Thanks for reminding me. I had totally forgotten about that indulgence… How can i forget such things? :hypno: :doh2:I’d say so.
But find your Bible and open it, too. We get an Indulgence for reading it attentively for 30 minutes, under the usual conditions.
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,Cool! Did you answer the poll and please be sure to tell us what translations you own and use and other relevant information, Okay?
I have that and the original Jerusalem Bible and of the two of them I think I like the older one better.
I don’t have the original JB. From what I’ve read on other threads, the NJB is a less dynamic translation than the JB. I like the NJB because although it uses some inclusive language, it is much more subdued in its use than the NRSV or NAB.I have that and the original Jerusalem Bible and of the two of them I think I like the older one better.
I have my favorites as well.
Yes, I answered the poll. As a family, we currently are reading from the daily lectionary readings for mass, but reading the gospel reading three times rather than once, similar to some forms of lectio divina.
I have the original RSV-CE. I am waiting for the RSV-3CE to be completed before I buy another RSV. My mom gave me her Douay-Rheims about 5 years ago when she got a new Bible.I have my favorites as well.
My Douay-Rheims Bible is sooo beat up, and I just got myself a 2nd Edition RSV-CE which I really like to. Those are probably the main ones that I read, though I’m fairly sure that I have more translations of the Word of God than I know what to do with.
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The NAB is what I read. It is the translation used for the Lectionary and for liturgical celebrations. I have also read the New Jerusalem which is more literary and poetic. Both translations are accepted by the Catholic Church. If you look in the front of the NAB you should see the letter from Pope Paul VI giving his approval.
Last time I went to a Protestant Church, they read less from the bible at their Sunday service that we Catholics do at a daily Mass. And they say we don’t read the Bible enough?
I know am confused… :whacky: but not about what you are talking about…
Hmmm… Maybe you should put " around the term Catholic here… and besides, there are Protestants on this site all the time…
. I know. [and] Yes, i have. I read the CCC a lot - one of my favorite books
.You assume far too much. Who said i didn’t KNOW Scripture?? I said i didn’t READ the Bible on a daily basis (or if i didn’t say exactly that, it was what i meant
). I read from ST. Matthew the other day… The main reason i don’t read from the Bible more often is because I have read the NT several times through already… and have HEARD it even more times all the way through (from attending daily/Sunday Mass for years and years) .Again, you assume too much. I know the faith very well… I am a cradle Catholic, went to Mass every Sunday growing up, then studied the faith and have been studying it for years and will continue to study it. I love nothing better than truly Catholic books on the faith…Learn the faith.
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Amen. I have been to Protestant services that hardly cracked the Bible at all… and when/if the pastor did, it was to take Scripture out of context and put his interpretation on it… Often i had not even considered that particular interpretation… Shows how something as seemingly straightforward as (most) scripture is can be interpreted different ways…Last time I went to a Protestant Church, they read less from the bible at their Sunday service that we Catholics do at a daily Mass. And they say we don’t read the Bible enough?
books, I think) of a couple who became Catholic after being Protestant missionaries to a country where many people were illiterate. They realized that salvation is not just for the literate, therefore it is even more important that the Bible be heard than that it be read.
I wish more people were as open-minded about religiion as they were.