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Book Review: 150 Bible Verses Every Catholic Should Know

Posted on | July 20, 2009
by | Kim, Obl.O.S.B

Let’s get away from the anxiety and move on to something I really love: books.

At first glance, I thought this book was solely an apologetics book. I mean, the title sounds like it should be, right? I was totally surprised once I started reading the book that it’s not entirely apologetics based at all. It’s about Scripture. And praying Scripture. And using Scripture to give you Light in your life, and hope. Considering the last week, I need a book like this.

This book, I would put on my list of “life changing books”. Seriously? Seriously. The only other books on that (short) list is Archbishop Sheen’s autobiography, the Holy Rule of St. Benedict, and of course, Sacred Scripture. There is so much meat in this little book, but not sending anyone into the deep throes of theology. Patrick Madrid (who I’m slowly becoming a fangirl for) offers short and sweet meditations, applications, and just general thoughts on verses from Scripture. And he doesn’t all pick the feel good Scriptures, either. He devotes an entire chapter to ‘Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell’. Who feels good about Hell? Considering many people think Hell doesn’t exist, it is refreshing to see Hell talked about – with Scriptural backup (ta da! Apologetics!).

Even though there are some heavy topics in the book (like, Hell); I found it overall very inspiring. It’s a tour of Sacred Scripture, without distraction. I want to re-read this book many more times, because I know I’ll pick up so much more on subsequent read through.

Despite coming from a Protestant background, we never read the Sacred Scriptures, nor was it encouraged. And even though I’ve been a Catholic only three years, and have done more reading of Scriptures since then; I know I’m just scratching the surface. This book was a tremendous help for me – and I think it’s good for people like me (who don’t have an extensive Scripture background) but also for people who do have an extensive Scriptural background. The target audience is for the former, but I truly believe there’s something here for everyone, at every level of familiarity with Sacred Scripture.

This review was written as part of the Catholic book Reviewer program from The Catholic Company. Visit The Catholic Company to find more information on 150 Bible Verses Every Catholic Should Know.

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