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approval and guidance of the pastors of the Church, are happily
spreading everywhere in our day. Let them remember, however,
that prayer should accompany the reading of sacred Scripture,
so that a dialogue takes place between God and man. . . .
Just as from constant attendance at the Eucharistic mystery
the life of the Church draws increase, so a new impulse of spiri-
tual life may be expected from increased veneration of the Word
of God.
—DV, no. 25-26
PRAYER
Let your scriptures be my chaste delight . . .
O Lord, perfect me and reveal those pages to me!
See, your voice is my joy. Give me what I love . . .
May the inner secrets of your words be
laid open to me when I knock.
This I beg by our Lord Jesus Christ in whom are hidden all
the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col 2:3). These are the
treasures I seek in your books.
—St. Augustine,
The Confessions
, bk. 11, chap. 2, nos. 2-4
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Hold fast to the traditions you were taught,
either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.
—2 Thes 2:15