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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...

of Christ and that the faithful, by receiving them, may become a living offering to God.12 The goal of lectio divina is to indeed become that living offering to God through Christ as we pray every day at Mass. St. Benedict says that whenever we begin anything we begin with earnest prayer.13 As you see, lectio divina is a prayer, and we place ourselves under this dove that is hovering. As we know from Scripture, the Spirit hovered over the waters in the Genesis creation account and in the overshadowing
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