Food is my love language. I want to feed hungry people. So this year I've created a fusion of food for your body and food for your soul. This will be a year of delicious recipes I'm making now combined with relatable reflections divine readings from the book of John. If you consume what I'm preparing, you'll be nourished. That's a promise. Join me if you're hungry.
Divine Reading and Listening Well
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Lectio Divina is a way of praying Scripture from the early monastic tradition. It means Divine Reading. Once a month, I am preparing a divine reading for you from the gospel of John to complement the reflection I sent you the previous week. If you would like to share what you hear during lectio divina, or if you have questions you would like to ponder together, please reply to this email. Sit in a comfortable place. Take some deep calming breaths in and out. Let Jesus know you are listening then click the link below for the reading. Here are the Latin words representing the 4 ways to engage with the same passage that is being read. Lectio - Read slowly; What word or phrase sounded louder than the others? Meditatio - Enter the story - what do you hear, see, imagine happening? Oratio - Do you have anything you want to talk to God about that you are hearing? Ask for the grace of the word you heard to move you toward deeper union with God . Contemplatio - Listening, resting in God. Sometimes, by the grace of God, one can see or experience the Word as a mystery to savor. The Word exposes us to the Divine Presence, to God’s truth and benevolence. Listen well friends, the Word of God comes in power and love to you. |
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Food is my love language. I want to feed hungry people. So this year I've created a fusion of food for your body and food for your soul. This will be a year of delicious recipes I'm making now combined with relatable reflections divine readings from the book of John. If you consume what I'm preparing, you'll be nourished. That's a promise. Join me if you're hungry.
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