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Reading lots of scripture during services is an indication of NOTHING.

Attend Mass sometime and see if it truly means nothing. People receive at Mass as much as they give. I cannot speak for anyone else, but the more you are open at Mass the more the readings mean.

I think the message is clear. You need to spend time alone with God to study His word.

In that passage, Christ was talking about prayer moreso than reading the bible, since most people were illiterate at the time. In my own experience, actually hearing God is best done in solitude, that's for sure, usually at Eucharistic Adoration, but from time to time in the shower. Reading the bible can get in the way of discerning what GOd has meant for an individual.

When I do read the bible, which is fairly often, I prefer the Douhay-Rhiems. It's an approved translation and has no commentary to confuse matters. Everyone has their favorites.