The Wisdom of God in Some Passages of Job and Proverbs 1-9: Contemplative Reading of Scripture 2.10

THE WISDOM OF GOD IN SOME PASSAGES OF JOB AND PROVERBS 1-9CONTEMPLATIVE READING OF SCRIPTURE SERIES 2.10Shirley Muriel SullivanIn Series 2, Contemplative Reading of Scripture contains volumes dedicated to praying with prominent themes to be found in the Old and New Testaments. This volume treats the wisdom of God as presented in some passages of Job and in Proverbs 1-9. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of prayer in the Carmelite tradition and offers a method of contemplative prayer called Prayer of the Heart to the Trinity. For each Scripture passage, I suggest a pattern of prayer, using the contemplative way of reading Scripture called CLASP. This pattern is a form of lectio divina, the prayerful way of reading Scripture. In the word CLASP, the letters stand for:Cor: We begin in our “heart” (cor) with the Prayer of the Heart to the Trinity. We spend 20 minutes in this prayer.Lectio: We “read” (lectio) through our Scripture passage.Auditus: We “listen” (auditus) to what this passage says to our hearts.Suspiria: We express in “sighs” (suspiria) to the Holy Spirit our longing to understand the Scripture more deeply.Pax: We end our prayer time in “peace” (pax). My hope is that all the passages discussed will draw us into a deep, personal encounter with God at the centre of their beings. In this book all English quotations of Scripture are from the New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. Read more