I also was raised Catholic, and in 8 years of Catholic school, we were never once encouraged to read a Bible, and you never ever heard the word Bible and study in the same sentence. Not once. Sure, we were read some of the stories in the Bible, but that all we ever got, just a few verses here and there.
I know of only just a few Bibles on the church property, one at the altar, and maybe a few of the nuns had them. There were never ANY Bibles in the pews, just that missal thing. We had one at home, but since we were never encouraged to read it, we never did or were even curious about it. In short it was big ripoff.
I am so blessed that the Lord opened my eyes in recent years.
I talked to my friend to verify that what I said was true and he said yes, that he was probably 40 years old before he knew there was a Bible.
He said he grew up in the Catholic Church and went to CAtholic school and never heard anything about the Bible.
He said the reason he learned about the Bible when he did was because he met the woman that he married and she had a King James Bible.
“I also was raised Catholic, and in 8 years of Catholic school, we were never once encouraged to read a Bible, and you never ever heard the word Bible and study in the same sentence.”
And yet the Church did encourage it and so did every Catholic Bible itself. Ever hear of Vatican II?
“Not once. Sure, we were read some of the stories in the Bible, but that all we ever got, just a few verses here and there.”
Ever go to Mass? There's way more than a few verses here and there.
“I know of only just a few Bibles on the church property, one at the altar, and maybe a few of the nuns had them. There were never ANY Bibles in the pews, just that missal thing.”
There's no reason to put Bibles in the pews when the Missal is what is needed for the Mass.
“We had one at home, but since we were never encouraged to read it, we never did or were even curious about it.”
The real problem would be your own lack of curiosity.
“In short it was big ripoff.”
No, in itself it wasn't.
“I am so blessed that the Lord opened my eyes in recent years.”
Apparently they're not open enough yet.