Ngayong Kuwaresma

Ngayong Kuwaresma

by Hidalgo Del Arrabal

            

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Meet Christ Through the Scriptures

Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" and refers specifically to a method of scripture-reading that was practiced by monastics since the beginning of Church.

The early centrality of reading of Sacred Scripture, and then meditating and praying over its meaning, is evident in the 48th chapter of the Rule of St. Benedict (A.D. 480-453), a book written by the Great Saint to guide monastic life.

It is known as the Stairway to Heaven. These are the steps:

1. Lectio ( reading): Read the text. What is the common sense idea of the text? What does it mean? What story does it tell? What does it tell any ordinary reader?

2. Meditatio (meditation): React to the text. What is it telling me in particular? What word(s) or phrase in the text strikes a vital chord in me?

3. Oratio (prayer): Converse with Jesus about this striking word(s) or phrase. Wrestle with the Word. Tell Jesus your difficulties if you were to live out His Word.

4. Contemplatio (contemplation): Go into the quiet. You have already presented your case before the Lord. Now, simply listen. Allow the Lord to give you spiritual insight about the text. Let God work in you.

5. Actio (action): Discern what God wants from you and resolve to do something concrete about what you have prayed about.

Resources:
The New Evangelization Resource Book (NERB)

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Meet Christ

Meet Christ through Prayer

Meet Christ

God loves you.  Out of His incomprehensible love for you , He has long desired to be close to you and to be in a deep relation with you. Because of this, He has initiated to meet you.

Several times in your life, you have met him – during your baptism, during Mass, during Confession, when in Church and in front of the Blessed Sacrament. And you continue to meet him in the different circumstances of your every day – in the most grand and in the simplest of experiences, at  your happiest and loneliest moments.

God is eager to give You the greatest love ever. He has loved you. He continues to love you and He will forever love you.  But as a true Christian, we need to continually meet him through:

1.  Pray  - We must commune with the Lord everyday. We need to pray for His guidance and protection as we go through our daily routines. We need to pray for His will to be part of our daily motivations.
2. Read the Scriptures – It is not enough that we know Christ during Sundays or Religion class. We need to seek Him through the Bible. If we can finish several novels, I am very well sure we can accomplish this.
3. Join the Community – As we go through this journey, it will be good to know that you have the right support group to encourage and inspire us to be better Christians.

In the next publications, we will be sharing more discussions around these. 



Resources:
The New Evangelization Resource Book (NERB)