I love the Lord for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. —Psalm 116:1 Scripture always speaks simultaneously to all people and to each of us individually. —Enzo Bianchi, Lectio Divina Prayer of the DayLoving Savior, I tend to...
I am under vows to you, O God; I will present my thank offerings to you. For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. —Psalm...
Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them. —Psalm 111:2 Community is lectio divina’s native environment. It is when we are assiduous with Scripture day after day that we come to know how...
O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. —Psalm 78:1 Dear God, I am coming to sit at your feet to be taught and examined by you. You are present here. You are drawing me here...
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! —Psalm 8:9 The church fathers were well aware that reading the Bible is an encounter and an entry to communion with God, as is the sacrament of the...
I said, “O Lord, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you.” —Psalm 41:4 The passionate, loving God is drawing people who were once far away from him, toward him. If you feel a need to connect...
There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. —1 Samuel 2:2 When Scripture is proclaimed in the liturgy, and above all in the Eucharistic celebration, it has the...
God is within her, she will not fail. —Psalm 46:5a A right relationship with God is not fear. Fear may be a mediocre tactic to shake people out of bad habits and get them interested in religion. Yet, mature religion is...
I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” Psalm 16:2 Because we usually consider God as outside of us, we try to please God with external acts, like we would a judge at...
