Word of God Sunday: Scripture expert explains why the Bible is ‘modern,’ how to preach well

Michie said:

A Scripture expert who is now the official preacher of Pope Francis has explained what makes the Bible “modern” and why knowledge of the word of God is important for evangelization.

“The revelation of God is offered within a great variety of stories, tales, situations that correspond closely to life,” Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, told CNA in an interview last month.

People today are always thinking in terms of stories, whether that is Instagram “stories” or films or TV, he continued. “Because stories are places where we recognize ourselves immediately,” while it is sometimes harder to see ourselves in “more abstract, theoretical, and dogmatic formulations.”

“And so in this way, I think, the Bible is very modern as a resource for proclaiming the mystery of God,” he said.

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Will Francis ever tire of living wall-to-wall with "Yes!" men? So he approves, commends, hires and embraces those who echo the papal prerequisites, and safely never hears straight-talk rebukes that might pierce his heart and save him. He likes Scripture that helps himself, and others, "recognize ourselves immediately"? He reads Scripture to find himself? That is certainly "modern." And barren. And futile. Can anyone ever help him silence himself so as to finally hear God? It is not in ourselves, but in God, that life can be found.

This new papal preacher says, “So, when I became a priest and started giving homilies and catechesis, I would just tell others what God and I had already said to each other during prayer.” This is really painful, and pathetic, to hear. We all need, simply, to dialogue with God? - have a nice conversation? I'm sure God was left greatly edified, and the priest left very confirmed in his precious opinions. No.

Rom 10:14 But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
Rom 10:15 And how can men preach unless they are sent? ....
Rom 10:17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ.

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