The desert monks gathered to hear scripture recited in public , and would then recite those words privately in their cells .
This was not the same practice as what later became Lectio Divina since it involved no meditative step .
Although the desert monks gathered to hear scripture recited in public , and would then recite those words privately in their cells , this was not the same practice as what later became Lectio Divina since it involved no meditative step .