Report: Pope Asks Us to Read Bible 10-15 Minutes a Day, Rather Than Watching Soaps or Exchanging Gossip

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Much better, Thanks Tim.

It seems pretty typical of the style of the time, I don’t see any remotely wrong with it.
Xeyed818 said:
Does anyone know who did the painting on the cover?

I don’t know why they can’t find one to use that doesn’t have the demonic undertones/symbolism. In addition to the regular weirdness in many old paint
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It seems pretty typical of the fresco style of that period, can you point out, in this larger image, exactly what you found objectionable? I’m just not seeing it.
 
Okay…enough about the art on one copy of the scriptures. The issue has been well answered. 👍

Let’s get back on topic, which is,
Pope Asks Us to Read Bible 10-15 Minutes a Day, Rather Than Watching Soaps or Exchanging Gossip
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
Quite popular still in Latin America.
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If you ask me, it would apply just easily over here (then again, we’re pretty much Asia’s Mexico just by the virtue of how bad our soaps can get).

I for one know a lot of better stuff I’d rather read in just fifteen minutes but given the choice of just the two, I’d pick the Bible. Anyone that can get people off the garbage that is the soap opera culture is fine in my book whether it’s the Pope or a fine cook book. 🤷
 
Pope Francis is right. Taking 10-15 minutes a day to read the Bible is not asking too much. It still amazes me that some people still do not know where to look in the Bible for certain books. Are they in the Old Testament or the New Testament? It might be good for some people to spend 10-15 minutes a day just becoming familiar with the Bible.
 
This is actually a really good idea for a Lenten resolution. I spend a lot of time reading blogs and books when I could be devoting that time to scripture. I know what mid-century modern is, how to make cloud dough and a hundred recipes for quinoa, but I forgot who wrote Lamentations. 😊
 
wild_thing said:
This is actually a really good idea for a Lenten resolution. I spend a lot of time reading blogs and books when I could be devoting that time to scripture. I know what mid-century modern is, how to make cloud dough and a hundred recipes for quinoa, but I forgot who wrote Lamentations. 😊
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Meh, I read blogs as part of my job. I don’t see why people have to make such dichotomies of having one without the other. Fifteen minutes on scripture? Sounds practical.

And besides, better blogs than the trash that soap operas come to represent.
 
I wish he’d said “everyone should pray part of the Liturgy of the Hours every day”.

I chant it daily; total when I’m at home, about 105 minutes a day, about 20 min less when I omit Terce and None and do only 1 mid-day.

As the LOTH is almost all scriptural except the hymns and patristic readings, one would get one’s daily Bible dose PLUS participation in the public prayer of the Church.

If one only reads the LOTH:

Office of Readings, about 15-20 minutes
Lauds and Vespers: 10-15 minutes each
Minor hours and Compline: 5-10 minutes each.

If you read quickly, no more than 40 minutes a day.

For scripture, the Office of Readings is very hard to beat. If you can only afford the time for one Office, make it that one.
 
wild_thing said:
This is actually a really good idea for a Lenten resolution. I spend a lot of time reading blogs and books when I could be devoting that time to scripture. I know what mid-century modern is, how to make cloud dough and a hundred recipes for quinoa, but I forgot who wrote Lamentations. 😊
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Just so you know, Lamentations was traditionally attributed to Jeremiah - it was originally an appendix at the end of the Book of Jeremiah.

Regardless, reading the Bible for 10-15 minutes a day isn’t hard to do (unless you’re stuck in Chronicles! Seriously, for all the griping about Leviticus, the first 8 3/4 chapters of Chronicles is tough to get through - 8 3/4 chapters of nothing but geneology tables - and yes, I understand why; it’s just tough to get through). I would suggest reading the scripture aloud (it’s meant to be heard - and it’s harder to miss something) - and 2-4 chapters, plus a psalm, will cover the 10-15 minutes.

As for soaps? Well… at least most of the Mexican telenovelas end in a Catholic wedding ceremony…🤷
 
I like reading online. If you do too here are some links:

Revised Standard Version of the Bible (not sure if this is Catholic, but it’s the one I like the best. You can click Browse for reading, or Search for when you want to look up verses)
quod.lib.umich.edu/r/rsv/

And this is the US Conference of Catholic Bishops site, where you can find the New American Bible translation, if you’re into that one.
usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/
 
You can always do like I did and add a copy of the RSV CE 2nd to your Kindle. 🙂
 
Church_Militant said:
You can always do like I did and add a copy of the RSV CE 2nd to your Kindle. 🙂
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I did that too.🙂 And YouVersion’s Bible App that’s on the Android Play Store and the Apple Store is really good. It is free on Android and has 43 English translations including the DRA translation and NABRE Study Bible with all the notes and bits and bobs found in the print versions. You can take notes and highlight and set up a profile that saves all your notes across multiple platforms. The app even has the Vulgate. I’ve got it on my phone and my Kindle.
 
Justin61790 said:
And YouVersion’s Bible App that’s on the Android Play Store and the Apple Store is really good. It is free on Android and has 43 English translations including the DRA translation and NABRE Study Bible with all the notes and bits and bobs found in the print versions. You can take notes and highlight and set up a profile that saves all your notes across multiple platforms. The app even has the Vulgate. I’ve got it on my phone and my Kindle.
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Wow, thanks! I need to look into that one. 🙂
 
powerofk said:
Just so you know, Lamentations was traditionally attributed to Jeremiah - it was originally an appendix at the end of the Book of Jeremiah.

Regardless, reading the Bible for 10-15 minutes a day isn’t hard to do (unless you’re stuck in Chronicles! Seriously, for all the griping about Leviticus, the first 8 3/4 chapters of Chronicles is tough to get through - 8 3/4 chapters of nothing but geneology tables - and yes, I understand why; it’s just tough to get through). I would suggest reading the scripture aloud (it’s meant to be heard - and it’s harder to miss something) - and 2-4 chapters, plus a psalm, will cover the 10-15 minutes.

As for soaps? Well… at least most of the Mexican telenovelas end in a Catholic wedding ceremony…🤷
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Reading aloud is a great idea. I do, even for the long readings of the Office of Readings. In fact I stand for those, I have the lectionary set up on a music stand in my small oratory. My mind wanders less this way.

One step in lectio divina is to read aloud the passage being studied.
 
I sometimes get frustrated with the current obsession over study Bibles.

The Pope isn’t asking us to read notes and essays and word studies in a study Bible. Essays and maps and footnotes are not the Bible. They are things written by men about the Bible. The Pope isn’t asking us to read about the Bible or to take our own notes about the Bible. The Pope is asking us to read the Bible itself.

The Pope is asking us to read the inspired words of the Sacred Texts. He is asking us to read “In the beginning” through “Come Lord Jesus” and everything between.

The Early Desert Fathers walked off into the desert with copies of the sacred texts and spent time with them, reading them back and forth, going over passages repeatedly. They were able to grow in holiness this way.

-Tim-
OraLabora said:
Reading aloud is a great idea. I do, even for the long readings of the Office of Readings. In fact I stand for those, I have the lectionary set up on a music stand in my small oratory. My mind wanders less this way.

One step in lectio divina is to read aloud the passage being studied.
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Reading aloud is an exceptional idea. A monk told me to do this for the Liturgy of the Hours so that the mind doesn’t wander. 👍

-Tim-
 
OraLabora said:
Reading aloud is a great idea. I do, even for the long readings of the Office of Readings. In fact I stand for those, I have the lectionary set up on a music stand in my small oratory. My mind wanders less this way.

One step in lectio divina is to read aloud the passage being studied.
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Reading aloud is a great suggestion! I will endeavor to do more of this 🙂
 
TimothyH said:
I sometimes get frustrated with the current obsession over study Bibles.

The Pope isn’t asking us to read notes and essays and word studies in a study Bible. Essays and maps and footnotes are not the Bible. They are things written by men about the Bible. The Pope isn’t asking us to read about the Bible or to take our own notes about the Bible. The Pope is asking us to read the Bible itself.

The Pope is asking us to read the inspired words of the Sacred Texts. He is asking us to read “In the beginning” through “Come Lord Jesus” and everything between.

The Early Desert Fathers walked off into the desert with copies of the sacred texts and spent time with them, reading them back and forth, going over passages repeatedly. They were able to grow in holiness this way.

-Tim-
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Some of us tho need those notes. Me for example Ive spent my whole life surrounded by anti-Catholic propaganda. I knew a lot of it was propaganda, but up until a few years ago that Baptist interpretation was all I had really heard and known. I have to break down Baptist interpretations of verses and chapters that were drilled in and replace them with proper teachings from the Church. And while the Desert Fathers might have done fine on their own history shows that when people start trying to interpret verses and chapters with no guidance bad things can happen. The average person isn’t a Church Father or even a scholar. The maps, the notes, the concordance etc benefit them when they are studying at home. Granted they can also distract, but a good study bible is an invaluable asset to have.
 
Justin61790 said:
Some of us tho need those notes. Me for example Ive spent my whole life surrounded by anti-Catholic propaganda. I knew a lot of it was propaganda, but up until a few years ago that Baptist interpretation was all I had really heard and known. I have to break down Baptist interpretations of verses and chapters that were drilled in and replace them with proper teachings from the Church. And while the Desert Fathers might have done fine on their own history shows that when people start trying to interpret verses and chapters with no guidance bad things can happen. The average person isn’t a Church Father or even a scholar. The maps, the notes, the concordance etc benefit them when they are studying at home. Granted they can also distract, but a good study bible is an invaluable asset to have.
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Sounds like you could use a copy of a book that I found very informative and helpful. 🙂 Check out,
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