“Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.”
– St. Jerome
Transitus Oblates are to make adequate time (preferably 15 minutes or more daily) for Lectio Divina (Divine Reading): a slow, contemplative praying of the Scriptures (as well as other suitable spiritual works), which enables the Word of God to become a source of union with God the Most Holy Trinity. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Because liturgical and devotional prayer is saturated with the Scriptures, Lectio Divina is an indispensable method of enriching the conversation we have begun in heaven through the Liturgy. As we climb the four rungs of the “Monk’s Ladder” (Reading, Prayer, Meditation, and Contemplation) we are raised up from earth to heaven, drawn from the concerns of earthly life into contemplation of the Mysteries of God. For when the Holy Ghost opens the Scriptures to us, the Gospel becomes a window into divine reality--a “verbal icon of Christ”--and we learn that the Word of God has a face; it is a person, Jesus Christ. Thus, “ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.” – St. Jerome
The Douay-Rheims Bible is most recommended, which is “free from any error whatsoever in matters of faith and morals.”
THE RULE: LECTIO DIVINA