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In his General Audience of May 2, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI praised Origen for his “primordial role” in the history of lectio divina, the prayerful reading of Scripture. He explained that Origen approaches Scripture reading not as “mere study” but as the pathway to knowing Christ and “falling in love with him.” Origen’s nine extant homilies on Judges exemplify this approach. In them, Origen calls...

Jesus Christ, after he has risen from the dead, again should die in us. For what does it profit me if in others he should live on account of virtue and in me should die on account of the weakness of sin? What does it profit me if he does not live in me and in my heart and if he does not complete the works of life in me? What does it profit me if on account of good desires, good faith, and good works by another he is nourished and restored, but because of evil thoughts and impious desires by me and
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