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Lent is the ideal season for the practice of lectio divina. As the darkness of winter gives way to the light of spring, we spend forty days in the process of conversion, turning our hearts away from sin and toward the light of Christ.
Through our practice of this ancient art, the seed of God’s word begins to sprout and leaf through lectio and meditatio. With attentive reflection, the living word then buds and blossoms in oratio and contemplatio. Finally, the fruit of the Spirit begins to show forth in operatio as the harvest of the word of God.
The goal of our Lenten practices is the deepening of our longing for God as we prepare to celebrate the great mysteries that are at the heart of the Christian faith. This interior longing for God is the source of real prayer, and lectio divina cultivates that deep desire as we wait for Easter. Perhaps Lent teaches us, above all, that a Christian is not so much someone who does things for God but someone who deeply realizes, like Mary, that “the Mighty…
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