{"id":2703,"date":"2008-10-15T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T06:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/10\/how-about-calling-it-benedicts-bench.html"},"modified":"2008-10-15T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T06:31:00","slug":"how-about-calling-it-benedicts-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/10\/how-about-calling-it-benedicts-bench.html","title":{"rendered":"How about calling it “Benedict’s Bench”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the more innovative and modern ideas to come out of the Synod of Bishops is one that at least one American bishop<\/a> has already embraced: blogging. <\/p>\n

From Zenit<\/a>: <\/p>\n

One of the auditors at the world Synod of Bishops has suggested that Benedict XVI opens a blog to explain the word of God in an attractive way.<\/p>\n

The proposal was made today by Agnes Lam, president of the Catholic Biblical Association of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Among her suggestions to promote the word of God so that the faithful can come to know Christ, she included the blog proposal, bringing smiles from many of the bishops.<\/p>\n

She invited “the Holy Father to open a multi-language blog to shepherd today’s world: [a] daily scriptural verse with [a] simple reflection, brief text and plentiful images.”<\/p>\n

Lam also suggested other means for spreading knowledge of the Bible.<\/p>\n

Above all, she recommended simple methods of meditation in a complex world. As examples, she suggested reciting verses of the Bible and lectio divina.<\/p>\n

“Reading the Bible is like eating,” Lam said, “a homemade soup prepared with love and time is delicious, while fast food is tasteless.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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