5 Reasons Catholics Are Finally Understanding The Bible They've Owned For Years

Here are the five reasons lifelong Catholics are finally reading Scripture with the context nobody ever gave them — all 73 books, one page at a time.

1. It Gives You The Context Nobody Ever Taught You

1. It Gives You The Context Nobody Ever Taught You

Most people don't get lost in the Bible because they aren't smart enough. They get lost because they're reading documents written thousands of years ago, in cultures that no longer exist, for readers who already knew things we were never told.

Most of us learned the Mass, the Rosary, and the sacraments. Nobody sat us down and explained what each book of the Bible actually is, or who wrote it, or what was happening when it was written.

This fills in that gap. So instead of reading a page and hoping it lands, you know what you're looking at before you start.

2. One Page Per Book. About Four Minutes.

2. One Page Per Book. About Four Minutes.

No commentaries to wade through. No footnotes in print you can't read. No theology degree required.

Each of the 73 books gets its own page with exactly what you need: who wrote it, when it was written, why it was written, what was happening at the time, the key themes, and what the Church has always understood it to teach.

You read the page first. Then you open your own Bible and read the book itself, with all of it still fresh. That's the whole method.

3. All 73 Books — Including The Seven Most Guides Leave Out

3. All 73 Books — Including The Seven Most Guides Leave Out

Tobit. Judith. Wisdom. Sirach. Baruch. First and Second Maccabees. They belong to the Catholic Bible and always have, and they're the books most people have heard read at Mass without ever being told what they are.

Nearly every Bible guide on the market covers 66 books. This one covers all 73, in order, each with its own page.

4. It Explains The Wall At Leviticus

4. It Explains The Wall At Leviticus

Almost everyone who starts at Genesis stops in the same place. Genesis is a story. Exodus is a story. Then Leviticus arrives and the story simply stops — burnt offerings, purity laws, regulations for mildew on the walls of a house.

That's because Leviticus isn't a story. It's a priestly handbook, written for a specific purpose, bound into the same cover with no warning that the kind of writing just changed underneath you.

Once you know that before you start reading, it stops being a wall. Same for Numbers, Deuteronomy, and every other book that ever made you feel like you'd lost the thread.

5. You'll Know What You're Hearing At Mass

5. You'll Know What You're Hearing At Mass

The lector says "a reading from the Book of Baruch," and for once it isn't a blank. Exile. Sixth century. A letter written home to people who could not go back.

Sunday afternoon, you can look up whichever book that morning's reading came from and see what it tells you that you didn't know an hour earlier.

After enough years of hearing Scripture read aloud without quite knowing what it was, that's the part people say they notice first.

The Catholic Bible Companion

Save 33% — Plus 3 Free Gifts

Finally read the Bible with the context you were never given.

  • Four minutes a book
  • All 73 books, one page each
  • Bookmark and rosary in the box
  • Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, 1 & 2 Maccabees
  • 60 days. If it doesn't help, keep it and we refund you
GET YOUR COPY →
$59.99 $39.99

Buying for family? Multi-copy sets available on the next page.

THE 60-DAY SOMERWELL GUARANTEE

Take a full 60 days with it. Read it at the kitchen table, bring it to Mass, mark it up, hand it to your grandchildren. If it does not make Scripture clearer than it was before, email us and we refund the price of the book. You do not mail anything back. You keep the copy and everything you have already learned from it. A real person reads every message and answers within one business day.

What Readers Are Saying

★★★★★

"I have had a Bible on my nightstand for forty years and never understood half of it. This changed that in a week."

Rosemary A. — verified customer

★★★★★

"I went to Catholic school for twelve years and I could not have told you what the Book of Sirach was. We learned the Mass and the Rosary and the sacraments, and nobody handed us the Bible. I sat down with this on a Tuesday and read four pages and I understood more than I had in decades."

Maureen K., 68 — verified customer

★★★★★

"My grandson asked me a question about Maccabees at Easter and for once I had an answer."

Dolores V. — verified customer

Got Questions?

Is this actually Catholic, or is it a Protestant book with a crucifix on it?
It is Catholic. All 73 books of the Catholic canon are covered, in order, including the seven deuterocanonical books that Protestant Bibles leave out. Each page reflects what the Church has always understood that book to teach.
Does this replace my Bible?
No. It's a companion to the Bible you already own. Each page gives you the background for one book, then you open your own Bible and read that book. You don't need to buy a new Bible, and nothing about your current one needs replacing.
Do I need to know anything about the Bible already?
Nothing at all. It assumes you're starting from zero, which is where most people are and where almost nobody admits to being. There's no test, no group, no schedule, and no page you can fall behind on.
Is the print large enough to read comfortably?
Yes. It's set in clean, generously sized type on full-size pages — not the microscopic footnote print used in heavy study Bibles. Each book gets a full page laid out to be read easily.
What if it doesn't help me?
Take 60 days with it. If it doesn't make Scripture clearer than it was before, email us and we refund the price of the book. You don't mail anything back and you keep the copy.
GET YOUR COPY — SAVE 33% + 3 FREE GIFTS
  • 60-Day Guarantee
  • All 73 Books
  • Tracked U.S. Shipping