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graciew
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Very interesting
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Blue_Horizon
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I’m a 38 year old Cradle Catholic. I’m orthodox and faithful to the magisterium. If it wouldn’t freak my wife out, I’d get a tattoo of the Vatican flag over my heart. I hope that if I’m called to martyrdom, I will accept it with grace and humility.
Catholic cred: established.
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Non sequitor!
How about you tell us about your prayer life then we decide that for you!
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Blue_Horizon
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Non sequitor!
How about you tell us about your prayer life first … then let us decide that for you!
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Mintaka
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Read the shortest books first, 'cause they’re fun and punchy. 
Seriously… you’ve got Ruth, Esther, Tobit, Judith, Jonah, etc. You’ve got Baruch’s highly useful cat. You’ve got various advice books and pungent prophets and some epistles. Maybe do some Maccabees.
And then you’ve got Song of Songs, which has a lot more approachable metaphors for God and His people if you’re married, and is the classic Bible book for couples to read together. Nobody ever says that Song of Songs is boring!
By this point, you’ll have an overview of a lot of different Bible genres and ways of approaching stuff, and you won’t feel fear of the longer books. (Or hopefully, boredom.)
You can leave Leviticus for last, though. That’s the kind of book that needs a lot of commentary (historical and religious) to make interesting. You don’t start reading Homer translations with the list of ships that sailed to Troy, and there’s every reason for the casual Bible reader to skip Leviticus till later.
Seriously… you’ve got Ruth, Esther, Tobit, Judith, Jonah, etc. You’ve got Baruch’s highly useful cat. You’ve got various advice books and pungent prophets and some epistles. Maybe do some Maccabees.
And then you’ve got Song of Songs, which has a lot more approachable metaphors for God and His people if you’re married, and is the classic Bible book for couples to read together. Nobody ever says that Song of Songs is boring!
By this point, you’ll have an overview of a lot of different Bible genres and ways of approaching stuff, and you won’t feel fear of the longer books. (Or hopefully, boredom.)
You can leave Leviticus for last, though. That’s the kind of book that needs a lot of commentary (historical and religious) to make interesting. You don’t start reading Homer translations with the list of ships that sailed to Troy, and there’s every reason for the casual Bible reader to skip Leviticus till later.
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