text: Jesus did, and He told us about it, because He tells us the truth and wants the absolute best for us.  
  
  I think every Catholic should read Scripture, all of it, not just the easy on the mind and body points.  NT should be read each year.  Clearly the human memory of some people is selective.
  
  And I think every Catholic should read the Screwtape Letters yearly, which reveals so much about our fallen human nature through simple mental exercises and rational inquiry.
  
  Here's one example, for others curious about it: 
  
  "...The great thing is to direct the malice to his immediate neighbours whom he meets every day and to thrust his benevolence out to the remote circumference, to people he does not know. The malice thus becomes wholly real and the benevolence largely imaginary...."