As an old Latin student who can still appreciate the mystical beauty of the old Latin mass I know that this is excellent advice : study or just browse on that wonderful smart phone the Latin Vulgate Bible - in many ways more HERE NOW than old Cicero fulminating against the wicked rebel Catiline .
The New Testament comes to pristine life again in contrast to soporific , unimaginative , and spiritually lazy Sunday reading of Gospel excerpts by stale soul priests.
Reading the Holy Gospel in ancient Latin one can make an almost metaphysical contact with the not so dead PAST of the beginning of Christianity and the sublime presence of " The Christ ". View precious -and often gorgeous -ancient and medieval manuscripts of the New Testament -now digitized on line.
One longs for a privileged scholar's tranquil retreat in the labyrinthine Vatican Secret Archives. The Eternal Word holds out the spark of hope for Eternal Life and some transcendent meaning for our own passing moment in time.
God is nowhere ? Or God is now here ?
Faith is indeed a gift in the gathering darkness of the 21st century AD.
DOMINUS VOBISCUM !
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