Sometimes the best prayer comes out of reading rather than praying. Good reading touches all the questions of our life, stretches us beyond ourselves to find answers, and brings us face-to-face with the Mystery that is God. Benedictines call that lectio. Thoughtful reading. Prayerful reading. Reading designed to bring us into contact with the essentials of life. Reading that stirs the best in us.
— Joan Chittister, Gospel Days