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• Accepting the Embrace of God: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina
By Luke Dysinger of St. Andrew's Abbey, an introduction to the practice of personal or group lectio divina.
http://www.valyermo.com/ld-art.html

• Carmelite Order: Lectio Divina
An introduction to this way of prayer, and aids to using the Sunday Gospel readings of the Catholic Church in prayer.
http://www.ocarm.org/lectio/lecteng.htm

• Lectio Divina and the Practice of Teresian Prayer
An article by Sam Anthony Morello, O.C.D., which originally appeared in the Summer 1991 issue of "Spiritual Life" magazine.
http://www.carmelite.com/saints/other/more.htm

• Lectio Divina as school of prayer among the Fathers of the Desert
Translation of a talk given by Armand Veilleux in 1995.
http://users.skynet.be/scourmont/Armand/wri/lectio-eng.htm

• Order of St. Benedict: Lectio Divina
"Lectio divina" means "divine reading", and is an ancient Christian way of prayer, using the Bible or other suitable reading material. Information about lectio divina can be found here, along with links to reading material that could be fruitfully u
http://www.osb.org/lectio/index.html

• Personal Edification Through Prayer
A guide to personal Lectio Divina [Sacred Readings].
http://www.geocities.com/ceciaskew/prayerlife.html

• Praying with Scripture
How to listen to God in prayer.
http://www.sentex.net/~jveltri/bob/page1a.htm

• Tabula Lectionis Divinae
Web-based discussion of the practice of lectio divina, reading as a way of prayer.
http://www2.csbsju.edu/osb/gen/topics/lectio/tabula/index.html

• The Ladder of Four Rungs
Standard medieval explanation of the meaning and practice of lectio divina.
http://www.umilta.net/ladder.html