It must be lived, and we do that in part via the Mass. The Catholic Faith is more than just reading stories and dogma. Together, these three resources provide an excellent foundation and explanation of the Catholic Faith. It is friendly for teens and those new to the Faith as it also offers sidebars with quotes and definitions. The YouCat returns to the question and answer format referencing specific paragraphs from the Catechism. The USCCB’s publication is an adaptation of the Catechism and includes in each chapter a story/lesson of faith, the teaching, relationship of the teaching to culture, doctrinal statements, and a meditation and prayer. To make the Catechism more approachable, I suggest the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults (published by the USCCB and recognized as a “definitive text”) and/or the YouCat(which has the nihil obstat and imprimatur). It can be read cover to cover and probably should be. It is divided into four parts: what we believe, sacraments, life in Christ, and prayer. The updated version dispenses with that format in favor of paragraphs. The Baltimore Catechism of the pre-Vatican II era has a question and answer format and, while difficult to find, is an excellent resource. ![]() The Catechism is what I lovingly refer to as the rulebook. This, together with the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament-which has fantastic explanatory notes, cross-references, and a concordance-will have any one who is new to the Bible in a good place. Also included is a reading plan to help you get the main meat of it in ninety days. When broken down like this, the Bible’s story becomes clear. Joshua, Judges, and the beginning of 1 Samuel tell about the Conquest & Judges period. It then explains which books of the Bible tell the story of each period and which books are supplemental.įor example, the Early World and Patriarchs time periods are covered in Genesis with Job as a supplement. It breaks salvation history into twelve periods: The Great Adventure Catholic Bible makes reading and understanding the overarching story of salvation easy. ![]() (According to The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Church recognizes the New Revised Standard Version – 2nd Catholic Edition and the New American Bible-Revised Edition as the gold standards.) To solve that, Jeff Cavins and the good people at Ascension Press came up with The Great Adventure Catholic Bible. When a reader gets to Leviticus, the story goes from being a grand journey to a book of laws that feels remote. The Bible is a challenging tome in that it doesn’t lend itself to starting on page one and slogging through to the end. “Hmmm, very nice,” replies the Creator of the Universe. There’s a joke that tells of a person who greets God at the pearly gates and is asked what he enjoyed while on earth. How could I lead with anything else? It can be read over and over and the reader gets new insights every time. ![]() If you, like me, are a devoted reader, here is a list of thirteen books I consider absolutely necessary for the journey of faith. Maybe heaven has a library …įor now I am constrained by time. The array of available Catholic books is vast and I wish I could hit pause on my life, curl up on my patio, and read for eleven years. When I can combine the two, it is a good day.
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