Mother Angelica bible used

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I recently saw Mother Angelica on youtube(1998) reading her bible, which I thought was the Jerusalem Bible; when she read Luke 1:28 she read “full of grace” which I know is not in that version of the bible; so what do you think she was reading from? Thanks.
 
She promoted the RSVCE Ignatius Bible, so I would guess it was that.

It does use “Full of grace” in the Catholic Edition.
 
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I believe it was rendered that way in the previous edition of the Jerusalem Bible, FYI.
 
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I believe it was rendered that way in the previous edition of the Jerusalem Bible, FYI.
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1966 JB
Luke 1:28 has “Rejoice, so highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
1985 NJB
Luke 1:28 has “Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’”

JB footnote has:
“The translation ‘Rejoice’ may be preferred to ‘Hail’ and regarded as containing a messianic reference, cf. Zc 9:9; ‘so highly favored,’ i.e. as to become the mother of the Messiah.”
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Well, she must have had the better translation on a piece of paper, and just used her Jerusalem Bible as a “prop,” lol.
 
Yes, Mother Angelica often said that she used the 1966 Jerusalem Bible. It was her fav of all the Catholic Bibles. And no, Diaconia, it wasn’t a prop. (Please tell me you were kidding.)
 
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Funny, my mom asked me this exact same question recently. 🙂 She had gone out and bought a Jerusalem Bible because it was Mother Angelica’s favorite, then flipped to Luke 1:28 because Mother Angelica had also said to always check that verse and make sure it says “full of grace”. She was a bit perplexed to discover that the Jerusalem Bible does not use that phrase.

Why the discrepancy, I cannot say. Maybe she swapped in that phrase herself when reading on air because she liked it better. You’ll have to ask her in heaven. 🙂
 
I’ve never understood the fascination with the Jerusalem. It’s banal and doesn’t accurately translate the Scriptures. If I want a dynamic translation, the Knox is what I go for.
 
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I’ve never understood the fascination with the Jerusalem. It’s banal and doesn’t accurately translate the Scriptures. If I want a dynamic translation, the Knox is what I go for.
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There are a lot of dynamic translations (thought for thought). JB is slightly less dynamic than NJB. Knox is made from the Sixto-Clementina texts whereas JB and NJB from the Masoretic, Septuagint, and Nestle-Aland.
 
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I might be wrong, but I think she used to use the Jerusalem Bible and then later switched the RSV-CE. 🤔
 
Phil, that was also my understanding, she switched to RSV-CE and told people to use it.

I think it was part of her becoming more traditional as she got older, changing to the old school habit and so forth.
 
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It was probably the douay-rheims bible:
28 And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin Vulgate. (2009). (Lk 1:28).
 
Also any of the 1941-1969 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine bibles, aka Confraternity bible. The NT, in particular, is excellent. The OT began as pure D-R then slowly introduced fresh translations of the Psalms and OT books. Sadly, the intro of the NAB killed it. However, the Confraternity OT is “basically” the OT used in the NAB.
 
I’ve never read the Confraternity. How does it stack up against the Knox?

I can already guess that I’d prefer the Confraternity over the Jerusalem.
 
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Any of the Confraternity Bibles has the 1941 American English NT. It retains enough of the thees and thous to sound like a holy book. Many modern translations sound like a conversation with your neighbor over the back fence. Here is a link to a free download so that you can give it a test read.


I find most of my Confraternity Bibles at Goodwill or other thrift stores. Usually barely read and run from $2-$4. If you are lucky, you stumble upon a leather bound version.
 
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