As a former Roman Catholic, I also can testify that amongst the Catholics there is very little scriptural knowledge or emphasis on the Bible at all. The little bit of scripture you hear in mass is usually out of context, or disjointed, and too little to be of any real value. If one wants to actually understand the mind of the author, to absorb what he is saying, then you must read through the whole thing on your own, paying careful attention to details. Hearing the Bible read aloud to you cannot replace a proper biblical study, which requires much reading and patience.
These are skills I did not learn as a Papist, since no one taught it, though I did learn them as a Christian later on. And not because anyone taught me, but only because it became natural for me, at that point, to hunger for what was written.
It is not an experience that one can compare to anything in Catholicism. It is a dry, dead place, but where I am now, it’s very much alive.
Did I not ask you on another thread to stop pinging me? In the absence of an IGNORE button I simply scroll past your comments without reading.