Lectio Divina is not a catechesis or a teaching but it is a prayer, a divine reading, a personal encounter with God in Sacred Scripture.
Each episode begins with a glimpse of Cardinal Collins presiding over Vespers at St. Michael's Cathedral in downtown Toronto. Lectio Divina follows immediately afterwards. In each session, Cardinal Collins slowly reads an excerpt from Scripture, offers a short reflection, and invites the congregation to quietly meditate on the passage. More than that, Lectio Divina is not intended to increase our intellectual knowledge of the Bible [though it also has that effect]; instead, it is intended to draw us closer to God, and to transform our attitudes and behaviour.
Season 13: Men and Women of the Old Testament2019 – 2020
We learn about God from the stories of how people encounter God, and make him present in their life. During
Lectio Divina this year, we will prayerfully meditate on passages about men and women in the Old Testament who illustrate the human condition, with its temptations to sin, and its opportunity for the grace of repentance and salvation.
Here are the airdates for the season:
September 15, 2019 |
Episode 1 |
Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:1-19) |
October 13, 2019 |
Episode 2 |
Lot (Genesis 19:1-28) |
November 10, 2019 |
Episode 3 |
The Sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22:1-19) |
December 8, 2019 |
Episode 4 |
Joseph and his brothers (Genesis 37:1-28) |
January 12, 2020 |
Episode 5 |
Moses (Exodus 2:11-3:14) |
February 9, 2020 |
Episode 6 |
Naomi and Ruth (Ruth 1:1-22) |
March 8, 2020 |
Episode 7 |
The Call of Samuel (I Samuel 3:1-21) |
April 12, 2020 |
Episode 8 |
David, Bathsheba, and Uriah (II Samuel 11:1-27) |
May 10, 2020 |
Episode 9 |
Elijah (I Kings 19:1-18) |
June 14, 2020 |
Episode 10 |
Jonah’s Mission to Nineveh (Jonah 3 and 4) |
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