Visio Divina – instructions and art
Reading List
Instructions for Visio Divina
There are a variety of ways to practice visio divina. A sampling of methods:
In Verbum Resources
- A Concise Guide to Visio Divina | Centering Prayer for Everyone: With Readings, Programs, and Instructions for Home and Group Practice
- Practice visio divina | Creative Church Handbook: Releasing the Power of the Arts in Your Congregation
- Chapter 9: Visio Divina: Praying with Images | Lectio Divina: Transforming words & images into heart-centred prayer
- Preface | Soul Care in African American Practice
- Visio Divina | Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us
Online references
- Visio Divina: How to Pray with the “Eyes of Your Heart” | Kathryn Shirey
- Visio Divina | The Upper Room
- Visio Divina | Episcopal Prayer
- Visio Divina Workshop | Catholic Diocese of Biloxi
- Contemplative Prayer: The Five Steps of Visio Divina | Kathy Keary for Precious Blood Renewal Center
Art resources for Visio Divina
In Verbum
Sacred Art series:
- Overview | Sacred Art of Botticelli
- Overview | Sacred Art of Caravaggio
- Overview | Sacred Art of El Greco
- Overview | Sacred Art of Fra Angelico
- Overview | Sacred Art of Guido Reni
- Overview | Sacred Art of Jacob Jordaens
- Overview | Sacred Art of James Tissot
- Overview | Sacred Art of Nicolas Poussin
- Overview | Sacred Art of Peter Paul Rubens
- Overview | Sacred Art of Raphael
- Overview | Sacred Art of Rembrandt
- Overview | Sacred Art of Titian
Through Artists’ Eyes: An Exploration of Bible-Inspired Art series:
- God’s Word on Canvas | Standard Publishing Company
- God’s Word through Glass | Standard Publishing Company
- God’s Word in Stone | Standard Publishing Company
On the web
- Art in the Christian Tradition | Vanderbilt University
Books (traditional format)
A series teaching the imagery of the art:
- Gospel Figures in Art (Guide to Imagery Series) by Stefano Zuffi ISBN-13: 978-0892367276
- Old Testament Figures in Art (Guide to Imagery Series) ISBN-13: 978-0892367276
- Saints in Art (Guide to Imagery Series)by Rosa Giorgi ISBN-13: 978-0892367177
Selected titles from Sister Wendy Beckett with mediations:
- The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter by Sister Wendy Beckett
- The Art of Holy Week and Easter: Meditations on the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus by Sister Wendy Beckett
Relevant literature
Not available in Verbum
- Visio Divina: A Reader in Faith and Visual Arts by Mel Ahlborn ISBN-13: 978-1595180308
- Transformed by God’s Word: Discovering the Power of Lectio and Visio Divina by Stephen J. Binz ISBN-13: 978-1594716515
- Handmade Midrash: Workshop in Visual Theology by Jo Milgrom ISBN-13: 978-0827603943
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