The problem Cronos it is probably 10 verses taken out of context ..perhaps you listen to what is read, but most do not..the homily is rarely an expositional teaching with application.. it usually is far afield from the actual context of the scripture.
When you dated your spouse, and were madly in love.. if you received a letter would you only have a few lines of it read to you at a time by a friend? Or would you want to hold it in your hands.. see each word.. to have full understanding of every words? Would you reread it over and over just seeing them in every word
Here God, the perfect and holy creator and savior of this world has words written to show His heart and His plan ... He wants to show us who He is so we know Him ... but the letter lays unopened if it is even in the house ..
Once a week??? How well can we know our spouse until we live together, hear each other daily , sleep in the same bed, have intimate relations ?
Once a week for 3 or 4 minutes?
Actually more than that — I do make it a point to read through the Bible far more often than just listening to the Word on Sunday. And that is true for nearly all the Catholic posters here on this thread. So, please don’t go about telling us we don’t read the Bible.
I, for one, read a Chapter every morning, go to Mass everyday where I hear the Gospel and sometimes it's the same I read that morning!
My best friend is a Baptist and she was told all kinds of erroneous things about Catholics....some of it is rightening and some is hilarious, but it's ALL WRONG!!PLUS, I know the Bible way better than she does.