Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, in The Mystery of God’s Word
p. 67:…”reflecting on, or contemplating, the Word (the fixing of our gaze,” of lingering over the Word). In this we assimilate the Word of God, we interiorize it, we enter into living, personal contact with it, we allow it to permeate us through and through, to illuminate our entire interior universe with its light: our thoughts, affections, and desires.”

p. 72: “All the Scriptures were written for this purpose: that human beings might grasp how much God loves them and grasp it so as to become inflamed with love for him.”

p. 72: “Knowledge of God without knowledge of self leads to presumption; knowledge of self without knowledge of God leads to despair.”

p.72: “a continual purifying of the heart is needed for us to welcome the Word.”