Lectio divina

Lectio divina is Scripture read slowly and prayerfully, not for information but for encounter. Its classical shape has four steps: lectio, reading a short passage; meditatio, chewing on it and asking what it says to me; oratio, responding to God in prayer; and contemplatio, resting silently in his presence. It grew within the monastic tradition and was classically shaped in four movements, and the Catechism recommends it among the forms of meditation, noting that the Word of God is the book Christians turn to first. It needs no method beyond a Bible, ten quiet minutes and patience.