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Both read the Bible day and night,
but thou read black where I read white.
- William Blake (1757-1827) British poet and painter.

With love in Christ.

2007-04-28 18:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1 0

I prefer:

Scala Paradisi -- the Stairway to Heaven -- describes a 4-runged ladder to Heaven, each rung being one of the four steps in method of Bible reading.

lectio (reading): "looking on Holy Scripture with all one's will and wit"

meditatio (meditation): "a studious insearching with the mind to know what was before concealed through desiring proper skill"

oratio (prayer): "a devout desiring of the heart to get what is good and avoid what is evil"

contemplatio (contemplation): "the lifting up of the heart to God tasting somewhat of the heavenly sweetness and savour"

2007-04-30 17:23:36 · answer #2 · answered by Isabella 6 · 0 0

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