My Daily Reading from the New Testament [antikvár]

FOREWORD « LIFE and TEACHINGS of CHRIST you ever read the *Life of Christ' by J—i Mauriac?" This question, recently asked, was met by an unexpected answer: "No, the only Life of Christ I ever read was by the Holy Spirit in the New Testament." Some books are of the "once-read" kind; others are to be referred to as only "casually read"; this book is to be read as an "everyday book", imtil the last day of life. The "ONLY BOOK" As Sir Walter Scott, author of so many books, approached his end, he wanted a nearby relative to get him the book. "Wondering whether he meant one of his own books, the relative gently queried, "What book do you mean?" Whereupon the aged author softly, but firmly, said, " What book! there is only one." For DAILY, LIFELONG USE You now have that Book in your hands, for lifelong use, an "everyday book". Each day's selection will average about three to four minutes' reading time. Additional time, of course, may—and should—be spent in fruitful meditation. During the day, the reader is also urged to return in spirit to the selection previously read. New, AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION Fifteen centuries ago, St. Jerome warned, "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ." His lament has been repeated in modem days by recent Popes. The Catholic Bishops of the United States have now provided this new translation in present-day language, that it may be popularly received and widely used by the laity. The value of this new revision is beyond