LECTIO DIVINA - THE SACRED ART by Christine Valters Paintner ( 9780281067114 )

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Title:

LECTIO DIVINA - THE SACRED ART
TRANSFORMING WORDS & IMAGES INTO HEART-CENTERED PRAYER

By:

Christine Valters Paintner

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Paperback

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0281067112

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9780281067114

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SPCK PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

19 January, 2012

Pages:

224

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Lectio divina, which means sacred reading, is an ancient contemplative practice of listening deeply to the voice of God in sacred texts. Drawing on her own experience as a monk in the world, Christine Valters Paintner breaks open the movements of this spiritual practice. She makes them accessible to the contemporary reader.

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Lectio divina, which means sacred reading, is an ancient contemplative practice of listening deeply to the voice of God in sacred texts. In recent years there has been a reclaiming of the riches of contemplative prayer forms of Western traditions. Through the practice of lectio divina you become present to each moment in a heart-centred way. Gradually, the practice of lectio expands your capacity to sense God's presence until all of life becomes a cascade of prayer. Drawing on her own experience as a monk in the world, Christine Valters Paintner breaks open the movements of this spiritual practice. She makes them accessible to the contemporary reader who longs for a more pervasive experience of the holy in the everyday but lives far away from the sanctuary of a monastery.

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