The contemplative sees the resurrection in the cross, life in death, the Risen One in the Crucified. Contemplation is the thirst caused by the seeming absence or the satiety of mutual presence. The contemplative is at a loss for words, simply because he knows. Collatio is contribution or provision, confrontation or dialogue. Action refers, before all, to the conversion of one's heart, behaving as a disciple and under the discipline of the Truth revealed for our salvation.
Every good work is in collaboration with the One who does all things well.
He who collaborates with Him works and prays with all. The Bible is not intended only to tell us about God but to transform us according to the form of Christ. Scripture is the word that informs, giving us the form of Christians. The Word and the words are for man, and not man for the words, because man is for the Word. 67. He who has progressed in Lectio Divina experiences the need for fewer words and more of the Word.