Feeding among the lilies is a line from the Song of Songs, it has been used to describe the practice of Lectio Divina. Thomas Merton in The Seven Storey Mountain uses the image of planting and sowing as expressing the effect of reading scripture: “God often talks to us in scripture. That is, he plants the words full of actual graces as we read them and suddenly undiscovered meanings are sown in our hearts, if we attend to them, reading with minds that are at prayer.” This day will be dedicated to exploring this practice, ancient and always new, feeding among the lilies of scriptures and sacred wisdom texts so as to be nourished and inspired for our own spiritual journey.
Feeding Among the Lilies
The Practice of Lectio Divina with Dr Stefan G Reynolds
Leader
Stefan Reynolds
Dr Stefan Gillow Reynolds is author of ‘Living with the Mind of Christ: Mindfulness in Christian Spirituality’ (DLT, 2016) and ‘The Wisdom of Love in the Song of Songs’ (Hikari, 2018) and ‘Letting Go and Coming Home: A Year of Poetry and Photos’ (Hikari, 2021). He has a PhD in Christian Spirituality from London University and runs retreats for The World Community for Christian Meditation and for the Cistercian Abbey of Mount Melleray where he works. He lives with his wife in Lismore, Co. Waterford.
Leader
Stefan Reynolds
Dr Stefan Gillow Reynolds is author of ‘Living with the Mind of Christ: Mindfulness in Christian Spirituality’ (DLT, 2016) and ‘The Wisdom of Love in the Song of Songs’ (Hikari, 2018) and ‘Letting Go and Coming Home: A Year of Poetry and Photos’ (Hikari, 2021). He has a PhD in Christian Spirituality from London University and runs retreats for The World Community for Christian Meditation and for the Cistercian Abbey of Mount Melleray where he works. He lives with his wife in Lismore, Co. Waterford.
