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Ever since I became a Catholic, I’ve used the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE). I have other translations, but I’ve always returned to the RSV-2CE; it’s familiar, comforting, and reminiscient of the old NKJV study bible I used throughout my childhood. When I finally read the bible cover-to-cover, I used the RSV-2CE. In December my beloved Ignatius Bible gave up the ghost, so I bought a large print New American Bible (NABRE). I’m attending a parish that uses the NABRE for bible study, and honestly, I never gave the NABRE a fair shake when I chose my first bible after coming into the Church. It’s about time I gave the United States’ “official” translation a test drive. Continue reading