I recommend it as a positive tool one might utilize, beginning in this Week of Prayer for Christian and Interreligious Unity. Whatever such a regimen is called, it seems to me that it could go a long way, practiced continually, to form our hearts and to instill attitudes oriented toward the oneness which Jesus so earnestly prayed for. January eco-challenge ‘Faces of Kabul’ online exhibition.
The week runs from 18 to 25 January 2022, and there is material for each day. The idea was for the parish priest, and any parishioners who wished to join in, to commit to reading three or four chapters from the Old and NewTestaments, and three or four Psalms. The invitation was to “covenant” to this formally in writing. The idea wasn't to formally study Scripture, but simply to read the Bible in a continuous manner, to let it wash over one’s mind and heart, so that in the course of the year a substantial part of the Bible would be read, perhaps even several times. I wisely began doing it myself before ever introducing it to the congregation and to a few of my clergy colleagues, and found it truly helpful, despite requiring some intentional planning and honest perseverance. This year’s theme is ‘We saw his star in the East’. In our meeting Charles and Barbara introduced me to what they called a “Scripture Covenant”.