I am not the avid Bible reader that PROTESTANTS are. We have the Sacraments. Receiving, almost daily, I might add, the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, God, I have found that the daily readings at Mass are sufficient for all the Bible readings.
ALL the Bible is covered (I was told) in a cycle of THREE years. So, I have heard the entire Bible MANY times since I am old. I started going to daily Mass, believe it or not, while my husband and I lived (for five years, starting in 1980) in Saudi Arabia.
ARAMCO provided "special teachers" for us Christians: Catholics (priest), Protestants (one minister for all the denominations) and a vicar for the few Anglicans. So, I picked up right where I left off in the cycle, since Mass is exactly the same wherever a Catholic goes in the world.
It was also in English and the vernacular is in use. So when in Rome, the Mass is in Italian.
So, it is NOT that we have "little use" for the Bible, we HEAR the entire Bible every three years so have no need to read it.
Protestants have, I understand, no daily service where the Bible is read and so, for God's word, they must read the Bible on their own.
We worship Sundays, hear God's Word and receive the sacrament of Holy Communion. Reading the Bible has its own advantage.
I doubt the three-year lectionary covers the whole Bible, but in any case, if it isn't considered inerrant but a series of moral stories, then that isn't the right understanding of God's Word. When the Lord quotes His Word, it is wise to pay attention to the reference.
We have the Sacraments.
Yes, one of which is Baptism.
From: http://www.catholic.sk/main.php?page=183-en-Rite_of_Baptism
Celebrant: Father, you give us grace through sacramental signs, which tells us the wonders of your unseen power.
In Baptism we use your gift of water, which you have made a rich symbol of the grace you give us in this sacrament. At the very dawn of creation your Spirit breathed on the waters, making them the wellspring of all holiness. The waters of the great flood you made a sign of the waters of Baptism, that make an end of sin and a new beginning of goodness.
Through the waters of the Red Sea you led Israel out of slavery, to be an image of God's holy people, set free from sin by Baptism. In the waters of the Jordan your Son was baptized by John and anointed with the Spirit. Your Son willed that water and blood should flow from his side as he hung upon the cross. After his resurrection he told his disciples: “Go out and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Father, look now with love upon your Church, and unseal for her the fountain of Baptism. By the power of the Spirit give to the water of this font the grace of your Son. You created man in your own likeness: cleanse him from sin in a new birth to innocence by water and the Spirit.
The Catholic Church references the Flood (rightly) in the Baptismal sacrament rite. If you don't hold to the flood as a historical event are you not disagreeing with the Catholic Catechism and should not participate in the Eucharist until you go to confession and return to obedience to the Catholic church?