Of all the ways of praying, Lectio Divina is the one most recommended by the Church. It consists of four steps. The intention of this book is to help its readers with steps one and two, consisting of reading and meditating, so that they are enabled to go on to engage in the other two steps of praying and contemplating as the Spirit leads. In a time-poor society, like ours, readers will find that each of the 130 reflections is at once, biblical, insightful and mercifully brief. As the book's title suggests, they are Stepping Stones to Prayer.