On September 30, 2019, Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter that instituted the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time in the church liturgical calendar as Sunday of The Word Of God. Each year it’s to be “a Sunday given over entirely to the Word of God, so as to appreciate the inexhaustible riches contained in that constant dialogue between the Lord and his people.”
He declares it to be a day “devoted to the celebration, study, and dissemination of the Word of God” as well as a reminder to “strengthen our bonds with the Jewish people and to pray for Christian unity.” And that day is today!
