{"id":602,"date":"2010-12-07T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T16:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marccardaronella.com\/?p=602"},"modified":"2011-06-05T23:08:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T05:08:57","slug":"the-critical-bible-skill-for-catholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marccardaronella.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/07\/the-critical-bible-skill-for-catholics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Critical Bible Skill for Catholics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Vs6qZd_xP1w?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Vs6qZd_xP1w?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Do you read the Bible to change your life?<\/p>\n<p>Most Catholics don&#8217;t do this. They read the Bible to get done.<\/p>\n<p>Catholics don&#8217;t talk much about the power of the Bible to change lives. Even Catholic Bible studies are more academic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I think Catholics lack a critical skill&#8211;reading the Bible to hear what God has to say. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Transformed and guided by Scripture<\/h2>\n<p>Check out this \u201cCatholics Come Home\u201d commercial. There&#8217;s one line in it that says, &#8220;We [the Catholic family] are transformed by Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, which have consistently guided us for two thousand years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>That is exactly it! We Catholics are <em>transformed<\/em> and <em>guided<\/em> by the Scriptures. We always have been!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But if it\u2019s such a part of our spiritual heritage, why don\u2019t we see it emphasized more at the practical level?<\/p>\n<p>It makes you wonder if it is a priority of the Church.<\/p>\n<h2>Scripture Is The Fundamental Priority<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-746\" href=\"http:\/\/marccardaronella.com\/2010\/12\/07\/the-critical-bible-skill-for-catholics\/bible-spine-240\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-746\" title=\"Bible Spine 240\" src=\"http:\/\/marccardaronella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bible-Spine-240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><strong>Well, after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenit.org\/article-30942?l=english\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Verbum Domini<\/em><\/a> came out, there\u2019s no doubt in my mind that Pope Benedict feels Catholics should be Bible-reading, Bible-praying Christians!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cWith the Synod Fathers I express my heartfelt hope for the flowering of \u201ca new season of greater love for sacred Scripture on the part of every member of the People of God, so that their prayerful and faith-filled reading of the Bible will, with time, deepen their personal relationship with Jesus\u201d (<em>Verbum Domini<\/em>, paragraph 72).<\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict continually highlights the <a href=\"http:\/\/marccardaronella.com\/2010\/11\/16\/god-is-talking-do-you-know-how-to-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\">benefits of <em>lectio divina<\/em><\/a>. Since the beginning of his pontificate, it&#8217;s been his mission of sorts to see this devotion established among the faithful.<\/p>\n<p>According to Michael Barber the Pope&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesacredpage.com\/2010\/11\/catholic-bloggers-ignoring-popes.html\" target=\"_blank\">fundamental priority<\/a>&#8221; is &#8220;leading people to &#8216;<em>the God who speaks in the Bible.&#8217;<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barber quotes from <em>Verbum Domini<\/em>, &#8220;With the Synod Fathers I express\u00a0<em><strong>my heartfelt hope for the flowering of \u201ca new season of greater love for sacred Scripture on the part of every member of the People of God, so that their prayerful and faith-filled reading of the Bible will, with time, deepen their personal relationship with Jesus<\/strong><\/em>\u201d (<em>Verbum Domini,<\/em> paragraph 72; emphasis mine).&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s My Point? Listen to God Through the Bible<\/h2>\n<p>Catholics have always read and prayed with\u00a0the Sacred Scriptures. However, this is not emphasized much today.<\/p>\n<p>The consequence? <strong>We\u2019re in a biblical deficit and only slowly digging out! This is a critical skill for spiritual maturity; most Catholics lack it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict wants all the Catholic faithful to understand the power of the Bible first hand. He\u2019s convinced it will bring a new springtime to the Church.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s time the Bible became an active part of the spirituality of the Catholic laity. <\/strong>It\u2019s time to teach, talk about and study the life-changing power of the Scriptures.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for Catholics to become Bible-reading Christians and make the Bible a fundamental priority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s your turn:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Do you read the Bible regularly to deepen your relationship with Jesus and to change your life?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why or why not? <\/strong><strong>Do you want to?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>I would love to know! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Catholics don\u2019t read the Bible to change their lives. They read the Bible to get done. 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