A mythperception, maybe? Consider that the Catholic liturgical reading cycle for the Old Testament ends after two years. During those two years, the daily mass only covers 3378 verses (13.5%) of the Old Testament. The New Testament reading cycle ends after three years. In three years' time the daily mass covers 5689 verses (71.5%) of the New Testament. Taking into account both cycles, only 9067 verses out of a possible 33001 verses (the entire Bible) are mentioned in the chart, i.e. only 27.5% of the entire Bible is ever read during the daily mass. I wonder how the myth got started?
...while fewer believers know much about the Bible, one-third of Americans continue to believe that it is literally true, something organizers of the Synod on the Word of God called a dangerous form of fundamentalism that is “winning more and more adherents…even among Catholics.” Such literalism, the synod’s preparatory document said, “demands an unshakable adherence to rigid doctrinal points of view and imposes, as the only source of teaching for Christian life and salvation, a reading of the Bible which rejects all questioning and any kind of critical research”....
....The flip side of this embarrassment is the presumption among many Catholics that they “get” the Bible at Mass, along with everything else they need for their spiritual lives. The postconciliar revolution in liturgy greatly expanded the readings, with a three-year cycle in the vernacular that for the first time included Old Testament passages. Given that exposure, many think they do not need anything else. As Mr. McMahon put it, “The majority still say you go to Mass, you get your ticket punched, and that’s it for the week.
-- from the thread A Literate Church: The state of Catholic Bible study today
According to a study released in September by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, evangelical Protestants are a whopping eight times more likely than Catholics to read the Bible on a weekly basis. Of course, the survey only looked at private Bible reading; it did not take into account the Scripture passages Catholics take in at every Mass. Still, we tip our hats to our separated brothers and sisters in Christ for their zeal for the Word of God.
-- "Get Cracking, Catholics!", National Catholic Register, Publication dated November 18 2006
To which Catholic Church do you refer?
Ah, it’s a competition. Nah, you can have that.
Having experienced both, I prefer the quality and depth of the Mass which includes Holy Scripture over a quantity of verses and a long lecture.
And I wouldn’t know how to measure any amount of scripture against receiving Christ in Holy Eucharist.
Like the author says, it’s not an either or but both Sacraments and Scripture. Those who do not have the former lack a great deal; I’m not so sure it can be made up with the latter.