Pope writes preface to youth Bible
December 04, 2015
Pope Francis has written a preface for a new youth Bible prepared under the direction of a German Jesuit, Father Thomas Söding.
Described his old Bible as a “priceless treasure,” Pope Francis said, “I would not give it away for the world … It has shared my joy and has been soaked with my tears.”
“You hold in your hands something truly divine: a book of fire, a book in which God speaks,” the Pope continued. “Read carefully. Do not skim-read the Bible, as you would a comic strip! The word of God cannot be skim-read! Ask yourselves, ‘What is the Bible telling my heart? What is God telling me through these words?’”
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