Scripture readings at Mass leave a lot out

[Phemie]

Maybe some year I’ll try one again. I’m doing okay on my own with the Great Adventure Reading Plan, although I didn’t really need a plan to tell me to start by reading Genesis and Exodus all the way through. At least it skips Leviticus which I remember from my past Bible-reading forays as being very dull.

My first foray into the whole Bible was as a 14 year old left alone at 40 Hours Devotion. I timidly made my way to the Bible enthroned in front of the Ambo, picked it up like I was doing something wrong, and sat down to read. Opened to Leviticus. Needless to say I went home a very confused, soiled feeling young woman. I couldn’t ask my parents because, well, they’d never read the Bible and I still wasn’t convinced that I hadn’t done anything wrong. It was several years before I figured things out.

 

[Mintaka]

Ouch! I guess I’m thankful that we had that Bible story thing for kids, and then we got the actual Bibles in CCD when we were in seventh grade or so…

The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and the Institute for Catholic Culture both have a lot of good Bible stuff, and they’re both free websites. (You have to register, which is a bit annoying, but it literally takes about a minute.)