Annie Bolger, Deacon and Curate at HTB writes,
During the liturgy on Ash Wednesday, at the beginning of Lent, we are invited "in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy word." At Holy Trinity in Brussels, we are reading and meditating through lectio divina. What is lectio divina? Rather than reading or studying, lectio divina encourages us to listen and look and imagine. It involves a ‘slow reading’ of the Bible text, allowing the words to speak in a new way. The four steps are reading, reflecting, expressing, and resting. Our senior chaplain created a Bible bookmark which provides a guide to the four movements of lectio and I created a video guide as well. This approach to reading Scripture nicely compliments the beautiful collection of Lent reflections on the lectionary which is authored and compiled by the congregation here. We are finding that the two resources enrich reflection. There are many resources to explain the lectio approach to Scripture online and we encourage you to 'taste and see'!
Video and bookmark available from Annie.
