A Reading from the Book of Genesis
The Lord God formed a man out of clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.
Then Lord God had planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and placed there the man whom he had formed.
Out of the ground the Lord God made various trees grow that were delightful to look and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Now the serpent was the most cunning of the wild animals that the Lord God had made.
The serpent asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden’?”
The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘You shall not eat fruit it or touch it, lest you die.’”
But the serpent said to the woman “You certainly will not die!
No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it your eyes
will be opened, and you will be like gods, who know what is good and what is evil.”
The woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom.
So she took some of its fruit and ate it;and She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
The Word of the Lord



To Proclaim the word of the Gospel takes the reader through the traditional process of reading, meditating, praying, and contemplating bible scriptures.
These readings help the reader explore the sacred texts with greater attention and allow the Word to permeate their mind and imagination more deeply.
In Christianity, Lectio Divina (Latin for "Divine Reading") is a traditional Benedictine practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word.
It does not treat scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word.
The Lectio Divina Bible Study series is suitable for individual, small group, and parish/church use.