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Too Deep for Words: Rediscovering Lectio Divina

by Thelma Hall · 1988

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Retrieves from obscurity the lost art of contemplative prayer as practiced for sixteen centuries in monastic tradition, and provides 500 thematically arranged scripture texts as rich resources for this intimate prayer.

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short · 110 pages

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