Lectio Divina

A guide to "Godly" Reading of the Scriptures

What does it say?

Words (message)

Encounter (who?)

Emotions (feel)

Place (where?)

What does it say to me?

A Word resonates

A meeting speaks

A feeling touches

A place transports

What do I say in return? How am I reacting?

Bless and Adore

Ask – petition and Intercession

Thanks

Praise

Contemplation

See as God sees; Have the “mind of Christ”

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Romans 12.2)

Action

What now?

Mary is the greatest example:

“Let what you have said be done to me” (Luke 1.38)