Visio Divina – instructions and art

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

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