And the cure for that is to go to a Protestant church where the minister spends 45 minutes a week harping on two verses from Romans or Galatians, before moving on to the next two verses from Romans or Galatians? Don't tell me they don't do that; I live in the South and my car radio works just fine. If lack of attention to context is what you're complaining about, there's no shortage of offenders in the Protestant camp.
In any case, priests are required to pray the Breviary 4 times a day, every day, and if a priest doesn't know how to look up the readings given the chapter and verse citation, to see the context, he should probably either learn or get out of the priesthood.
Actually we call it exposition ... Usually a chapter read in context and then verses from the text expounded ... you know EVERY WORD from God is important .To be honest I wish more Protestant churches did exposition and less topical teaching
I wish people would try listening to those radio programs some day..really listening
In any case, priests are required to pray the Breviary 4 times a day, every day, and if a priest doesn't know how to look up the readings given the chapter and verse citation, to see the context, he should probably either learn or get out of the priesthood.
Will they go to hell if they do not? Does anyone know for sure if they do bother to look them up? I had one priest admit in a small group that the only time he "prayed" was at" mass" ...but he has left the priesthood with the nun that was the school principle ... My guess he is more the norm than exception when it comes to prayer and bible study