God's Holy Word

The Church honors St. Jerome today for his holiness and for his part in making Sacred Scripture available to "Everyman" by providing a translation of the Bible from Greek to Latin, the spoken language of the people at that time. His version, known as The Vulgate, is accompanied by many of his insightful commentaries on the meaning and application of the Word to everyday life.
"Your word is a lamp for my steps/and a light for my path," writes the Psalmist (Ps 119: 105) and St. Paul reminds Timothy (and us) to "Remain faithful to what you ahve learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, and that from infancy you have known [the] sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work." (2 Tim 3: 14-17). What a treasure we have in God's Word, so available to us today in dozens of translations, each one of which helps to further our understanding and our integration of it into our prayer, our lives, our actions. And more so, it is a means to furthering of our union with God: "Jesus said, 'Whoever loves me will keep my work, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.'" (Jn 14:23). Even if we take one verse and munch on it throughout the day, how much more we could experience the presence of God within and not only have a lamp for our steps, but be a light for others.
Bro. Rene