the Heart (Video)
  18. Word of God and Prophecy
  19. The Problem of Christian Prophecy, Card. Ratzinger
  20. Beyond the Letter: Reclaiming a Holistic Approach to Biblical Formation
  21. “Reading Scripture According to Saint Gregory the Great”, Parick Catry O.S.B.
  22. Restoring the Old Testament in the Liturgy: A Historic Return and a Prophetic Opportunity
  23. Lectio Divina and the Spiritual Senses of the Scriptures (video) (see also mentioned in the previous section: Lectio Divina & Prayer of the Heart at Two Important Turning Points in Spiritual Life)
  24. Lectio Divina and the Fathers of the Church (video)
  25. AI and the Preacher
  26. AI as Liberation and Challenge
  27. Lectio Divina & Theology (Handout and video)
  28. On The Method in Theology
  29. The Central Method of Integral Theology: Lectio Divina. (Video)
  30. Rethinking Theological Method and Theology
  31. In the Beginning Was the Word
  32. Lectio Divina: From the Sources to the Living Source

See also articles on Contemplation especially on the two types of contemplation.

When Teaching Lectio Divina

1- The Challenges that the School of Mary’ Lectio Divina Faces

III- Lectio Divina And Meditation

  1. Meditation in the Catechism and in St. Teresa of Avila
  2. Meditating the Passion and Lectio Divina
  3. From “Meditation” to “Contemplation”, According to St. John of the Cross
  4. Lectio Divina or Meditation?
  5. Meditation or no Meditation?
  6. Is There Progressiveness in The Implementation of Lectio Divina?
  7. Pope Benedict XVI and Lectio Divina

 

IV- Videos

A Three Days Course on Lectio Divina

Click here for the Presentation of the Course.

You can watch the first hour on the video below. If you want to follow the entire Course (24 hours of teaching) please contact us.

There is a short Course (12 hours) also on “Teaching Lectio Divina”. Please contact us.

Videos Playlist

Please find below a Playlist of over 50 videos on Lectio Divina or Click Here:

Some of the Videos on the Playlist

What is Lectio Divina? (8:30)

Is Lectio Divina for Everybody? (6:31)

Jesus Give me Time to Practice Lectio Divina (10:56)

What are the Steps of Lectio Divina? (9:56)

First Step in Implementing Lectio Divina: Preparing (7:55)

Lectio Divina and Practising (8:05)

Is Lectio Divina Important? (9:35)

Lectio Divina from General Light to Particular Light (25:47)

Lectio Divina – Prayer of the Herat & Mass (25:06)

Lectio Divina vs Prayer of the Heart (15:45)

Putting the Word into Practice (19:16)

Treasuring God’s Words (8:46)

What if What God is Asking is Impossible? (13:55)

What are the Four Signs of the Light in Lectio Divina? (10:55)

Is the Message in Lectio Divina Always Clear? (11:47)

Is Lectio Divina Difficult or Impossible? (7:46)

How do we Silence our Thoughts in Lectio Divina? (10:41)

What are the Dangers of Projection in Lectio Divina? (11:54)

To Which Extent do we Need to Beg in Lectio Divina? (9:37)

Does Lectio Divina Take Effort? (10:05)

How do the Readings Relate in Lectio Divina? (10:30)

What do we ask in Lectio Divina? (12:35)

What is the Second Stage of Lectio Divina? (11:11)

How is Lectio Divina Different from Mental Prayer? (12:21)

How to Give Myself to Christ Unconditionally in Lectio Divina? (11:00)

How Much Time Should I dedicate to Lectio Divina? (12:21)

How to Choose Jesus as Our First Priority? (11:36)

Consider Jesus’ Desire to Speak to Me (10:21)

Giving Thanks in Lectio Divina (16:16)

How Does Lectio Divina Influence the Rest of my Day? (12:47)

Lectio Divina and Knowing the Scriptures? (3:17)

Lectio Divina and the Fathers of the Church (15:06)

Lectio Divina and the Spiritual Senses of the Scriptures (12:10)

Lectio Divina and St. John of the Cross (9:46)

What if Lectio Divina is Not Working? (12:23)

How Does the Seed Drop Into the Will? (22:31)

Lectio Divina vs. Spiritual Reading  (40:09)

Lectio Divina and Bad Habits (41:50)

Lectio Divina and the Over-Active Mind and Imagination (28:26)

Lectio Divina and Unconditional Openness to the Lord (16:33)

In Lectio Divina Jesus Takes the Initiative (8:11)

Begging in Lectio Divina (35:35)

What is an Act in Lectio Divina? (18:43)

What to Expect in Lectio Divina (22:43)

Patience and Resilience in Lectio Divina (0:12)

Lectio Divina: How Can I be Like the Blindman? (20:11)

The 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit and Lectio Divina (23:05)

Lectio Divina: Sitting in the Presence of Jesus (2:21)

Lectio Divina: Entering in my Conscience (1:33)

Jesus’ Desire to Speak to me (3:49)

In Baptism the Holy Spirit Opens My Ears (5:34)

Bible Tools to Understand its Literal Meaning (1:21:40)

Spiritual Exegesis, Spiritual Life and Lectio Divina (14:20)

On the Four Senses of Scriptures (37:18)

       And More on the Playlist…

VI- Books

SP11-Lectio-Divina

“Lectio divina: Spiritual Reading of the Bible”, CTS, 64 pages, £3.50

In this booklet Lectio Divina is described in a fresh and practical way, encouraging every Christian to take up the Bible and find in it a true guide for the intellect and for the actions of every day.

At the Publisher’s Website.

On Amazon UK

On Amazon USA

You can have a kindle version of it (with all the footnotes) here: UK,  USA.

PS This small book is Part II of the following book:

 

71n1yLZIloL._SL1499_Important Book: “Lectio Divina At The School of Mary” The full book on Lectio Divina is available on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk and the other Amazon websites, as a hardcopy and as an eBbook. It contains the previous three books published as ebooks (see below). It has five parts. Part one is new. Part two corresponds to the first book (Lectio Divina I, The Method). Part three and four correspond to the second book (Lectio Divina II, Mary and the Spirit). Part five, the much loved part five, corresponds to the third book (Lectio Divina III, Lectio in daily life). This is a very important book. The core of it is Part II because it explains the Method. It has the updated version of the steps of Lectio Divina, with the 15 steps explained.

“I do not believe that a similar book exists on lectio divina. […] your book is a catharsis for modern intelligence and at the same time a teaching that frees the reader from the “psyche” and its illusions. […] The most terrible thing today is that souls are so thirsty for God, a thirst to meet him in prayer and to be touched by him. […] We can read ample descriptions about the “border of the well”, but in fact what we need is to quench the thirst. What is special about this book is that it teaches the reader how to get water out of the well.” G. Solari

See also in other languages: French (original), Italian, New Italian Book, Spanish (ebook), Vietnamese

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Finished and Unfinished Lectio Divina

A few years ago, “Lectio Divina at the School of Mary” was published, a work originally written in 2001. The teaching of Lectio Divina began in 1995 and has continued to develop since then. Over time, a significant challenge emerged: many individuals noticed that the daily readings often conveyed the same message. The Lord was beginning to impart His supernatural light, with the Holy Spirit acting directly and personally.
However, the light people received seemed general rather than specific, practical, or precise. As a result, Jesus’ will often appeared unclear, leaving people uncertain if they were truly listening to Him or practicing Lectio Divina correctly.
The key was to persist in prayer until the light became clear and Jesus’ will certain. This crucial aspect, however, was not sufficiently emphasised or explained in the first book. Therefore, the purpose of this new book, Finished and Unfinished Lectio Divina, is to assist all who have begun practicing Lectio Divina, as outlined in the first book or in the Solid Foundations Course, and need clarity on this issue.
Additionally, articles published on the website have been included in this book. (Amazon USA – Amazon UK)

The Small Catechism on Lectio Divina teaches, through 100 questions and answers, how to listen to the Lord Jesus, who desires to speak to us each day through the daily readings of the Mass. It is a simple and practical book for every believer. The art of listening can be summed up in two key moments:
– Listening in our hearts to the daily personal Word that the Lord gives us through the power of the Holy Spirit.
– Putting the Word into practice with the power of His strength.
This book explains in detail how to ensure that the Word takes flesh within us and bears fruit. Without this incarnation, our Christian life remains empty.

“Mary, grant us your purity in listening, your attachment to the Word of your Son, and your commitment to putting it into practice through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
“This practice (Lectio Divina), if effectively promoted, will bring the Church – I am convinced – a new spiritual springtime.” — Benedict XVI (Amazon USA – Amazon UK)