CATHOLICS may now revolutionize their personal time with God through Ignite Bible Project Hope Journal as practical daily guide. Ignite was created by Jacqueline Marzan-Tolentino, the coordinator at Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Parish (NSPS) Sampaloc, Manila, Biblical Apostolate head and Bible Project Journal creator.
“The Bible is a story of salvation from Genesis to Jesus, and Ignite allows a person to reflect his life story with different stories of faith from the Old to New Testament,” Tolentino said during the recent book launch in Makati City. Incorporating daily Bible reading plans, a bible reflection system, prayer guide and a range of other Christian disciplines, Ignite is tapping into a growing interest in disciplined devotional time of Catholics.
“It offers readers a new way of encountering the Word of God—our true source of hope and inspiration, in a fun and personally engaging way,” Archdiocese of Manila Biblical Apostolate Director Rev. Fr. Antonio Navarrete Jr. said.
Navarrete said using a question-and-answer method, or “slogan-like statements” to describe a particular topic or Bible teaching, and a journal material where readers can easily jot down notes or reflections, truly aids the imagination of readers, helps them become comfortable with the Word of God again, or even, for the first time, making the Bible once again a handbook of hope and a guide for daily living.
Tolentino said she has seen the need for Catholics to have a personal revelation from God and not on borrowed revelation from other people.
In Ignite, they can find out directly what God is saying to them in all aspects of their lives—personal, career, financial, physical and spiritual, and help them have a new depth of Bible reading and prayer using the journal, she said.
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) President Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the journal would greatly help catechists and youth ministers, teachers and educators, priests and missionaries in their apostolic tasks, as the book is aimed at spreading love, the Word of God.
“This is a new evangelization, a fresh and refreshing proclamation of the Word of God. Use Ignite and discover the joy of the Word of God, and write the joy of the Bible in our lives,” Villegas said. The publication is one of the activities in the countdown to the 500 years of the Catholic faith in the Philippines in 2021, which will begin on December 8. Proceeds of the book will go to the rebuilding of NSPS church.
Church communities that will purchase the journal in bulk (50 copies) will get a free Bible teaching and free viewing of the Holy Land mobile exhibit.