Fr. Luke Dysinger has published his essay "Embrace of God: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina" on the website of his abbey, St. Andrew's in Valyerno, California.

The essay provides a detailed overview of Lectio Divina, practical advice, and an appendix for applying lectio divina to personal and group settings.

This is like the Evangelical contemporary worship wars but on a far grander scale: The battle for liturgical propriety (HT: The Spectator via Crunchy Con) In brief:

"Many Mass-goers are unaware of the fact, but the Catholic Church in England and Wales is sliding towards civil war. A mixture of anticipation and panic is in the air. For worshippers used to the low-calorie ceremonial of Westminster Cathedral, the sight of a curial cardinal presiding over the cruelly complex rubrics of the old Missal must have been thrilling or distasteful, depending on their point of view." ... more