Do You Take Your Bible to Mass?

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OhioBob:
Ahh… nothing like a bit of reputation to smooth the troubled waters. 👍

Hey, Deacon, I supported you. Where’s my points? :hmmm:

Nudge. Nudge. 😉

(Just kidding Deac.)

Blessings.
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Me too! Me too!

…um…I mean “surely OhioBob deserves reputation as much as *anyone else * who supported you” 😃

(Really: I’m not pandering for points. Heck, it was joyous enough that I achieved Senior Citizen^H^H^H^H^H Member status yesterday)
 
tee_eff_em said:
(Really: I’m not pandering for points. Heck, it was joyous enough that I achieved Senior Citizen^H^H^H^H^H Member status yesterday)
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I noticed that. I’m jealous. :cool:
 
Don’t tell, but I’ve concluded that the only people whose votes actually ADD points are the CA people 😉 . The rest of us, whilst it’s nice to get the nods… turn up as grey dots… Which I think is possibly just as well… maybe after we get a certain number of grey dots that the CA people think are appropriate they give us a nod, but overall, the rep points I think I’m giving to people don’t seem to actually do much. I might be wrong (it does happen once in a while 😃 ) but that seems to be the lay of the land… I’m gonna keep giving nods to the posts I like, but making sure I include comments because otherwise people won’t know why or whether I liked a post.
 
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Maggie:
Don’t tell, but I’ve concluded that the only people whose votes actually ADD points are the CA people 😉 . The rest of us, whilst it’s nice to get the nods… turn up as grey dots… Which I think is possibly just as well… maybe after we get a certain number of grey dots that the CA people think are appropriate they give us a nod, but overall, the rep points I think I’m giving to people don’t seem to actually do much. I might be wrong (it does happen once in a while 😃 ) but that seems to be the lay of the land… I’m gonna keep giving nods to the posts I like, but making sure I include comments because otherwise people won’t know why or whether I liked a post.
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I didn’t even know that you could “add to someone’s reputation”!!
 
I don’t take my Bible to Mass but I do read the readings prior to going to Mass. When I listen to the readings at Mass, I close my eyes and just let it flow into me.

I do bring my Magnificat or my Liturgy of the Hours to pray for a half hour and prepare myself prior to the beginning of Mass.
 
I don’t bring mine. Most times I bring the Liturgy of the Hours so that I can pray them immediatley after Mass morning or evening.
I prefer to spend time the night before going over the readings of the following day. In that way I find it far easier to enter into the readings I have actually given thought to. A sense of familiarity arises in my soul and at times I find myself smiling because i know whats coming next!!! Silly I know but there I am.
 
Hi,

I have no objections to people bringing their Bibles, although I truly think a Missal is better, since it’s already organized. I usually don’t bring a Missal either though, except when I’m actually assigned to read or chant the responsorial psalm or antiphons.

What I do bring is my Breviary (Christian Prayer, Daughters of St. Paul Edition). Why? For the beautiful prayers before/after Mass printed at the back.
 
Does anyone else wonder if this thread was started by an anti-Catholic person to push an agenda that Catholics are somehow Bible starved or that the Pope wants to keep us from reading the Bible? I replied earlier that I use the Missal provided at every parish I have attended. The liturgical readings are printed straight from Scripture to make it easier to follow along. The liturgy keeps Catholics all over the world focused on the same scripture, uniting the Body of Christ. A Southern Baptist friend of mine began going to Mass with me because she couldnt’ find a chruch she liked and the first time she came she brought her Bible. She was amazed and delighted at the Missal because she didn’t know Catholics all over the world were reading the same Scripture, and she was also impressed with the liturgy where whole sections of the Bible are read, rather than bits and pieces chosen to prove her protestant minister’s preaching topic for the day. (not bashing protestant ministers, I have respect for them) I think the use of Liturgy has the nice benefit of “forcing” Catholics to read all scripture rather than the parts we like or that are easily understandable. I LOVE SCRIPTURE, both during the Mass when I am following along with the MIssal, and Reading my Bible during a Bible study etc. I have 3-4 instances where my Protestant friends have been amazed at how well a “Catholic woman” such as myself knows her Bible. When will the whole “Catholics don’t read the Bible” hogwash ever end? It is simply not true and I think it is usually deliberate prejuce pushed by the same people who are convinced we worship Mary. They don’t want to know the TRUTH no matter how many times we explain it, because they fear losing church members and it means leaders of their given church have been spreading lies. Whoever wants to take your Bible to Mass, by all means, do so! There is nothing wrong with it! I think you will find the Missal easier to follow.
 
The thread has a great deal of validity because in my experience as a cratle Catholic:
  1. most Catholics (in my experience) do not read along with the missal
  2. most Catholics (in my experience) do not attend daily mass and will not get the benefit of the three year gospel cycle (A B C years)
  3. The two readings and the Gospel reading are not complete sections of the bible, lines are left out etc to more effectively make the point
  4. Most Catholics (in my experience) do not have a solid understanding of the bible, which makes defending the faith, living the faith much harder. This is the case with the rude protestents that keep insisting that we pray to Mary, that we pray to dead people, now one of my favorites … “That we count beads” and so forth.
I feel that the bible is the key to understanding the Word of God and we as Catholics should be comfortable reading the Word at home or at church.

God Bless
 
No, I do not take my Bible to Mass. I prefer to listen to the Word proclaimed. I have tried following along in a daily missal and find that distracting from my ‘hearing’. Maybe I’m just a more auditory person. However, I do read the Mass readings for the day, usually before attending Mass, or later if that is more convenient.
 
I don’t take my Bible to Mass because I am not in the habit of reading it. My parents were very Catholic but as children we never learned Bible verses or were encouraged to read a Bible. In fact I never saw one until I received one for my Confirmation. I questioned my Mom about this recently and she told me that when she was a girl the church told them that the Bible could be misinterpreted and that it was better to listen to the Church’s teachings and not read the Bible. My Mom is in her 80’s. It is wonderful to read that so many people are inspired to read their Bibles and study Scripture whether they are in Church or out of Church.
 
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mmppa4christ:
It is wonderful to read that so many people are inspired to read their Bibles and study Scripture whether they are in Church or out of Church.
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👍
 
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ChuckODonnell:
I feel that the bible is the key to understanding the Word of God and we as Catholics should be comfortable reading the Word at home or at church.
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👍 “Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ…” * *St Jerome
 
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ChuckODonnell:
most Catholics (in my experience) do not attend daily mass and will not get the benefit of the three year gospel cycle (A B C years)

The two readings and the Gospel reading are not complete sections of the bible, lines are left out etc to more effectively make the point/QUOTE]

I think the three year cycle (Years A, B, & C, we are currently in C) is for the Sunday readings. Daily Mass readings are on a two year cycle. If you attend Mass every Sunday for three years, you should have heard “most” of the Bible. But certainly parts are left out–many Sunday readings begin or end in mid-verse even. The biggest benefit I can see to having an actual Bible with you is that you could look up the whole chapter if the homilist references something outside the actual reading. This is generally not a Catholic custom, although certainly we Catholics are much more Bible literate than our detractors would claim. Many of us try to get to Mass early for a holy hour, so Bibles are certainly something some people would want for that. What is good preparation for some is a burden to others, and God is okay with this! At one point I was reading so many “daily reflections” that it had the effect of scattering my thoughts rather than focusing them, so I stopped. I might go back to it someday; for now I’m not. Taking a Bible to Mass might be the same type of thing.
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Peace-bwu:
Does anyone else wonder if this thread was started by an anti-Catholic person to push an agenda that Catholics are somehow Bible starved or that the Pope wants to keep us from reading the Bible?
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Hi:

Stop wondering because I am the one who started the thread and I am not in any way Anti Catholic … thanks very much. :eek: :eek:
 
Thank you to all those who have participated in this discussion. This thread is now closed.
 
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