love the size of the bible itself and the font! it's not too small and the margin space is just enough to keep this version truly compact. i've been taking it everywhere 🩷
Description
Catholic Compact Journaling Bible
The Word of God was never meant to stay on a shelf.
Our Catholic Compact Journaling Bible was created to make it easier to bring Scripture into your everyday life. Whether you're praying before the house wakes up, waiting in the school pickup line, sitting in a coffee shop, or ending the day with Jesus, this Bible is designed to go wherever you do.
Measuring 8" x 5.25" with an easy-to-read 8.5 pt. font, it's lightweight enough to carry with you while still offering dedicated journaling space beside the text. With approximately 1-inch margins, you'll have room to write prayers, reflections, favorite verses, or the ways the Lord is speaking to your heart.
Over time, these pages become more than notes—they become a testimony of God's faithfulness.
Why You'll Love This Catholic Journaling Bible
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Compact 8" x 5.25" size that's easy to carry every day
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Readable 8.5 pt. font
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Approximately 1-inch journaling margins throughout
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Lightweight design for prayer at home or on the go
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Beautiful space to record prayers, reflections, and insights from Scripture
Made for Prayer, Not Perfection
You don't need hours of free time or the perfect morning routine to spend time with Jesus.
Sometimes faithfulness looks like opening your Bible for a few quiet minutes before work, reading a Psalm while your kids play nearby, or writing a single sentence in the margin that you'll come back to years later.
This Catholic Compact Journaling Bible gives you the space to do just that—to meet the Lord in His Word, one page at a time.
A Bible You'll Return to Again and Again
Whether you're beginning a daily Scripture habit, praying through a Bible study, or looking for a meaningful Catholic gift, this compact journaling Bible is a beautiful companion for every season of life.
Our prayer is that as you fill these margins with your prayers and reflections, you'll discover that God has been writing His story of faithfulness in your life all along.
Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 16 reviews.
Such a perfect compact Bible! The design is absolutely beautiful and I love how the devotional pages are still included. The margin room is just enough to keep important notes without crowding the words like other compact bibles. Size shown next to the full size journaling Bible and a 4x5.5 notebook for reference :)
I love my compact bible! I have been wanting to get a compact bible for a while, but didn’t really see what I was looking for. This one is small enough to carry around everywhere, but big enough to write in with the space provided. Not to mention, the simple yet beautiful and durable cover. Very happy with my purchase
Beautiful lightweight bible, easy to hold and read. User friendly, I love it.
Nothing more to say other than I love this little Bible!! It’s exactly what I was looking for and is helping me greatly along my new Catholic journey. Easy to follow and I appreciate the reference notes/translations as well as the column for writing in. I also have been using the highlighters I got here as well. They don’t bleed a lot and the colors are vibrant. I put my hand as a size comparison if that helps lol but it’s perfect size for me to put in my bag and carry throughout my day. 10/10 !!
Adding notes, stickers, and ribbons (there are tutorials on the YouTube) to this Bible has been an enjoyable addition to my time in Scripture. The size, softcover, and the translation are *exactly* what I was looking for, but make sure the font size works for you- when I asked the ai assistant, it seems that it gave me the size of the font in the full-size journaling Bible. The font size in the mini edition is quite small, and I feel rather aged for being younger than 40 and struggling to read the print!! But the Bible itself is beautiful and otherwise it is exactly what I was looking for. Hopefully there will be an edition with the updated translation (and a larger font) coming out soon?? :)
I’ll start with what I like about this Bible. The size is perfect and it’s very lightweight. The cover is a gorgeous color and feels comfortable to hold. The font is a good size for a compact Bible, which is important to my blind self. That being said, the paper is so thin. The text of the next two pages shows through the one you're reading. The decorative verse pages are nice, but I’d prefer fewer of them (or none at all) if it meant better quality paper could be used. I don’t dare highlight or write in this Bible as it will certainly bleed through. Definitely a problem as it’s marketed as a journaling Bible. The artwork on the verse pages was an interesting choice. They don’t really jive with the warm color of the leather cover and ribbon. I also struggle to read some of the handwritten verses. Some of the words are illegible. There’s also only one ribbon, which is always a tragedy. All in all it’s cute. I don’t know that it’s a $55 dollar Bible. There are many higher quality Bibles in this same price point (the bonded leather Ignatius Bible for example). I’m going to give it a day or two to see if it grows on me.
I just got my new bible today, i am obsessed! I searched for SO LONG, YEARS to find a catholic bible that had a feminine design, im sooo glad i finally got to buy this bible. Its also easy to clean since its leather like! 🩷
Absolutely love this Bible!! The artwork and the pages are so beautiful! I definitely recommend buying this.
Love love loveeee this Bible! I used to use their previous standard size one they sold over 6 years ago roughly and I love this one! This one I feel very confident in buying, the quality is great and the size is perfect to travel with in a purse or bookbag! It also does not take up a lot of space on my nightstand! If you’re debating getting it, I totally recommend it.
Beautiful bible! This is my second one which is for my daughter. Very very happy with my purchase! It’s inviting!
Love love love it!
I loved the size, leather, and beautiful blue tabs that I could add to it. Beautifully made Bible. I know its meant to be compact but I would love a study bible in the future - or even just an edition with chapter descriptions. This is a beautiful small bible, perfect for adoration. It has beautiful quote pages for each book but thats the extent of the extra pages. Its great for lectio or adoration and I love it for that.
Really perfect size bible! Its so pretty and the leather is so soft. I love the margins on the side
This is a beautiful Bible. Very well put together. It is a great purchase. The reason for four stars is that one of the pages was crumbled and upon opening it the page is longer than the others. I can’t return it since i jave already highlighted and made notes. I would suggest having more than one ribbon in it. Over all Im pleased with my purchase.
Absolutely beautiful. I love the double column look much better than the single, so I’m very happy to have another release similar to the first bible collab done with Susanna April. I will say, there were some discrepancies with the binding where it was separating from the pages but nothing a little glue can’t fix.
