Wisdom from Steve Ray

Only 1 out of 10 in the Roman Empire was literate. 9 out of 10 were illiterate and couldn’t read! To build the Church upon a book would’ve been a stupid idea if that was all that there was. We’re already now into the fourth and fifth century and nobody had this book to even read. Where did they hear it? In the Mass. Think about this: if you were in these first generations and you didn’t have this book, think about how you would listen to the readings at Mass differently than you do today! Those were words of gold for you because you couldn't read them for yourself. You would listen and you would memorize what you were hearing because you might never hear those words again in your life.

— STEVE RAY from Finding the Fullness of Faith