All this is done by the Holy Spirit.ДЄs you see there is a huge similarity between this aspect of the Divine Office and the lectio, but still, these are two totally different exercises or types of prayer. Praying requires a lot of humility, and praying always starts from God, comes in us, and through us and with us and goes back to God. It is important to avoid the attitude of вЂњpossessingвЂќ the Sacred Text or our prayer (God is the one who prays in us). So, during the Divine Office, we should adopt the same attitude we have while doing the Lectio Divina вЂ“ which is an attitude we have to learn, foster and allow to grow in quality in us. This is why, while praying the Psalms, it is important to have an вЂњabandonedвЂќ attitude (entrusting, surrendering, passive listening) while praying, and not forcing, or paying such excessive attention to the singing (some communities do sing the Psalms, as is normal) to the point of losing the right inner attitude. The spiritual Power and the ease God puts into speaking to us while we are praying is very interesting,В L ectio DivinaВ wiseВ (PS Please see John of the Cross, вЂњAscent of Mount CarmelвЂќ, book II, chapter 26 where John of the Cross explains the power of such words that God give us from time to time.). We use His Words to speak to Him (the Psalms) and He uses His Words to speak to us. As you see, reading/praying the Psalms is also a time when God speaks to us. So it looks like a short (like an arrow) Lectio Divina. Obviously, we are invited to put into practice what He gives us at that moment. Certainly, in addition to the first вЂњuseвЂќ of the Divine Office (see below), while we pray the Liturgy of the Hours, Jesus feeds us, and often uses a word or a verse to speak to us. On the other hand, the Liturgy of the Hours is normally composed of texts taken from Scripture: Psalms, a short readingВ in all the offices except the вЂњOffice of ReadingвЂќ, which consists of a much longer reading. So, for me, your question is similar to this one: вЂњWhat place should prayer, as in the Liturgy of Hours, have in relation to the Mass?вЂќ In fact, Lectio Divina is about taking time in order to receive/digest the Table of the Word of God of todayвЂ™s Mass.

On the one hand, for me (but not for many other authors/theologians) Lectio Divina is part of the Mass, or better said: it proceeds from it. What place should prayer as in the Liturgy of Hours (limited because of work) have in relation to Lectio Divina?

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