Welcome to the Pauline Family's "Year of the Bible"! I'm reading the Bible clear through this year, and I invite you to read along with me. But first, let us pray:
I praise you, my God, with all people.
May they thank and adore you!
You have written your greatness in creation,
your Law in consciences,
your eternal promises in the Bible.
You are eternally faithful and always lovable!
As I read Sacred Scripture today, open my mind to hear your voice and understand your loving message.
Amen.
Today's three chapters are Exodus 14-16 and (because it's a Sunday) Psalms 7 and 8
Each year at the Easter Vigil the Church reads aloud from Exodus 14, the story of the crossing of the Red Sea, using the "Song of Moses" (elsewhere attributed to Miriam, his sister) from Chapter 15 as the responsorial Psalm. This is not only because Easter is our Christian Passover: It is because those who will be baptized at the Easter Vigil will themselves be crossing through water to new life! That's right: The crossing of the Red Sea is a "type" (prophetic foreshadowing) of the Sacrament of Baptism.
Start reading here for Exodus and here for the Psalms.
If you are looking for a solid but approachable companion to the Bible, I can wholeheartedly recommend A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament by Brant Pitre and John Bergsma. Although the authors are top-level Scripture scholars, they write for "real" readers. Notes include recent findings from archaeology and ancient manuscripts.
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