Bible Study Evangelista - Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin.

L – Listen (Receive the Word.)

O – Observe (Choose one or more of the following personality approaches to connect the passage to your life and recent events.)

F | Franciscan – What do you learn about suffering by watching these sheep being shorn?

I | Ignatian – When have you had an experience like Job, where suddenly you “saw” God rather than “hearing about” Him? What were the circumstances of that experience?

A | Augustinian – I found it interesting that sheep naturally relax for shearing once they’re on their backs. What does that say about how God “shears” you through suffering? Why is it more important that we know God, rather than know about Him? How can you get to know Him better? Do you want to? Have you told Him?

T | Thomistic – What are the five most important things you will take away from your study of Job?

V – Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.)

Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin.

E – Entrust (May it be done to me according to your word!)

I have heard of You be the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. Therefore I repent in dust and ashes (Job 42:5-6). Amen +
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*LOVE the Word® exercises are offered according to FIAT: the four personalities, or “prayer forms,” explored in Prayer and Temperament, by Chester Michael and Marie Norrisey: Franciscan, Ignatian, Augustinian, and Thomistic: FIAT! These prayer forms correspond to the Myers-Briggs personality types.

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