Lectio divina is Latin for spiritual reading. It is a method of reading and praying on Scripture and other classics of spirituality like Augustine’s Confessions and The Imitation of Christ. It has ...

Characteristic of our times are the many uses and abuses of the Bible. What is the meaning of a biblical passage and how do we find it? This question divides Christians into a variety of camps, often ...

As Christian believers, we are invited to an active life of prayer. As we respond to this call, the Church desires to assist us and so provides us with various prayer methods. Some of the more popular ...

As we seek to answer the call to prayer, we are helped by the Church’s rich treasury. Such a treasury includes the prayer methods. Each of the methods is unique, but all serve the same purpose, namely ...

Scripture has the power to change lives — especially when people are able to see their own stories in the pages of salvation history. So says Catholic apologist Jeff Cavins. The Catholic author points ...

Some of you may remember Lynne D’Souza, now Sister Lynn OSB, from her days as a member of the youth group at St. Thomas Aquinas, or from her Aggie years spent mostly at St. Mary’s. I called her at her ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On February 20, Vigil of Our Lady of Confidence, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made a visit to the Roman Major Seminary, where he held a “lectio divina” for seminarians ...