Sacred Scripture

Week 1

Dear Families,

I'm delighted that I have the opportunity this year to teach your students Sacred Scripture! I look forward to delving into the riches of Scripture with them.

On Friday, I handed out the syllabus and we discussed the unique opportunity the students have to earn a plenary indulgence while doing their scripture homework. This article by Monsignor Pope on the power of Scripture is great reminder to us all of its importance in life: http://blog.adw.org/2021/09/the-exorcistic-effect-of-the-word-of-god/

Once introductions to the class were out of the way, we considered what it is that we are actually studying, what Sacred Scripture is. Noting that it is a book of Divine Revelation written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, we considered it in relation to Revelation and reviewed what we learned regarding the two sources of revelation (Tradition and Bible) last year.

As regards Scripture we said, God is the author. The Writer is the "organ of the Holy Ghost." And Scripture itself is the word of God. The catholic encyclopedia tells us that "the text was destined by God, who inspired it, for the universal Church, in order that it might be authentically recognized as His written word."

This led to a discussion on what inspiration means, how it compares to dictation, and the freedom from error that is the result of Divine Inspiration.

We finished by reviewing the 4 senses that Scripture can have:

○       Literal

■       Gen 7:17, Noahs Ark

○       Spiritual

■       Allegorical (Typological)

■       Baptism

■       Moral

■       Be willing to seperate yourself from the world

■       Anagogical (End Times)

■       God will save those who are good in the end. 

Homework for next week is to read Chapters 1-4 of Genesis. Please also pick a verse (can be longer than a single verse i.e. could be Gen 2: 5-7) from the reading and explain how you see the 4 senses in it.

God Bless,

Miss Russell