Liturgy and Sacred Scripture
The role of Scripture in the sacred liturgy: its distribution in the Mass, the Canonical Hours, table readings, and the liturgical pairing of Old Testament readings with Gospels. The Church distributes portions of the Bible in the daily office so the whole is completed each year.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study
— The Church distributes portions of the Bible in the daily office of Mass and Canonical Hours so the whole is completed each year; at meals a chapter from the Bible is read aloud.
"the Church, to assist our memory in this, has distributed the portions of the Bible in our daily office, both of the Sacrifice of the Mass and of the Canonical Hours, so that we complete the whole each year"
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IV. The Old Testament Surpasses the New in Allegorical Richness
— In the Sacred Liturgy the Church selects Old Testament readings and during Lent pairs an Old Testament epistle fittingly with the Gospel, as shadow responds to body.
"the Church in the Sacred Liturgy everywhere selects readings from the Old Testament, and during the sacred season of fasting always pairs an Epistle from the Old Testament fittingly with the Gospel, as shadow responding to body"