BIBLE STUDY-CURSO BÍBLICO 

The Great Project of Evangelization of our parish includes three points. The first is the Kerygmatic Phase, that's to say of AWARENESS (2021-2024). The second is the Pre-catechumenal Phase, that's to say of EVANGELIZATION (2024-2027). Finally, the Catechumenal Phase will be the third point. It will be a question of DEFINING OURSELVES AS A CHURCH ON MISSION (2027-2030), a community witness to the Risen Christ. The objective of the second phase is the Evangelization of our entire parish. It will be a systematic evangelization. We must make the Gospel known, in a systematic and cyclical process of significant experiences of encounter and oriented to the election of Christ. The first year will talk about the Word of God (2024-2025), the second will be the Faith (2025-2026), and we will finish with the election of Christ as our Lord (2026-2027).

On this first year (2024-2025), we activated the Bible Study. For our students of the Bible Course and the entire parish community, it is good to understand the Bible, because it helps us better known Jesus, his teachings and those of the Church today.

The Second Vatican Council reminds us of this: “"For ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." (St. Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah, Prol.: PL 24,17.) Therefore, they should gladly put themselves in touch with the sacred text itself, whether it be through the liturgy, rich in the divine word, or through devotional reading, or through instructions suitable for the purpose and other aids which, in our time, with approval and active support of the shepherds of the Church, are commendably spread everywhere. And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together; for "we speak to Him when we pray; we hear Him when we read the divine saying.” (Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum: On Divine Revelation # 25)

Father Sébastien SASA, PhD, MPA

Administrator of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church

West Valley City, UT