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always keep your Bible open to let God's Word
flow throughout your house and life,
never close your Bible.
Our Bible should be one of our most treasured possessions,
every Bible is sacred, because in its pages we can receive divine revelation.
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Lectio
reading ancient Scripture with a listening ear
Before beginning to read the ancient
Biblical Scripture
hold your Bible in your hands
and thank God for the gift of His Word.
Ask that His wisdom and knowledge seeps into your heart and soul
so that you may shine to others, and pass along
God's Word.
The Holy Spirit will connect us to
His inspired Word in a personal way.
READ ANCIENT SCRIPTURE ALOUD,
both the sight and the sound of the sacred words
allow for easier comprehension and memorization.
God Loves to hear His Word read aloud.
Always orient our reading toward prayerful reflection
in order to fully experience God's divine Word.
there are no set stages steps or instructions to
Lectio Divinia,
all the movements of it are joined with
God's Spirit which speaks to our hearts
through the ancient Biblical Scripture.
Lectio is not just reading, it might best be described as listening deeply,
hearing "with the ear of our hearts" as God speaks to us.
Everyone experiences the practice in a unique way.
Lectio Divinia essentially describes a way of
developing a Love relationship with God through intimacy
that grows through a continuum of
knowing, trusting, desiring and surrendering our defenses, fears
and ultimately our very selves to our Beloved.
Read for understanding and assimilation,
this requires fully attentive reading
and making room in our souls space for God's divine wisdom.
Listen to the sacred text so that God's divine wisdom resides in our hearts
in a way that it will radically transform our lives.
The mystery of Christ is the focus of all Scripture,
Our Bible's texts are enriched with new meaning
when we read them under the influence of the Holy Spirit,
in the context of the mystery of Jesus Christ.
Our Bible is the Word of God,
written in the words of human beings
under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus is fully God and fully human,
so the ancient Scriptures are both divine and human.
When we listen to the Word of God through the sacred Scripture,
we must realize the full humanity of His Word.
Jesus is the Word made flesh;
our Bible is the Word of God .
God guided the Bible's human authors so that they communicated the truth
that He wanted to entrust to the Bible.
But while guiding them, He did not violate their freedom.
God gave His human authors
understanding, insight, wisdom and the impulse
to write while leaving them free to think,
to choose and to express ideas in their own unique way.
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