Lectio Divina--A Guide to the Light

The practice of lectio divina sets into motion a yearning to be in union with God in the everyday.  Lectio offers tangible ways to look for and encounter God despite all that goes on around us.  Many have adapted lectio to fit their own needs and circumstances to ‘hunker down’ with God.  

We need to integrate life with faith and faith with life in order to discover the vocation that God has “treasured” us with.  Pope Francis in his address to the Assembly of Congregation for Clergy said that a vocation must be discovered so that it can be “taken to the light” and shared with others (Vat. City, Oct. 3, 201, Zenit.org).   

In the call narrative of John’s gospel (1:38-39), the disciples discover the underpinnings of their vocation when Jesus asks them, “What are you looking for?”  They respond by asking where Jesus stays and then Jesus invites them to come and see.  After they abide with Jesus, they invite Peter to the light.   Meeting Jesus is a “life to faith process” for discovering the treasure of one’s vocation, actualizing it, and then inviting others to the light.  The relational character of encountering Jesus transmits faith dialogically such that it taps the heart with the light of Christ.