Some teaching from John Paul II

“How do we prepare others to collaborate in the Church’s work of catechesis and evangelization? Certainly we must begin by inculcating a reverential love for the word of God: for the Incarnate Word, our Lord Jesus Christ, and for the inspired word contained in the Sacred Scriptures. We must foster a love which is firmly rooted in faith, which believes, with Saint Paul, that God’s word "is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified". Ministers of God’s word – priests, deacons, catechists and other lay people – should be immersed in the Scriptures through constant reading and diligent study, accompanied by prayer.”

(from the 4/7/1986 Address of John Paul II to the World Catholic Federation for the Biblical Apostolate)