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Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework I. The Revelation of Jesus Christ in Scripture VI VI.A

VI.A.2

The Church urges Catholics to use the Bible in personal prayer (CCC, nos. 2653-2654).

Is it true that Catholics do not use or read the Bible?: The Church urges Catholics to use the Bible in personal prayer (CCC, nos. 2653-2654).

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Raw reference: nos. 2653-2654

CCC 2653
The Church "forcefully an (2653)
The Church "forcefully and specially exhorts all the Christian faithful . . . to learn 'the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ' ( Phil 3:8) by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures.... Let them remember, however, that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that a dialogue takes place between God and man. For 'we speak to him when we pray; we listen to him when we read the divine oracles."' [DV 25; cf. Phil 3:8; St. Ambrose, De officiis ministrorum 1, 20,88: PL 16, 50.]
CCC 2654
The spiritual writers,
The spiritual writers, paraphrasing Matthew 7:7, summarize in this way the dispositions of the heart nourished by the word of God in prayer "Seek in reading and you will find in meditating; knock in mental prayer and it will be opened to you by contemplation." [Guigo the Carthusian, Scala Paradisi: PL 40, 998.]

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VI.A.1 VI.A.3 VI.A.4

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Challenges > Is it true that Catholics do not use or read the Bible? > The Church urges Catholics to use the Bible in personal prayer (CCC, nos. 2653-2654).