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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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/[/quote]

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. [b]Then again, you also occasionally get a priest almost in retirement railing about how masturbation will condemn the young boys to a fiery damnation.[/b]
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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.
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