Episode 5 -- Imitation of Christ I.5 -- How to Approach the Scriptures to Find Christ

We read about Sacred Scripture. Thomas a Kempis has a high view of Scripture as one of the main means for encountering Christ. The Scriptures are made up of many thousands and thousands of words. But in all these words, God is speaking one Word to us, his Son. His Son is the fullness off Divine Revelation, the fullness of God's speaking to us about Himself and His plans. The Scriptures make present Christ himself so that we can enter more deeply into a relationship with Him. But there are many obstacles to the reading the Scriptures in the right light. We must read them with the same inspiration with which they were written. We must read them humbly with the help of the Holy Spirit. Let us hear what the Lord has to say to us!