How many times have you heard the complete biblie in your life?

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today, the bible is avilable in various audio formats, also it is preached each sunday at church and many churches have a scriptrure reading rotation list to go from, among those churches the NT is likely the centerpiece. So, based on your experience with audio bibles and preaching during mass or worship services, how many times have you heard the bible in your life?
 
Are you talking about just hearing the Bible or are you also including having read the Bible yourself? I’ve read the Bible, both OT and NT a few times (each time I find something that I missed previously). 👍
 
well, between the classes i’ve taken, the bible on cd, church on sundays, podcasts and the like…

i’d say i’ve heard the entire Bible probably 25 or 30 times. just hearing it.
 
If it’s true that we hear the entire Bible read out at Sunday Mass over a period of three years, then I will have heard it read out eight times this coming Christ the King Sunday.

I have read selected books of the Bible several times over, and when I was younger I read the entire Protestant Bible through at least twice, but I have to admit that there are large portions of the Old Testament that I have only read once or twice, in the Deuterocanonical books.
 
jmcrae said:
If it’s true that we hear the entire Bible read out at Sunday Mass over a period of three years, then I will have heard it read out eight times this coming Christ the King Sunday.

I have read selected books of the Bible several times over, and when I was younger I read the entire Protestant Bible through at least twice, but I have to admit that there are large portions of the Old Testament that I have only read once or twice, in the Deuterocanonical books.
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i thought it was just if you went to daily mass that you got the entire Bible in 3 years and it was every 6 years if you only attend on Sundays. i might be mistaken though.
 
bengal_fan said:
i thought it was just if you went to daily mass that you got the entire Bible in 3 years and it was every 6 years if you only attend on Sundays. i might be mistaken though.
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Within 3 yrs, you would hear 90 percent of the Bible not all of it. The Lectionary has three year circle on it.
 
Mannyfit75 said:
Within 3 yrs, you would hear 90 percent of the Bible not all of it. The Lectionary has three year circle on it.
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but i’m pretty sure that that is if you attend daily mass. i think it’s 6 years if you only attend on Sundays.
 
bengal_fan said:
but i’m pretty sure that that is if you attend daily mass. i think it’s 6 years if you only attend on Sundays.
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No. Daily Mass is on a two-year cycle. If you went to Mass every weekday (including Saturdays during the day) for two years, you would hear the entire Bible read out.

Sunday Mass is on a three-year cycle - we do the Gospel of Matthew on the Ordinary Sundays throughout year A, the Gospel of Mark on the Ordinary Sundays throughout year B, and the Gospel of Luke on the Ordinary Sundays of Year C. We do the Gospel of John during the rest of the Church seasons (Advent, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter); thus, we hear at least all four Gospels all the way through, and then we also have one Old Testament reading, one Psalm, and one Epistle reading, which gets us through the rest of the Bible, as well.
 
jmcrae said:
No. Daily Mass is on a two-year cycle. If you went to Mass every weekday (including Saturdays during the day) for two years, you would hear the entire Bible read out.

Sunday Mass is on a three-year cycle - we do the Gospel of Matthew on the Ordinary Sundays throughout year A, the Gospel of Mark on the Ordinary Sundays throughout year B, and the Gospel of Luke on the Ordinary Sundays of Year C. We do the Gospel of John during the rest of the Church seasons (Advent, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter); thus, we hear at least all four Gospels all the way through, and then we also have one Old Testament reading, one Psalm, and one Epistle reading, which gets us through the rest of the Bible, as well.
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thanks for the clarification! this is why i have really grown to love the liturgical calendar.
 
pigtown said:
Are you talking about just hearing the Bible or are you also including having read the Bible yourself? I’ve read the Bible, both OT and NT a few times (each time I find something that I missed previously). 👍
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I am just asking about hearing it, not reading it. The early church most did not even have a bible to read. So, hearing the scriptures is just as vaild as reading the scriptures. In fact, I would say since “faith comes by hearing” it may be more benefitual.
 
People who pray the Morning and Evening Liturgy of the Hours, in addition to attending Mass or reading the daily Mass readings, will be exposed to much more of the bible. The Liturgy of the Hours includes a Psalm and either an OT or NT reading that is different from the Mass readings. Personally, in my early years I have read the bible cover-to-cover twice. But I now find the Liturgy of the Hours a very meaningful prayer, along with the Mass.
 
I’ve read the Protestant 66 books from cover to cover twelve times. I’ve never listened to the entire New Testament, and practically none of the Old.

According to the link in lak611’s post, only a small percentage of the Bible makes it into the lectionary.
 
Rocky said:
People who pray the Morning and Evening Liturgy of the Hours, in addition to attending Mass or reading the daily Mass readings, will be exposed to much more of the bible. The Liturgy of the Hours includes a Psalm and either an OT or NT reading that is different from the Mass readings. Personally, in my early years I have read the bible cover-to-cover twice. But I now find the Liturgy of the Hours a very meaningful prayer, along with the Mass.
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I been praying the Vespers for a while now.
 
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