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Well, of course.

I have several, probably at least a dozen (no exaggeration) Bibles in my house. I've read every book of the Bible and the New Testament several times.

I also have supplemental books on the Bible, History of the Bible, etc.

I believe St. Jerome said that 'ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.'

Christianity, the Bible, Our God, is full of mysteries. It seems to me that God did that on purpose to see how much we will seek after Him, and the more we seek the more we find. How wonderful is that?

The rosary, and contemplative prayer are such a wonderful way to more deeply understand the mysteries of God.

Alot of people who have not tried the rosary think it is 'vain repetition' but meditating on these mysteries has profoundly deepened my faith. And those of millions, possibly billions of people throughout the centuries.

Quite an awesome God we serve, one who likes to hide and then reveal Himself to us when we come looking.

Here's an except from a book entitled "The Secret of the Rosary" by St. Louis De Montort, who was probably one of the most devoted saints of Our Lady.

"People who say Our Lord's Prayer carefully, weighing every word and meditating upon it, may indeed call themselves blessed for they find therein everything that they need or can wish for.

"When we say this wonderful prayer we touch God's heart at the very outset by calling Him by the sweetest name of Father-Our Father. He is the dearest of fathers: all powerful in His creation, wonderful in the way He maintains the world, completelylovable in His Divine Providence,-always good and infinetely so in the Redemption. We have God for our Father, so we are all brothers-and Heaven is our homeland and our heritage. This should be more than enough to teach us to love God and our neighbor and to be detached from the things of this world.

"So we ought to love our Heavenly Father and should say to Him over and over again:

"Our Father Who art in Heaven
Thou Who dost fill heaven and earth
with the immensity of Thy Being
Thou Who art present everywhere-
Thou Who art in the saints
By Thy Glory,
In the damned
By Thy Justice,
In the good
By Thy Grace,
And even in sinners
By the patience
With which Thou dost tolerate them-
Grant we beseech Thee
That we may always remember
That we come from Thee;
Grant that we may live
As Thy true children ought to live-
Grant that we may set our course
Towards Thee
And never swerve-
Grant that we may use
Our every power,
Our hearts and souls and strength
To tend towards Thee
And THEE Alone."

That's an except from 6 pages of the book St. Louis De Montfort uses to break down every sentence of the Our Father and explain and go into depth on.