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 Numbers 11-13 and (because it is Sunday) Psalms 13 and 14.
This is a very rich section! The desert journey has resumed, God has made his presence manifest among the people in the form of a fiery cloud and...they complained about the miraculous food that was keeping them alive. Manna, the "bread from heaven," is a "type" (prophetic foreshadowing) of the Eucharist. Jesus will say, "I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die" (John 6:48-50).
Finally, the Chosen People are within reach of the Promised Land. Will they have enough trust in God to go forward at his word and enter in?
Start reading Numbers here and the Psalms here.
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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