Love of Scripture

Whatever the real Jerome was like...for we read that he was sarcastic and crusty at times, he had a real love for the Scriptures and spent the latter part of his life translating them from Hebrew and Greek into the vernacular at the time, Latin.  These Latin Scriptures, the Vulgate, were the norm for centuries until the clamor for translations in the vernaculars of various countries were heard.  Even now, new English translations keep coming out that add to our understanding of the original.  I highly recommend THE MESSAGE, a very readable version by Eugene H. Peterson, available in paperback as the New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs, or in hardback as the complete Bible.  If you love to reach and pray with Scripture, this translation will feed that love to the point where you won't want to put it down.  Today, in honor of St.Jerome, why don't we spend a bit more time with our favorite passages, and let them sink more deeply into our souls to feed and nourish them and draw us closer to their Divine Author
Bro. Rene