By Fr. Bernard Holzer, aa
The United Bible Societies announced on Tuesday, April 8, that the full text of the Old and New Testaments is now available in 769 languages. The year 2024 allowed it to be translated into 16 new languages, spoken in particular in India, Tanzania and Burkina Faso. For the first time, more than six billion people will be able to read the complete Bible, and the United Bible Societies plans to translate it into 1,200 new languages by 2038. Never before as today, has the Bible been so accessible to all and in all languages, now even in audiovisual and digital formats.
This is an invitation, especially during this Lenten Season, to go back to the Bible, to read it, to discover God, his plan for the world and for each of us, to know better Jesus and to love him much: “Whoever ignores the Scriptures ignores Christ!”, St. Jerome tells us.
Let us follow the invitation of Pope Francis for everyone to carry a small book of the Gospels in our pocket and to read at least three or four verses of the Bible every day. That’s a joyful effort for the end of this Lenten Season. “Take and read!”
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