Engaging with Scripture is an encounter on multiple levels. It is an encounter with God, an encounter with the generations gone by whose voices have interpreted these texts over and over again, an encounter with the community who form an integral part of these Scriptures, and an encounter with the deepest parts of ourselves as we connect something living within us to what is living within these sacred stories. As Jesus Christ is the Word Incarnate, it is also an encounter with the Living Word in the most profound sense.

Bible Society Ireland believes that everyone should have easy access to the Holy Scriptures in their own heart language. This made possible by working together within the worldwide fellowship of the United Bible Societies (UBS). This heritage of translation, bible dissemination and its vision to make Scripture accessible and available to all is one which is surely relevant across the divides of time, politics, economics and culture.