I like LECK-Tee-Oh and found support for it at http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/13162179/Lectio_Divina_Questions?pg=2, #16, posted by Mostyn32 on November 4, 2007, 12:16 a.m. Quoted:
Lectio is Latin for "I read", and I've never heard it pronounced any other way than LECK-TEE-OH, with the emphasis on the first syllable. If it was to be pronounced LEK-SEE-OH, it would be spelled LEXIO. (I learned Latin long before I began the daily practice of Lectio Divina).
[1] One, without any reference to knowledge or experience, said "Divina" is pronounced as Dah-veen-ah. I suppose if it were pronounced that way, taking a cue from Mostyn32, it would be spelled DAVINA. I also suppose this person would also pronounce "divine" (hear the proper pronunciation at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/divine?s=t) as DAH-VINE which to me is the opposite of heavenly. Maybe Satan's serpent is called DaVine.
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