Scripture Meditation

A Hebrew Catholic Perspective

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Index

 Reading to help study and meditation on the Sacred Scriptures

(No particular sequence is intended.)

Hebrew Catholic         Background

Introductory Considerations

Jesus Messiah: Our Model

Origins in the Jewish Tradition	Beginning “Lectio Divina“	“A God Who Speaks“
No Spiritual Hearing Without Listening	Why Meditate on Scripture?	Jesus at Prayer
Parish Scripture Meditation Groups	“Lectio-Divina” — Benedictine	Shema — Listen and Hear!
Meditation and Knowledge	“Return to the Desert“	Listening to Christ the Word
	Terminology

 

Click here for:                         Scripture Meditation: Lectio Divina                                                Our Approach

 

Preparation               for Group            Meeting

Weekly                    Workshop            Phase One

Daily Resting in the Word Phase Two

Group Meeting Place	Guidelines             for Leaders	Daily Practice
A Group Leader’s Preparation	Overview of Workshop	Remembering and Resting: Practical Reminders
Individual’s Preparation		Relax ~ Breathe ~ Listen
		What Happens To Us In Meditation?

 

Introduction To This Model

The core paper for our readers is: “Scripture Meditation: Lectio Divina“. The language of the title may be a little unfamiliar at first, but it carries a rich and wonderful history. All of the other papers are in support of the main one, and help to explain aspects of Scripture reflection and how it helps us. As we know from our great teachers in spirituality, contemplation is “the soul of the apostolate”. Thus our papers are oriented towards the Hebrew Catholic emphasis of helping one another live the Faith sincerely, as well as sharing it with all humanity. We are “mission-minded” in the spirit of the New Eavangelisation and consider Scripture Meditation, as we practise and teach it, to be one of the foremost fundamentals in our becoming more equipped for our personal participation in the life of Christ’s Body, the Church. Our clusters of leaflets form a resource which can be accessed randomly in any order the reader chooses. They contain a degree of repetition characteristic of this type of arrangement.