Lectio Divina

I have never heard of Lectio Divina until class on Monday. It’s a very interesting, and somewhat challenging method of reading. In some ways it relates to what we did with the onion story/activity. With both methods we read the stories multiple times, gaining new knowledge and a better understanding. As I have stated before, I am learning how important it is to re read literature. Lectio Divina had more structure to it, than the onion activity did, but I feel as though it helped prepare myself for future activities such as Lectio Divina.

For the first part, lectio, we were to listen to the story, and then write down a word or phrase the jumped out to us. I pick out “…not many people really hear it.” The other two parts that we did both went around this phrase, which will help explain why I picked it. For meditation, while listening to the story again I began to think about the many moments we miss out on in life, because we don’t really ‘hear’ it, or ‘see’ it, ect. A lot of times people tend to let the little moments pass them by. When I look back on my childhood I don’t automatically think about the vacations we took, or the big birthday parties we had, I think back to the times my brother and I would play outside together, or a random conversation/moment I had with my family. So…for the third part, oratio, I prayed that God would open my eyes and ears to things that are ‘hidden.’ That I wouldn’t miss the many pleasures God puts in my life. I know we didn’t do this in class, but I did the last part on my own…contemplation. I just sat there and went over the different thoughts that popped in my head. Some were all about the story, but some were more about remembering some special, simple, ‘moments’ I have been through. It truly made me smile, and gave me hope for the many more great ‘moments’ to come.