Indeed, we must take responsibility for our own Sc...

2008-10-18T10:13:00.000-06:00

Indeed, we must take responsibility for our own Scriptural feeding and care. With the surfeit of Scripture studies now available from Catholic resources, we have excuses no more.

Let us take up our Bibles, be they RSV-CE or Douay-Rheims, and immerse ourselves in the Scriptures once again.

Scripture and Tradition: the balanced spiritual diet for all Catholics.

Perhaps the cardinal was thinking of the famous on...

2008-10-16T05:59:00.000-06:00

Perhaps the cardinal was thinking of the famous one-liner from Pope Paul VI.
Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and, if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses. (Paul VI Encyclical on Evangelization par #41)

I wish that witnessing was ALL it would take to get young people to "hear" the Word of God.

Sad to say, we have a history of hearing the Word proclaimed in a monotone drone by well-intentioned but ill-prepared "readers".
Monotone sounds are usually interpreted as "monotonous words!" by listeners, right?

Ed Keefe

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