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Click here for a quick summary of lectio divina by author Fr. Luke Dysinger, O.S.B.

For a more thorough explanation of how lectio divina can be used for both private and group prayer and contemplation, read this article by the same author, Fr. Luke Dysinger, O.S.B.

Would you like to go even deeper? Here are three books on lectio divina:

• Lectio Divina: Renewing the Ancient Practices of Praying the Scriptures (by M. Basil Pennington);
• Too Deep for Words: Rediscovering Lectio Divina (by Thelma Hall);
• and Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina (by Michael Casey).

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