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Tell everyone that you speak to, that Jesus Christ is the door to the Father. Jesus said to him,  “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” – John 14:6-7 (NABRE) Image Credit:  Salvator Mundi  by Andrea Previtali St. Bonaventure Quotes "Do not believe that reading is sufficient without unction, speculation without devotion, investigation without wonder, observation without joy, work without piety, knowledge without love, understanding without humility, endeavor without divine grace..." (From The Journey of the Mind to God ) "It is impossible, therefore, for anyone to achieve a firm understanding of the truth of all sacred Scripture unless he first receives the gift of faith in Christ. This faith is the foundation of the whole Bible, a lamp and a key to its understanding." (From a discourse on Sacred Scripture)...

Resources

Catechism of the Catholic Church

 • Catechism of the Catholic Church (USCCB)

• Catechism of the Catholic Church (Vatican)


Concordances and Lexicons

 • Bible Hub

 • Blue Letter Bible

• Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

• The Cross Reference


 Dictionaries

 • Cambridge Dictionary

• Dictionary.com

• Etymology Dictionary

• Merriam-Webster.com

• Online Etymology Dictionary

• Oxford Dictionary

• Thesaurus.com

• Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

• Wiktionary the Free Dictionary


 Encyclopedias

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Illuminated Manuscripts

• Catholic Online Encyclopedia


United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Documents) 

• Changes In Catholic Attitudes Toward Bible Readings

• Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us

• USCCB Approved Translations of the Sacred Scriptures for Private Use 
and Study by Catholics


St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

• Library


 Vatican Documents


• In the DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON DIVINE REVELATION DEI VERBUM ("Word of God") Lectio Divina is recommended by Pope Benedict XVI.

• INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CATECHESIS ADULT CATECHESIS IN THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SOME PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES (LIBRERIA EDITRICE VATICANA ST PAUL PUBLICATIONS 1990)

• Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life: A Christian Reflection on the "New Age"

• Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation
(III. Erroneous Ways of Praying, "12. With the present diffusion of eastern methods of meditation in the Christian world and in ecclesial communities, we find ourselves faced with a pointed renewal of an attempt, which is not free from dangers and errors, to fuse Christian meditation with that which is non-Christian." . . . avoid the danger of falling into syncretism.)

• POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION CHRISTIFIDELES LAICI OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II ON THE VOCATION AND THE MISSION OF THE LAY FAITHFUL IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD