Episode 3: Devotion beyond the office 1 - The Jesus Prayer and Lectio Divina
This week’s episode is more personal in nature as we discuss our own devotional practices beyond the daily office, focussing specifically on the Jesus Prayer (Matthew) and Gospel-Based Discipleship (a form of lectio divina, Jonathan). Our journey will stretch back in time to Origen in the 200s, and touch on some late antique and medieval monks besides some more modern influences related to their movements, including Anglican Renewal Ministries.
The Jesus Prayer
The Way of a Pilgrim. Trans. Helen Bacovcin.
The Philokalia. 4 vols. Trans. G. E. H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, Kallistos Ware. London: Faber & Faber, 1979-1986.
Kallistos Ware. The Orthodox Church.
---. The Orthodox Way.
---. The Power of the Name.
Lectio Divina
Benedict of Nursia. The Rule of St Benedict.
Guigo II. The Ladder of Monks.
Other references
Alexander Schmemann. For the Life of the World.
David Fagerberg. On Liturgical Asceticism.
