In Christianity, Lectio Divina (Latin for divine reading) is a traditional Catholic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's Word. It does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the Living Word.
Traditionally Lectio Divina has 4 separate steps: read, meditate, pray and contemplate. First a passage of Scripture is read, then its meaning is reflected upon. This is followed by prayer and contemplation on the Word of God.
Each week, we focus on the scripture for the upcoming Sunday's sermon. I have found that I am more engaged when I am in worship because I have already read and contemplated the scripture that the minister is preaching about. If you ever want to check it out, let me know. :)
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