The key way to meet Jesus is through the Sacraments, especially in the Holy Eucharist at Mass & Adoration and in Confession. Jesus always wants to continue our conversation with Him. We do this especially through reading the Bible, the Sacred Scripture.

In Sacred Scripture, God freely discloses beyond all expectation the mystery of His own life and loving plan for our salvation. Through the words of Scripture we are touched and shaped by all that God has revealed and offered.

Opening the Bible is not like opening the pages of the recent best-selling novel, popular magazine, or even the dictionary. It is not like opening an app on our phone.

As we open the Scriptures and begin to read, something begins to happen. The psalmist proclaims: “The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple” (Ps 119:130).

A light comes forth from the Scriptures. This light does not come from a bulb or candle, nor does it depend on electricity or wax. The light of the word of God is brighter than all other kinds of light.

The light of the word of God is so bright, in fact, that only the heart can detect and see its brilliance. When the heart sees this light, it immediately wants to tell the mind. But the mind is often preoccupied and busy.

Sin and the ways of the world get in the way. But the heart hopes; it never ceases to call to the mind.

With the urgency and insistency of a child, the heart continues to show to the mind the most ordinary things: a leaf, a rock, a sunset or sunrise, or a book, a sentence, phrase, or word— especially the Word, the divinely revealed Word of God.

This week let the Bible take you deeper into Christ. Read the Bible, if even for the shortest of moments. Let the light of Christ draw you deeper. Follow the silent sound of holy light.

God bless,
Msgr. Bransfield