![”I read myself full [lectio], think myself clear [meditatio], pray myself hot [oratio], & let myself go [contemplatio]”- the mountain preacher
or
“We read (lectio)…
under the eye of God (meditatio)…
until the heart is touched (oratio)…
and leaps to the flame (contemplatio).” -Dom Columba Marmion (1858-1925) an Irish-Belgian monk
or
“As we listen to the Word (lectio), a word, a phrase, a sentence may well strike us, and we let it reverberate within, opening and expanding, forming and shaping (meditatio), calling forth varied responses (oratio) until finally we simply rest in the Reality to which it all leads (contemplatio).” - Trappist monk Basil Pennington
or
“In the ocean of this reading the lamb can paddle and the elephant swims.”- Bernard of Claivaux](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwdhcyNj6I1qfivh6o1_r1_400.jpg)
”I read myself full [lectio], think myself clear [meditatio], pray myself hot [oratio], & let myself go [contemplatio]”- the mountain preacher
or
“We read (lectio)…
under the eye of God (meditatio)…
until the heart is touched (oratio)…
and leaps to the flame (contemplatio).” -Dom Columba Marmion (1858-1925) an Irish-Belgian monk
or
“As we listen to the Word (lectio), a word, a phrase, a sentence may well strike us, and we let it reverberate within, opening and expanding, forming and shaping (meditatio), calling forth varied responses (oratio) until finally we simply rest in the Reality to which it all leads (contemplatio).” - Trappist monk Basil Pennington
or
“In the ocean of this reading the lamb can paddle and the elephant swims.”- Bernard of Claivaux
