The Order of Saint Benedict

Monastic Topics: Lectio Divina

On this page are links to reading material which could be used fruitfully in the practice of lectio as a way of prayer. For more information on the discipline of spiritual reading, please see the page about lectio divina.

Bible

"What page, what passage of the inspired books of the Old and New Testaments is not the truest of guides for human Life?" RB, 73:3.

• Bible Browser (Brown University). Includes Apocrypha.
• La Bible de Jérusalem, 2nd ed., 1985. (Cerf). French.
• Bible Gateway (Gospel Communications Network)
• Biblical text archive CCAT (UPenn)
• Daily Mass Readings (CIN). Uses Revised Standard Version. (17K text, 60K graphics).
• Lecturas (Betania). Scripture readings for Sunday Mass, and some solemnities, in Spanish. Uses the vosotros form.
• Readings and Psalms for the Month (NCCB). Scripture readings for current month's Masses, plus a psalm selected for each day. Uses the New American Bible.
• Readings for next Sunday's Liturgy (CMU). Uses Revised Standard Version.
• Saint Jerome's Latin Vulgate. No Apocrypha. Daniel and Esther are incomplete.
• World Wide Study Bible

Christian Authors: Arranged chronologically

"Or what book of the holy Catholic Fathers does not loudly proclaim how we may come by a straight course to our Creator?" RB, 73:4.

• First to Third Centuries (50-300)
• Fourth Century (301-400)
• Fifth to Twelfth Centuries (401-1200)
• Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries (1201-1600)
• Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries (1601-2000)
• Date Unknown

Comments, questions or suggestions concerning lectio divina should be directed to Elizabeth Knuth, M.A., M.Div. <eknuth@unix.csbsju.edu>, Alcuin Library, Collegeville, MN  56321.

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