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Introduction

Lectio divina
Lectio divina
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Prayer Before Reading the Holy Scriptures

Come, Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.

℣ Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created,
℟ and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.

O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Prayer After Reading the Holy Scriptures

Let me not, O Lord, be puffed up with worldly wisdom, which passes away, but grant me that love which never abates, that I may not choose to know anything among men but Jesus, and Him crucified. [1Co 13:8 and 2:2]

I pray Thee, loving Jesus that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou would mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all Wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

Amen.

(Prayer of St. Bede the Venerable)

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