Sure don't understand how your friend could say that, if she actually attends Mass. Every single Mass involves at least 1 reading from the Old Testament, one from the Epistles, written by Jesus's apostles, and one from the Gospels, dealing with the actual events in Jesus's life.
In addition, there is always a Psalm that is either read or sung, in between the Old Testament reading, and the Epistle reading. All you have to do is listen, and read along, and in three years, with the cycle of readings, you've heard almost the entire Scriptures, and listened to countless sermons about them.
I think the lady was being sarcastic to George.