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Lectio Divina
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By Luke Dysinger of St. Andrew's Abbey, an introduction to the practice of personal or group lectio divina.
http://www.valyermo.com/ld-art.html
"Lectio divina" means "divine reading", and is an ancient Christian way of prayer, using the Bible or other suitable reading material. Information about lectio divina can be found here, along with links to reading material that could be fruitfully used in prayer.
http://www.osb.org/lectio/index.html
Translation of a talk given by Armand Veilleux in 1995.
http://users.skynet.be/scourmont/Armand/wri/lectio-eng.htm
Standard medieval explanation of the meaning and practice of lectio divina.
http://www.umilta.net/ladder.html
An article by Sam Anthony Morello, O.C.D., which originally appeared in the Summer 1991 issue of "Spiritual Life" magazine.
http://www.carmelite.com/saints/other/more.htm
How to listen to God in prayer.
http://www.sentex.net/~jveltri/bob/page1a.htm
An introduction to this way of prayer, and aids to using the Sunday Gospel readings of the Catholic Church in prayer.
http://www.ocarm.org/lectio/lecteng.htm
A series of meditations on the ancient monastic practice. Scripture with poetry enliven the basic principles of meditating on the Word of God.
http://www.odyssey.on.ca/%7epaul.buis/lw/lectio.html