Phone apps for Bible reading and memorization are helpful tools. Catholic Christians are Bible Christians, too, don’t you know.
1. I have been using the Bible Memory app. My personal list includes Peace, Prayers of the Apostles, The 10 Commandments, The Armor of God, The Beatitudes, The Lord’s Prayer, The Love Chapter, Top 100 Verses, Uncategorized.
It’s easy to use. You can memorize from any Bible translation you wish. Catholics and Protestants should find this app to be mostly neutral. Its focus is memorization.
2. The Amen app is put out by the Augustine Institute.
It’s free. I especially like the fact that the ESV is the Bible version that they use. Augustine Institute also also publishes a Bible in a Year that uses the English Standard Version Catholic Edition.
Right now I listen to their recorded daily Mass readings and their Daily Reflections.
Bible thumpers turned Catholic - or not - should love this app. It’s mildly Protestant friendly.
3. The Hallow app from Ascension is similar to the Amen app, but a little more contemplative, a little more Charismatic. There are some well known names doing readings for them.
This app uses the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Catholic Edition.
Ascension publishes the Great Adventure Catholic Bible. Most Bible thumpers familiar with dispensationalism will appreciate the format. It’s not exactly dispensational, but it uses a Bible timeline similar to that school of thought.
Jeff Cavins is the main influencer.
This app is quite Protestant friendly.
4. I also use the You Version Bible app. It’s okay, but not very Catholic friendly.
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So, that’s where I’m at as far as Bible apps are concerned. Last year I went through the whole Bible with Father Mike and Jeff Cavins on the Hallow app.
This year I started with the Bible in a Year on the Amen app. I made it through January. Now I just do the Daily Mass Readings and little devotional that goes along with it.
I got the Bible in a Year published by the Augustine Institute. The little devotional summaries that accompany each day’s readings are quite fantastic. Maybe I’ll do February in May.
After going through the whole Bible with Fr. Mike it dawned on me. Protestants who ignore the Deuterocanonical books are missing out! Reading them won’t hurt anyone. No one says that they are of the devil - at least I don’t think so. There is probably someone who says that now that I think of it.
I like the fact that many Catholics are seeing the need to read through the whole Bible systematically. I feel like that’s kind of a new thing.
