Make This the Year You Read the Bible

Have you always wanted to read the Bible but couldn’t get started? Meg Hunter Kilmer, author of Pray for Us, tells Sarah how she started reading the Bible as a teenager and why she reads the entire Bible every year, no matter what! She also gives advice on how to start and shares her all-time favorite verse. 

 Meg Hunter-Kilmer is a Catholic speaker and author of Pray for Us. You can find her Bible-in-a-year reading plan, developed specifically to help people read through the Bible, in the Living the Word Catholic Women’s Bible. She also contributed the Introduction to Matthew’s gospel and a number of reflections and practical essays. Learn more about Meg or connect with her at piercedhands.com, Hobo for Christ Podcast or on Instagram at mhunterkilmer.

Take Meg’s Favorite Scripture to Your Next Holy Hour

Pray: Come, Holy Spirit, open my heart and mind to hear your word today. 

Read the Word: Hebrews 12:1–3 

(Read it in your own Bible to get the context, and so you can make notes.)

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.”

Ponder the Word: Read the passage several times, lingering where it touches your heart. What catches your attention? What do you hear the Lord saying to you?

Pray with the Word: Bring to the Lord what you have heard and talk to him about it. Ask for his grace. Thank him for his loving care.

Live the Word: How does what you read touch your life? What can you do this week to put it into practice?