FAITH HOPE AND LOVE: the Word of God (Dei Verbum)

The Year of Faith initiated, among other renewals, a renewed reading and appreciation of the documents produced from the Second Vatican council. 

This month, we look to Dei Verbum (On DivineRevelation).

Why was Dei Verbum written? What more do we need to know about Sacred Scripture, our Bible?

Perhaps, Dei Verbum doesn't teach the reader something new. 

Perhaps Dei Verbum reminds the reader something she has forgotten, something in her heart. 

Perhaps the Word of God is not resting far from us but living and moving already deepwithin us. 

Yes, the Word became flesh. John 1:5 

But perhaps we have forgotten the Word who shares in our flesh, the Word within the words of Scripture written on our hearts and revealed to us intimately. Jeremiah 31:33

The document Dei Verbum was written “so that by hearing the message of salvation the whole world may believe, by believing it may hope, and by hoping it may love.”Dei Verbum, Preface

“Faith, hope and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”1 Corinthians 13:13

Perhaps the journey toward love can start anywhere, but our God gave us doorway into his love revealed in the Word, which we call Scripture. In this month of April, let’s remember the gift God has given us in the Holy Scripture, the Divine Revelation, and begin (or begin again) our journey toward love. 

In believing we may hope, and in hoping we may love, and in loving we may share the joy of God who is love. 1 John 4:8
Peace be with You...