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Lectio Divina

Sacred reading — the Benedictine practice of slow, contemplative engagement with scripture in four movements.

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Four movements, traditionally: lectio (reading — slowly, aloud), meditatio (chewing, turning the words over), oratio (responding from the heart), contemplatio (resting in whatever opens).

The practice treats scripture not as information to be acquired but as a living voice to be listened to. A few lines, read slowly four times across an hour, will give more than whole chapters read quickly.

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