{"id":70953,"date":"2026-06-22T12:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=70953"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:14:36","slug":"more-from-fr-beninis-latest-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/more-from-fr-beninis-latest-book\/","title":{"rendered":"More from Fr Benini\u2019s Latest Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Fr. Marco Benini, June 22, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In this weekly series, Fr. Benini invites the reader to join him in a prayerful exploration of Eucharistic celebration as a daily encounter with Christ.\u00a0 Used with permission of Paulist Press,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulistpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.paulistpress.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>LIVING WORD OF GOD<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf only God would speak today!\u201d someone once said to me during a spiritual conversation. Many of us are probably familiar with this wish. Every liturgy reminds us that God speaks to us. The introduction \u201cA reading from\u2026\u201d indicates the book or the human author, while the conclusion states that what we have heard is the \u201cThe word of the Lord.\u201d This word is not a dead letter. It is alive! The letter to the Hebrews says: \u201cIndeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword\u2026and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart\u201d (4:12). God\u2019s word wants to encourage, comfort, rebuke, stimulate, and motivate us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We hear the living word of God, addressed to us today\u2014not as an old text. At least that is what our lips profess during the subsequent \u201cThanks be to God.\u201d We recognize that what we have heard comes from God and we consider it so relevant to us that we give him thanks. The rite is meant to make us prick up our ears. The Second Vatican Council emphasizes that God \u201cmeets His children with great love and speaks with them\u201d (Constitution on Divine Revelation&nbsp;<em>Dei Verbum&nbsp;<\/em>21), indeed begins a dialogue: \u201cFor in the liturgy God speaks to His people and Christ is still proclaiming His gospel. And the people reply to God both by song and prayer\u201d (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy&nbsp;<em>Sacrosanctum Concilium&nbsp;<\/em>33). Liturgy unfolds a dynamic of dialogue: listening\u2014receiving\u2014responding.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This dynamic underlies the structure of the Liturgy of the Word in the Mass: God speaks in the first reading; we respond with the psalm. God speaks in the second reading; we greet Christ in the acclamation before the Gospel. Christ speaks to us in the Gospel. And the Creed expresses our faithful response, which continues in the intercessions. Each time, the liturgy invites us into this \u201cping-pong game,\u201d into the dynamic interplay of divine word and human response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From: Marco Benini, Were Not Our Hearts Burning? 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