Catholics: When did you last read the Bible?

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MyPhilomena said:
Douay - Rheims ( main Bible we use )

Gideons Bible ( given to me )

American Standard Version ( bought before I returned to the
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The American Standard Version is still an excellent version. I would not get rid of it. I very much believe in the Deuterocanon, but some Protestant bibles are very good. Sometimes, you have to watch for some theological bias in them, but the ASV is actually pretty sound.
 
I wish I had time to read the Bible more. Usually I find a few minutes at least every other day. Almost without fail, I attend an hour long Bible study once a week. I also bring it along for my adoration hour, though sometimes it is time to go before I have opened it. Before I had another baby, I would simply stay longer, but that time is a lost luxury for the time being, as I do not think Chirst would want me to neglect my duties at home. For years I studied vigilantly from the Protestant prospective.

The priest who leads our weekly Bible study often brings in writings of the Church Fathers to close our discussion. It has been very helpful to me in coming to understand the Bible from a Catholic perspective. Currently I have the St. Joseph edition of the New American Bible. My beloved husband bought it for me for Christmas-- even had my name embossed on the cover. (He’s so awesome!)

I would also like to get the Douay-Rheims Bible, and an Ignatius Study Bible. OF course, I also have a number of Protestant Bible versions still around (KJV, Good Shepherd, RSV, and an NIV). I don’t see a need to get rid of them, though, since they are missing books, I rarely choose one of them to read.
 
Debra_C said:
I would also like to get the Douay-Rheims Bible, and an Ignatius Study Bible. OF course, I also have a number of Protestant Bible versions still around (KJV, Good Shepherd, RSV, and an NIV). I don’t see a need to get rid of them, though, since they are missing books, I rarely choose one of them to read.
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My priest said that there was really no need to get rid of my non-Catholic Bibles just because they had some OT books missing, since they were still good English translations of the NT. Coming from a I/F Baptist, KJV-only background, I want to own a copy of the Douay-Rheims (and sometimes cringe at the word choices in the NAB, i.e. “dilly-dally” shudder).
 
Pixie_Dust said:
My priest said that there was really no need to get rid of my non-Catholic Bibles just because they had some OT books missing, since they were still good English translations of the NT. Coming from a I/F Baptist, KJV-only background, I want to own a copy of the Douay-Rheims (and sometimes cringe at the word choices in the NAB, i.e. “dilly-dally” shudder).
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I possess about 7-bibles but my three fav one’s are New English with apocrypha which is well used and annotated with ink pen and marker pen:eek:
Good News and Christian Community Bible [Catholic Edition] which has an excellent reference section.

Using the latter, I last read mine about 10-minutes ago, prior to that: 4-hours ago 👍
 
Pixie_Dust said:
My priest said that there was really no need to get rid of my non-Catholic Bibles just because they had some OT books missing, since they were still good English translations of the NT. Coming from a I/F Baptist, KJV-only background, I want to own a copy of the Douay-Rheims (and sometimes cringe at the word choices in the NAB, i.e. “dilly-dally” shudder).
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Sixtus said:
I possess about 7-bibles but my three fav one’s are New English with apocrypha which is well used and annotated with ink pen and marker pen:eek:
Good News and Christian Community Bible [Catholic Edition] which has an excellent reference section.

Using the latter, I last read mine about 10-minutes ago, prior to that: 4-hours ago 👍
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I have a New English with Apocrypha. It is an excellent translation that is very readable. I also have a KJV with Apocrypha. Both my NEB and KJV with Apocrypha are published by Cambridge.
 
I have the New American Bible (study Bible). I want the Douay-Rheims Bible, plus the King James Version.
 
I read my bible daily with prayer, am 7 yr convert, have an RSV-CE, and NJB plus a book with all four Gospels in 8 different versions (DR, NAB, JB, NJB, RSV-CE, NRSV, GOOD NEWS, and CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BIBLE (that was a translation I hadn’t heard of but I like it a lot). The compilation of the 8 different translations is WONDERFUL! I can compare the translations so easily (they’re all on 2 pages).

BTW I also say my rosary most days (member of Rosary Confraternity), say the “Little Office of the Virgin Mary” am/pm, have 2 of “Catechism of the Catholic Church” and pray fairly constantly little “arrow” prayers-just in case it might be thought that all the Bible reading doesn’t go along with being a Catholic.
 
The two I use are the RSV 2nd Catholic Edition from Ignatius Press and the 1982 Jerusalem Bible (could be off slightly on the year)…but I’ve heard so much about the Douay-Rheims that I’d really like to invest in a copy of that too!

As for how often I read them…well it should be more frequent, and that’s all I’m telling 😛
 
I have to King James Veersions, A New Oxford with appocrypha, two “Catholic” New American bibles.

I also have Welcome to the Catholic Church CD with Scriptures and another Bible on CD program with many Bible Version [all books are those from the protestant bible - developed by and with commentaries - they have greek and hebrew word/definition information]

Just about any bible version is available online and I use the USCCB’s online scriptures.

I also have the book of CHristian Prayer [Liturgy of the Hours] and the Shorter Christian Prayer, which of course are full if sccriptures.

Just praying the Lord’s Prayer daily is a daily interaction with scripture…even if you don’t physically touch the “bible”

A catholic once told me that we needed to read the bible more as ‘catholics’ did not use the bible like the protestants do [perhpas a valid point but not the way they meant it] I aasked them about the Readings from Mass each Sunday…this person replied that they were not from the Bible, they were from the Missal…

with a straight face, they said this!

And I often bring a bible to mass with the readings, psalms and gospel for that Sunday ‘ribboned’

I do this every sunday that I lead an RCIA dismissal during Lent…just to make the connection between the Liturgy of the Word and the Holy Scriptures…also it helps to be able to look at the readings in context! Hard to do that if you do not have th epassages that come before and fater the readings or the context of other passages in scripture that may be quoted…
 
Daily. In Matthew now. I have to know it to make points with those who have ONLY THE BIBLE. The good news is, Catholics don’t have to pick-and-choose from the bible. We use the whole thing!

Yeah, all that John 6:53 and 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 stuff, too. Apparently, we have the advantage in that we take these passages to heart.

Before reading a nightly verse, I ask Christ to speak to me through Holy Scripture, and I praise His name when done. In between, there is time to allow the Holy Spirit to open your heart.

BTW, were the first 30+ years of Christians doomed to hell because they didn’t have a bible? No, you say? Well then, I guess salvation is dependent upon something other than “sola scritpura”, huh?

Christ’s peace to all.
 
Since DH and I are heading up a Bible Study, just about daily to prepare. We are discussing Covenant History starting with Genesis. Just this morning I made a chart on WP of the dates and lifespans from Adam to Isaac. It is fascinating to know that Adam was still alive when Noah’s papa was born and Noah was still alive when Abraham was born. There’s so much in those seemingly boring geneologies.

If I knew how to post my chart, I would.
 
I am in the process of streamlining, ready to relocate when I find the job for which I am searching. In the past I have owned several Bibles in different translations including New Jerusalem and RSV.
Currently I own a very nice NAB that snaps shut magnetically and I can carry it everywhere I go.
Even if I do not pray the other hours of the Liturgy of the Hours, I pray the Office of Readings. I begin with a selection from Poems of Faith which I recently purchased. The Office of Readings always has a Scriptural reading. I follow this by reading a chapter or section from a devotional book. For instance, today I completed Dark Night of the Soul and tomorrow I begin The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
 
I am a practicing Catholic and have been my whole life.

At a very early age my father would read the bible to us following dinner, (mostly the Rosary during Lent).

My brother and I would read the Bible when before we went to bed.

We went to a Catholic school and studied the Bible stories. OT & NT.

I have purchased for my Godchildren Catholic Youth Bibles.

I have done some elementary studying into different types of Bibles courtesy of the Internet & friends.

In my home I have more bibles than what I care to count. My son is 1 yr old and I ma currently reading through his entire Bible before I place it in his room.

I am regularly discussing verses of the OT & NT with friends and workmates who aren’t Catholics.

It’s truly unfortunate that there are people who believe that Catholic’s don’t read their Bible. I am no expert, however, I have an excellent foundation to truly know Christ and what I don’t know I am glad the TRUTH about the Bible and its history is available through the CATHOLIC CHURCH.

God Bless the Protestant’s who believe that we don’t read & study the Bible. It’s stereotypical & naive for them to believe so. Raises a red flag with me every time.

God Bless you.
 
I read it daily.

Last year, I did a through the Bible in a year reading plan; and this year, I’m reading the daily Mass readings.

I have numerous Bibles: NIV, NRSV, NAB, KJV, NKJV, ESV, The Message (:eek:), NEB, Century version. I think that’s all. I don’t have a Douay Rheims, however. Probably should look into that.
 
So, as the stats and posts mount up, it appears the allegations that Catholics do not read their Bibles falls more and more into the realm of mythology.

Could we all read it more? Certainly! But then that can be said regardless, right?
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.
 
I read the bible almost daily, and twice on Sundays!

I mostly read from the Catholic Youth Bible at home, then next would be the online bibles; Douay Rheims online and Biblegateway.com. I carry with me in my car the NIV Study Bible to read or reference on my lunch break or while I’m out and about.

I own a Douay Rheims which I use occasionally for reference when I want to get a closer interpretation to the original. I keep the Douay Rheims in a treasured place on my bookshelf. I also own a King James version, Good News for Modern Man, and “The Way”. There’s one other but I can’t recall which one it is.

I’m a cradle Catholic baptised at birth. My parents are converts. I’m also a revert having left for a long time and returned 7 years ago.
 
I have my own biblical library and Bibles- I confess I’m a bibliophile:D
 
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