Sunday of the Word of God

St Luke tells us that, just before his Ascension,
the Risen Lord appeared to the apostles,
and broke bread with them.
‘He then opened their minds to
understand the Scriptures’ (24:45).
This is how Pope Francis begins
his apostolic letter, Aperuit illis,
Issued 30 September 2019,
the feast of St Jerome,
instituting the Sunday of the Word of God.
‘The relationship between the Rised Lord,
the community of believers and sacred Scripture is essential
to our identity as Christians.
Without the Lord who opens our minds to them,
it is impossible to understand the Scriptures in depth.
Yet the contrary is equally true: without the Scriptures,
the events of the mission of Jesus and of his Church
in this world remain incomprehensible.
Hence, Saint Jerome could rightly claim.
“Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ”.