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Nurture your inner monk and surrender to the natural grace and rhythm of your heart's deepest longings.
"The whole world is, in fact, a text of sacred revelation. All experience has the potential to be revelatory, and God is singing one unending song seducing each of our hearts. So the call is to listen, to attune to the words God utters in the world."
—from the Afterword
Break open this ancient contemplative practice of listening deeply for God's voice in sacred texts. Drawing on her own experience as a monk in the world, Christine Valters Paintner introduces the foundations for a practice of lectio divina. She closely examines each of the four movements of lectio divina as well as the rhythm they create when practiced as a process. She then invites you to expand your practice beyond traditional sacred texts to a sacred reading of the world through image, sound, nature and life experience.
Whether you want to start a contemplative prayer practice or deepen your experience of lectio divina in new ways, you are invited to savor the gifts lectio divina has to offer your heart and spirit.
Contents
Introduction
Part One
Beginning Our Exploration of Lectio Divina
Chapter 1 Sacred Reading
Chapter 2 At the Heart of Lectio Divina: Benedictine
Chapter 3 The Role of Spiritual Practice
Chapter 4 "Give Me a Word"
Part Two
The Four Movements of Lectio Divina
Chapter 5 Listening for God's Voice
Chapter 6 Savoring Sacred Text
Chapter 7 Summoning Your True Self
Chapter 8 The Gift of Being: Resting in
Part Three
Reading the World
Chapter 9 Visio Divina: Praying with Images 145
Chapter 10 Audio Divina: Praying with Sound 157
Chapter 11 Nature as Sacred Text 167
Chapter 12 The Sacred Stories of Our Lives
Afterword: The Divine Presence Is Everywhere
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Retreat Experience
Appendix 2: Lectio Divina as a Small Group Experience
Appendix 3: Mandala
Notes
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