The reason I need NABRE AND THE CHURCH
I am responsible for walking out my own salvation with fear and trembling. Though others will be judged on what they teach. I will be judged on my response to The Word - the ultimate authority.
God made me. And Words mean something to me. To me what is chosen in Gods word is SUPER IMPORTANT. Because of that I want the best English translation I can possibly get. Therefore I choose to use the NABRE. I know I’m not a scholar but I do like to study. And God chose every word he chose to say. I believe when trying to interpret meaning it could be confused. Because words can mean many things in different languages I want a version that balances word and meaning. So I think I would like to read the NABRE and ask God to give meaning.
Fr Luis said no translation is perfect. They all are balances of what the word says and means. Pick one and stick to it.
I like the NABRE better than all the others. I would like to pick that. Whatever I miss here I will receive in Heaven. I believe you Jesus and know you are guiding my decisions.
Authority is very important. Without it we don’t know what or who to believe.
Because the LXX is the oldest complete translation of the whole Bible and it is in the Vatican library and it has the deurocanon I will use the catholic Bible.
(If you are looking for the oldest available edition of a more inclusive Bible, Codex Sinaiticus (circa 350 C.E.) would fit the bill. However, its Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible are not the oldest witnesses we have to the Hebrew/Aramaic scriptures. The Dead Sea Scrolls (circa 250 B.C.E.–70 C.E.) are centuries older than Codex Sinaiticus, but they are extremely fragmentary and rarely make up anything close to complete books. The Old Greek translations of the Hebrew/Aramaic scriptures—popularly called the “Septuagint”—occasionally testify to a Hebrew/Aramaic text even more ancient than the Dead Sea Scrolls (the Pentateuch began to be translated around 250 B.C.E.). In these instances, the Septuagint could, therefore, be called the oldest available Bible text. These Greek texts are, however, translations, and scholars are still sorting out the exact wording of the earliest recoverable texts.
Because of the Masoretes’ meticulous work, some consider the Leningrad Codex (circa 1000 C.E.) or the Aleppo Codex (circa 925 C.E.) to be the best representatives of the Hebrew/Aramaic Bible. The problem is that the Masoretic manuscripts themselves are from the medieval era. At least materially, the Masoretic manuscripts are much later than the Dead Sea Scrolls, Old Greek translations, and Codex Sinaiticus. Each of these bodies of literature could in some sense be called the oldest Bible)
I WILL NOT MISS ANYTHING!!
Below is a commentary saying we can never exhaust Gods word. Get what you can from the stream you will quench your thirst but not the spring. Be thankful then for what you have received, and do not be saddened at all that such an abundance still remains. What you have received and attained is your present share, while what is left will be your heritage. For what you could not take at one time because of your weakness, you will be able to grasp at another if you only persevere. So do not foolishly try to drain in one draught what cannot be consumed all at once, and do not cease out of faintheartedness from what you will be able to absorb as time goes on.
From a commentary on the Diatessaron by Saint Ephrem, deacon
God’s word is an inexhaustible spring of life
Lord, who can comprehend even one of your words? We lose more of it than we grasp, like those who drink from a living spring. For God’s word offers different facets according to the capacity of the listener, and the Lord has portrayed his message in many colors, so that whoever gazes upon it can see in it what suits him. Within it he has buried manifold treasures, so that each of us might grow rich in seeking them out.
The word of God is a tree of life that offers us blessed fruit from each of its branches. It is like that rock which was struck open in the wilderness, from which all were offered spiritual drink. As the Apostle says: They ate spiritual food and they drank spiritual drink.
And so whenever anyone discovers some part of the treasure, he should not think that he has exhausted God’s word. Instead he should feel that this is all that he was able to find of the wealth contained in it. Nor should he say that the word is weak and sterile or look down on it simply because this portion was all that he happened to find. But precisely because he could not capture it all he should give thanks for its riches.
Be glad then that you are overwhelmed, and do not be saddened because he has overcome you. A thirsty man is happy when he is drinking, and he is not depressed because he cannot exhaust the spring. So let this spring quench your thirst, and not your thirst the spring. For if you can satisfy your thirst without exhausting the spring, then when you thirst again you can drink from it once more; but if when your thirst is sated the spring is also dried up, then your victory would turn to your own harm.
Be thankful then for what you have received, and do not be saddened at all that such an abundance still remains. What you have received and attained is your present share, while what is left will be your heritage. For what you could not take at one time because of your weakness, you will be able to grasp at another if you only persevere. So do not foolishly try to drain in one draught what cannot be consumed all at once, and do not cease out of faintheartedness from what you will be able to absorb as time goes on.
Catholic not Cafeteria!!
Since I believe the church which has lasted over 2000 years is being guided by YOU even with evil people at the top. I should not have a problem that you are still governing them.
You were the one who made the apostles write the infallible word of the Bible. Of course you can make the holy church decisions if traditions just as infallible no matter who you use to write them for out for us.
Since I believe you and your ability to not steer the church wrong, I believe I must humble myself and obey your teachings. I do not have to understand. For You make good out of evil. I would’ve never thought the cross was the way to show salvation-how much more some of the thoughts of yours compared to mine.
Therefore to help my psyche I must be in full communion with the holy church. You chose the liturgy, the Bible translation, the devotions, the leadership, everything that pertains to your holy church. All for your own purpose and I don’t need to believe the humans governing, but I do need to believe your holy power to make your Will well known and done through the church.
And in humility and in trust in you Almighty God, I surrender my fears and my will. I pray for you to keep guiding your church and little me, to do and believe your will. Help us not to apostatize in these great unsure times. You are the way to eternal life and your church is the bulwark of Your Truth.
Save me.
Amen
Good morning Jesus I always have a hard time when I go off on my own even just reading a different version of the Bible makes my scruples go on overdrive
I either believe your church or I don’t for me there is no middle ground. Either 2+2 = 4 and Catholicism = the faith of God‘s people - or it doesn’t, and if I’m not all in - I am lost
So because I believe you my God. And I believe you are the one guiding the church, you have decided what the statutes, rules, seasons, liturgies, customs and Bible versions are for this time in your history. Some things do change through the ages so I know this is not abnormal many customs liturgies and even statutes of when and how to take the Eucharist has developed over time.
Because of my faith in YOU and your ability to guide all minds and hearts so your will can’t be thwarted; I believe all that you have given the Catholic Church to guide us to your truth.
I know evil people are also in the church but just because Judas was in the church hierarchy does not negate what you have given us as the faith. And maybe you chose Judas for just this reason - so we don’t disbelieve your church.
All man is evil and just because some fathers do obscene harm to their kids does not mean we stop having families. It means we hold tighter to the truth of what families and fatherhood should be - preaching the truth. Same with the church we should hold tighter to what the church should be and hold the leadership accountable.
I believe you can do all things! I know Your will is being done. I believe your church. Help me to be one who does my part to become holy through your grace, to make it what you made it to be
AMEN
The most important thing to Jesus is humility, obedience, and unity in the body. He has given us the church to hold us together. The church deems the NABRE to be the best translation at this time. My most important desire is to do the Will of God. Therefore in humility and obedience I want to do what the church deems appropriate for my culture and time.
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