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Lectio divina is a way of praying by sustained immersion into a revelatory text. While Scripture is the classic place of encounter with God, the text could also be the book of life or the book of nature. In Lectio Matters, respected spiritual director Mary Margaret Funk accompanies the reader in exploring the various levels of lectio divina as taught by the ancient church writers and by sharing...

By means of all created things, without exception, The Divine assails us, penetrates us, and molds us. We imagine it as distant and inaccessible. In fact, we live steeped in its burning layers. —Teilhard de Chardin One of the pillars of spiritual teaching in Eastern Christianity is deification (Greek: theosis),1 which means participating or sharing in the divine nature. This is our inheritance, according to St. Dorotheus of Gaza; it is an inborn spark of divinity
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