Otium Sanctum

Otium Sanctum.  Holy Leisure.  This is to the monk what later on non-Catholic Christians would call "Quiet Time".  It was synonymous with the phrase "vacare Deo", "take a break for God."  To take a break does not mean to cease from any activity.  Rather, it means to change activity.

In olden times, "taking a break for God" meant almost exclusively, lectio divina, "divine reading of Scriptures."  It meant for the monk an immersion into the mysteries through an intelligent and affective reading of the Inspired Word.  The "mysteries" are of course the events through which God has made himself felt in the sphere of human history, opening a door through which every man and woman can experience the life He reserves to those who love Him.  As such, the lectio was a programme for a personal appropriation of the saving mysteries.  This is the programme I set before myself.  It is the project I share with you.

This homepage will be dedicated to the Lectio Divina.  I will, as time permits me, share with you my thoughts on the Sunday Gospels and other Scriptural passages that happen to occupy my attention at a given time or season of my life.  I have no business to transact, no free stuff to offer, and no products to sell ...   All I can give you are the fruits of my wanderings in the realm of the Spirit.