Dear Family of God,

Why did Pope Francis Proclaim the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time as the Word of God Sunday? “He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (Luke 24:45).

Pope Francis has written an Apostolic Letter on September 30, 2019, with this title, so he can encouraged us to read, study, reflect and practice what we learn from the Bible which is the Word of God.

Why? Because we have to know that:

First, Jesus is the ultimate teacher of the Sacred Scriptures. He knows and proclaims the importance of the Old Testament to understand more deeply the New Testament. The New is hidden in the Old and the Old is fulfilled in the New. It is not enough to just read the New or the Gospel only. We have to learn and study too, the Old, so that we will know what is being prophesied in the Old, that is being fulfilled in the New. We call this method Typology.

Secondly, on the same day after Jesus’s resurrection, he did this Bible study with these two disciples. Telling us how important is the Word in order to know Him. But they only recognized him during the breaking of the bread, the same thing He did during the last supper. The Word of God is inseparable with the Eucharist. That is why every Mass we have Liturgy of the Word and then Liturgy of the Eucharist. We will understand more the Eucharist and our mission when we are attentive to His Word.

May we all recognize Our Lord Present in our midst, in the Church, and in the Eucharist by being attentive to His Word.

Yours in Christ through Mary Immaculate.

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