Is it sometimes difficult to know what words to pray? Have you ever felt like prayer is hard?

“Breathing is an unconscious thing. And breath prayer reminds us that just as we can’t live on one breath of air, we can’t live on one breath of God.”—by Adele Calhoun

Lectio Divina offers a way of “attending to Scripture, which invites us into God’s presence to listen for His particular, loving word to me at this particular moment in time.” —by Adele Calhoun

This devotional reading was traditionally made up of five movements…

Visio Divina (meaning divine vision, seeing with the eyes of your heart): The movement of this prayer uses a visual to help guide and set our minds on prayer thus allowing God to speak into our hearts through the image. Invitation. Find a quiet and comfortable place to be still with God…

Begin a contemplative walk somewhere away from your normal space if possible. Listen to the stirrings as your feet walk and your senses engage. What thoughts about this word or phrase come to mind? Hold those thoughts. Pause if you need to and look out around you, look up into the sky…