Lectio Divina

What is Lectio Divina?

• A special reading

• Part of the Bible

• A traditional prayer

• Something a priest does in mass

What does Lectio Divina mean?

• Holy Mass

• Sacred Reading

• Fantastic Prayer

• Awesome News

When was Lectio Divina created?

• 1900s

• 100 BC

• 10th Century

• 6th Century

What do you do during Lectio Divina?

• read the same scripture 4 times

• pray the same prayer 10 times

• read and talk about what you read

• have a question and answer session with a priest

What is the main purpose of Lectio Divina?

• to have some quiet time

• to have a conversation with God

• to understand the Bible better

• to read a lot

Why did the Vatican want Christians to pray the Lectio Divina more?

• for us to meditate more while praying

• to read the bible more

• to learn more about God

• to celebrate praying more

What are the 4 parts of Lectio Divina?

• Read / Think / Pray / Do something

• Eat / Sleep / Rinse / Repeat

• Lectio / Meditatio / Oratio / Contemplatio

• Agnus / Dei / Rex / Perpetua

How can praying Lectio Divina help us when we read scripture from the Bible?

• We can understand the words better

• We can understand God's message to us better

• We can learn to read better

• We can think more about Jesus