Lectio divina is ordinarily confined to the slow perusal of sacred Scripture, both the Old and New Testaments; it is undertaken not with the intention of gaining information but of using the texts as an aide to contact the living God. Basic to this practice is the eventual union with God in faith which, in turn, finds continued nourishment and development in further reading. There is no special program or technique to this procedure, nor is the amount of material to be covered crucial for its success; a person can linger over even a single word or phrase for an indefinite period of time after which one moves on to further slow and careful reflection. Thus one of the attractive features to lectio divina is that it is open-ended and subject to continued growth.