To Help You Get Deeper into Prayer and the Word of God
On Lectio Divina
- Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina, by Michael Casey
- Lectio Divina websites
- USCCB
- Luke Dysinger, OSB
- Order of the Carmelites
Aids to Scripture
This list of resources can help you understand what you’re reading, but as with Bible commentaries, they can be distractions from prayer if your 15 minutes turns into scholarly research. A few of our favorite resources:
- NABRE footnotes
- Ignatius Catholic Study Bible – Print
- Ignatius Catholic Study Bible – Free (limited) App
- Ignatius Catholic Study Bible – Purchase Full Version App
- Publications for guided daily prayer with the lectionary and meditations:
- Word Among Us – Web and Print Subscription
- Magnificat – Print Subscription
- Give Us This Day – Web and Free App
- Pray-As-You-Go – Spirituality of St. Ignatius – Web and Free App
- iBreviary – Web and Free App (Divine Office and Daily Mass Readings)
- iPieta – App
- Bible Gateway – Web concordance includes multiple Bible translations
- Catena Aurea – commentary on the gospels by early Church Fathers
- Harper Collins Life with God Bible – review by Brandon Vogt
- The Great Adventure by Jeff Cavins
- St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
- Books on Scripture
- Reading the Bible as God’s Own Story, by Fr. William Kurtz, SJ
- A Father Who Keeps His Promises, by Scott Hahn
- You Can Understand the Bible, by Peter Kreeft
- Reading Scripture as the Word of God, by George Martin
Additional Prayer Resources
- Relevant Radio – Web and Free App (Dialy Readings, Articles, Podcasts, Prayer Resource, etc.)
- Apostleship of Prayer – Web and Free App
- Laudate Catholic – Free App (Daily Readings, Divine Office, etc.)
Articles & Homilies
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