Today we celebrate the Memorial of St. Jerome. The famous quote attributed to St. Jerome is one that sticks firmly in my mind. “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” That may seem a bit harsh, but if we give it some serious reflection it makes a lot of sense.
We have the opportunity to have easy access to the Sacred Scriptures in the current age. Many of us own multiple copies of the Bible and have electronic versions on our computers as well. Are we using any of them? Is the Bible collecting dust as a centerpiece on a coffee table, or is it simply lost on a bookshelf somewhere?
My encouragement to you today is to create a habit of reading the Bible. Study it. Pray with it. God readily speaks to us in the depths of our heart when we read, pray and reflect upon the Sacred Scriptures. How well do you know the Scriptures? How well do you know Christ?
