In lectio, we approach holy Scripture not as an object but as a subject. It’s more than ancient words on a page. Scripture is not to be approached as an object of our inquiry but as an animating force setting its gaze on us. As we read Scripture, we come to understand that God is reading us. In this first movement, then, we ask the Lord to help us locate a word or phrase in a short passage of Scripture as we read it two or three times. As we read, we ask, “Lord, what does it say?”
