{"id":25347,"date":"2025-06-10T07:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=25347"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:28:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:28:58","slug":"25347","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=25347","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lectio, Meditatio, Oratio, Contemplatio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Prayer For You (Official Lyric Video) - Alisa Turner\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hj_0pvIGkks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Contemplative theologian Beverly Lanzetta offers instructions for the <\/em><strong><em>monastic practice of&nbsp;<\/em>lectio divina<\/strong><em>&nbsp;which today can be practiced by all. The first stage is&nbsp;<\/em>lectio&nbsp;<em>or reading:&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading at a slow pace, with a contemplative state of mind, nourishes the inner path and opens us to become aware of the movement of spirit. We <strong>do not rush through the text to gain details or knowledge but seek instead through words the Divine presence and action in our lives<\/strong>. A gentle, prayerful attitude opens the door and unlocks the text, so that we may pass over to our journey into the sacred\u2026.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike reading for content,&nbsp;<em>lectio divina<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>approaches the text as a form of prayer,<\/strong> guiding us closer to union with the Holy One. At its simplest,&nbsp;<em>lectio<\/em>&nbsp;is not reading intellectually to gather information or instruction, <strong>but with the intention that the reader be formed in the divine likeness.<\/strong> <strong>In and through text, one comes face-to-face with Spirit. <\/strong>Through slowly reading, we allow words to penetrate our hearts and fill us with wisdom and love. Sometimes we are pulled clean out of our ordinary state of mind. We may awaken to new truths or insights, suffer compunction or shame, or be forgiven and bathed in light. By whatever means, <strong>when we read with meditative attention, communion occurs through surrender and rest. <\/strong>We do not hurry reading, trying to find the thesis, underlying cause, or doing critical analysis. <strong>We stop. We remain still in the presence of mystery\u2026<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three additional stages are practiced. Meditation,&nbsp;<em>meditatio,<\/em>&nbsp;is <strong>reflective engagement with a text.<\/strong> For example, let\u2019s say you read the passage from the Sermon on the Mount, \u201cDo not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also\u201d [Matthew 5:39]. During the day, you carry the passage with you, ruminate on it as you are walking, at work, or running errands. It becomes your&nbsp;<em>meditatio<\/em>, as you listen for the Divine speaking through Scripture and learn how the passage relates to your life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From conscious engagement with the text, we shift to a mode of receiving or simply being with God:&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayer or&nbsp;<em>oratio<\/em>&nbsp;gives over to God the wisdom gained in meditation. Thus, one prays to be led to truth and virtue, to practice the principles discerned from the day\u2019s reading, and to express praise and thanksgiving. Ultimately,&nbsp;<strong><em>oratio<\/em>&nbsp;moves into&nbsp;<em>contemplatio<\/em>, or contemplation. Here you are not \u201cdoing\u201d anything but opening yourself to receive and rest in God. You can move into a passive or receptive form of knowing, where you may experience the text coming directly from the divine mind and heart into your being.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, from the slow reading of a text there is no need to curtail how the spirit moves you from one stage to the next. <strong>You can remain in any of these stages for the duration of the practice, and you can move spontaneously, and not linearly, from reading to meditation, prayer, or contemplation.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>_________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Young, Jesus Calling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let Me Help you get through this day. There are many possible paths to travel between your getting up in the morning and your lying down at night. Stay alert to the many choice-points along the way, being continually aware of My Presence. You will get through this day one way or the other. One way is to moan and groan, stumbling along with shuffling feet. This will get you to the end of the day eventually, but there is a better way. <strong>You can choose to walk with Me along the path of Peace, leaning on Me as much as you need. <\/strong>There will still be difficulties along the way, but you can face them confidently in My strength. <strong>Thank Me for each problem you encounter, and watch to see how I transform trials into blessings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RELATED BIBLE VERSES:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1st Corinthians 10:10 NLT<\/strong><br><strong><em>10<\/em>&nbsp;And don\u2019t grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional insight regarding 1st Corinthians 10:10: Paul warned the Corinthian believers not to grumble. We start to grumble when our attention shifts from what we have to what we don&#8217;t have. The people of Israel didn&#8217;t seem to notice what God was doing for them &#8211; setting them free, making them a nation, giving them a new land &#8211; because they were so wrapped up in what God wasn&#8217;t doing for them. They could think of nothing but the delicious Egyptian food they had left behind (Numbers 11:5). Before we judge the Israelites too harshly, it&#8217;s helpful to think about what occupies our attention most of the time. Are we grateful for what God has given us, or are we always thinking about what we would like to have? Don&#8217;t allow your unfulfilled desires to cause you to forget God&#8217;s gifts of life, family, friends, food, health, and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Luke 1:79 NLT<\/strong><br><strong><em>79<\/em>&nbsp;&#8220;&#8230;to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lectio, Meditatio, Oratio, Contemplatio Contemplative theologian Beverly Lanzetta offers instructions for the monastic practice of&nbsp;lectio divina&nbsp;which today can be practiced by all. The first stage is&nbsp;lectio&nbsp;or reading:&nbsp;&nbsp; Reading at a slow pace, with a contemplative state of mind, nourishes the inner path and opens us to become aware of the movement of spirit. 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