with
Fred Haas
Welcome to Lectio Divina Today!
Enjoy this opportunity to experience Lectio Divina as a daily practice.
Lectio Divina, or Divine Reading, is a traditional monastic practice for experiencing scripture as a "Living Word" to connect with and deepen our relationship with the Divine.
The process contains four stages - Read, Reflect, Respond, and Rest.
The regular practice of Lectio Divina dates back to the 6th century during the time of St. Benedict. The two forms of Lectio Divina are monastic and scholastic.
The monastic form is the oldest and it moves more dynamically through the stages as prompted by the holy spirit. As such, it is more suited to be practiced alone. The scholastic form was developed during the middle ages and contains the four distinct stages in order. This is the method we will use for our group practice.
Lectio Divina is a separate practice from reading or studying the Bible and praying the scriptures, which are all fruitful in their own right.
During Lectio Divina it is suggested to listen with “an ear of the heart” as we move between the four stages of Read, Reflect, Respond, and Rest. It is beneficial to frame this practice as a divine conversation with the “living word” suggesting the topics of the conversation. Accordingly an intention to remain open is recommended.
How to listen to Lectio Divina Today
A new recording posts every day, taken from the Gospel in the day’s Lectionary. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music or SoundCloud and each day’s reading will show up on its own.
Every recording is also here on the site, one page for each Gospel reading. Open any reading and step through the rest with Previous and Next.
For the day’s reading at any time, go to lectiodivinatoday.com/today.
If you’ve been following along with the master playlists and the index, those are still available on SoundCloud.
About Fred
I’m Fred Haas. I was inspired to offer Lectio Divina Today in May 2018, and since then I’ve recorded the Gospel readings from the Lectionary. A new recording posts every day, and together they’ve been listened to over half a million times.