How to learn a verseWEB Catholic Edition
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Isaiah 58:11 and the LORD will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.and the LORD will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.and the LORD ____ guide you continually, ______ your soul in ___ places, and make ____ bones strong. You ____ be like a ______ garden, and like ___ spring of water _____ waters don’t fail.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.and ___ ____ will _____ ___ continually, ______ ____ soul ___ ___ places, ___ ____ your _____ ______. You ____ ___ like ___ ______ garden, ___ ____ a ______ ___ water _____ ______ don’t ____.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.a t L w g y c, s y s i d p, a m y b s. Y w b l a w g, a l a s o w w w d f.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 58:11
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.