"The Bible is not so much theoretical knowledge, but daily nourishment for life in this world". It was said by the Pope, who focussed his catechesis for today’s audience like that of last Wednesday on the figure of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, "a passionate reader of the Bible, that he did not approach with a purely speculative intention", he highlighted to the about 15 thousand devotees gathered in a sunny Saint Peter’s Square. Mentioning his sermons, Benedict XVI pointed out that for Saint Gregory "approaching the Scriptures just to fulfil one’s longing for knowledge means giving in to the temptation of pride and thus expose oneself to the risk of slipping into heresy". On the contrary, "intellectual humbleness is the primary rule for those who try to penetrate supernatural reality, starting from the sacred books". Humbleness, specified Benedict XVI, "does by no means rule out serious study; but to make it spiritually fruitful, it remains essential", because "only through intellectual humbleness one really listens to, perceives God’s voice". One’s relation with the Bible, according to the Holy Father, must however be aimed "not so much at understanding, as to action". "A preacher must dip his quill in the blood of his heart Saint Gregory used to say , so he can reach out to his neighbour’s ear as well".
