Bible for Catholic religion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can hear most of the Bible by attending daily Mass and Sunday Mass. It takes 3 years to cover it all if you only attend Sunday Mass, two years if you attend daily Mass. But by "all," I mean what the Church has decided to cover, which is about 80% of the Bible.

You can read or listen to the daily readings online at https://bible.usccb.org/ It's a nice way to begin the day.

I like these explanations of the Sunday readings https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/liturgical-year/sunday-connection/

No, the Catholic Church Lectionary covers about 70% of the New Testament, and only about 15% of the Old Testament. The Old Testament is long, confusing, and quite often not pleasant to read. Much like Shakespeare, to understand the Old Testament requires frequent pauses to give background information or to clarify the meaning of sayings and harder to understand sections.

Frankly, it’s a tough slog to get through the whole Bible, and there are many sections I would not bother to read again.

I’ve always felt that the best part of the Catholic Mass is the homily. When you hear a truly great speaker talk about the gospel reading in simple terms, relating the reading to their own lives in a humble and clear way, it’s a truly amazing experience. Then again, you also occasionally get a priest almost in retirement railing about how masturbation will condemn the young boys to a fiery damnation.

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Anonymous wrote:You can hear most of the Bible by attending daily Mass and Sunday Mass. It takes 3 years to cover it all if you only attend Sunday Mass, two years if you attend daily Mass. But by "all," I mean what the Church has decided to cover, which is about 80% of the Bible.

You can read or listen to the daily readings online at https://bible.usccb.org/ It's a nice way to begin the day.

I like these explanations of the Sunday readings https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/liturgical-year/sunday-connection/

No, the Catholic Church Lectionary covers about 70% of the New Testament, and only about 15% of the Old Testament. The Old Testament is long, confusing, and quite often not pleasant to read. Much like Shakespeare, to understand the Old Testament requires frequent pauses to give background information or to clarify the meaning of sayings and harder to understand sections.

Frankly, it’s a tough slog to get through the whole Bible, and there are many sections I would not bother to read again.

I’ve always felt that the best part of the Catholic Mass is the homily. When you hear a truly great speaker talk about the gospel reading in simple terms, relating the reading to their own lives in a humble and clear way, it’s a truly amazing experience. Then again, you also occasionally get a priest almost in retirement railing about how masturbation will condemn the young boys to a fiery damnation.

I’m in my 50s, and went to parochial school for MS and HS. I have never heard a homily on that in my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another thread asked about the Bible. I was raised Catholic - parochial school and all. We didn't focus on or read the Bible too much. I find myself wanted to read the Bible, but so many translations. Can you recommend a bible for me?

Thank you!

https://ascensionpress.com/products/the-great-adventure-catholic-bible

The link is for the Great Adventure Bible. Jeff Cavins does sessions on how to read the Bible and this is based on those sessions. It looks at what was going on in the world at that time, ruling powers, and provides other context that is very helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:Another thread asked about the Bible. I was raised Catholic - parochial school and all. We didn't focus on or read the Bible too much. I find myself wanted to read the Bible, but so many translations. Can you recommend a bible for me?

Thank you!

https://ascensionpress.com/products/the-great-adventure-catholic-bible

The link is for the Great Adventure Bible. Jeff Cavins does sessions on how to read the Bible and this is based on those sessions. It looks at what was going on in the world at that time, ruling powers, and provides other context that is very helpful.

DP - it is a great series, even if not Catholic and you’re interested in why Catholics believe x.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can hear most of the Bible by attending daily Mass and Sunday Mass. It takes 3 years to cover it all if you only attend Sunday Mass, two years if you attend daily Mass. But by "all," I mean what the Church has decided to cover, which is about 80% of the Bible.

You can read or listen to the daily readings online at https://bible.usccb.org/ It's a nice way to begin the day.

I like these explanations of the Sunday readings https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/liturgical-year/sunday-connection/

Really -- is it that much -- seems to me I didn't know much of what was in the Bible until I started reading ti myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can hear most of the Bible by attending daily Mass and Sunday Mass. It takes 3 years to cover it all if you only attend Sunday Mass, two years if you attend daily Mass. But by "all," I mean what the Church has decided to cover, which is about 80% of the Bible.

You can read or listen to the daily readings online at https://bible.usccb.org/ It's a nice way to begin the day.

I like these explanations of the Sunday readings https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/liturgical-year/sunday-connection/

Really -- is it that much -- seems to me I didn't know much of what was in the Bible until I started reading ti myself.

Maybe you learn best by reading instead of aural learning? I know I do!

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I was 'taught' that the Holy Bible was a Protestant thing. I was raised on sermons from the catechism of the catholic church.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mind if I ask how long ago it was that you went to Catholic school? I was also raised Catholic and went to parochial school, and we spent a lot of time reading the Bible. My kids have also spent some years in Catholic school where they also spent a fair amount of time reading the Bible.

Catholics have been spending a lot of time with the Bible for most of my life, but I know older people say that they didn’t read it much when they were kids. I’m in my late 50s, so maybe you are older than I am.

NP- I am 37 and went to Catholic schools and haven’t read the Bible much at all. I still attend Mass weekly (online during COVID).

NP- I’m 47 and attended Catholic school and we didn’t spend much time reading the Bible.

I'm 53, 15 years of Catholic school, and I'm pretty sure there was a Bible somewhere in the house. Maybe. But in my recollection, we didn't hold the actual book and read it, we read parts that were in text books with other writings and explanations and artwork, had parts read to us, etc. And certainly in early elementary school we were dealing with 'dumbed down' translations for kids, mostly interesting stories and poems. College courses were much more academic and involved the text and discussions of translations, translators, linguistics, history, theories of the writers, etc.

The words of the Bible are the words of the Bible, no matter what format they are in. Studying bible passages in a textbook or in a bible study workbook is still studying the Bible.

Many Catholics don’t realize how much time they have actually spent reading/hearing the Bible, especially in the context of daily or Sunday Mass, as other posters have noted. Each Mass has a reading from the Hebrew Bible, a psalm (also from the Hebrew Bible), and two readings from the New Testament. In addition, every homily is supposed to be a discussion of the Bible passages read at that Mass, so can add to our understanding of the Bible in that way.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mind if I ask how long ago it was that you went to Catholic school? I was also raised Catholic and went to parochial school, and we spent a lot of time reading the Bible. My kids have also spent some years in Catholic school where they also spent a fair amount of time reading the Bible.

Catholics have been spending a lot of time with the Bible for most of my life, but I know older people say that they didn’t read it much when they were kids. I’m in my late 50s, so maybe you are older than I am.

NP- I am 37 and went to Catholic schools and haven’t read the Bible much at all. I still attend Mass weekly (online during COVID).

NP- I’m 47 and attended Catholic school and we didn’t spend much time reading the Bible.

I'm 53, 15 years of Catholic school, and I'm pretty sure there was a Bible somewhere in the house. Maybe. But in my recollection, we didn't hold the actual book and read it, we read parts that were in text books with other writings and explanations and artwork, had parts read to us, etc. And certainly in early elementary school we were dealing with 'dumbed down' translations for kids, mostly interesting stories and poems. College courses were much more academic and involved the text and discussions of translations, translators, linguistics, history, theories of the writers, etc.

The words of the Bible are the words of the Bible, no matter what format they are in. Studying bible passages in a textbook or in a bible study workbook is still studying the Bible.

Many Catholics don’t realize how much time they have actually spent reading/hearing the Bible, especially in the context of daily or Sunday Mass, as other posters have noted. Each Mass has a reading from the Hebrew Bible, a psalm (also from the Hebrew Bible), and two readings from the New Testament. In addition, every homily is supposed to be a discussion of the Bible passages read at that Mass, so can add to our understanding of the Bible in that way.

That was my point.

[Anonymous]

We just bought this one for my son who is approaching Confirmation.

https://www.amazon.com/Augustine-Bible-ESV-CE-Institute/dp/195093909X

[Anonymous]

The Bible is a heavy read. I’d find some bible study/devotional type books first. Something that helps understand the context

[Anonymous]

If you are looking for a Catholic Bible that reads with the beauty of the King James Bible, ask for the Douay-Rheims Bible.