7th Sunday of Easter – Ascension of Our Lord – Family Catechesis thru Liturgical Bible Study May 20
Gospel Background: All three Synoptics (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) are one in stating that, after his resurrection, Jesus spent a number of days with his disciples before he ascended into heaven. St. Mark emphasizes: the difficulty the disciple experienced in believing in Jesus’ resurrection; the mandate he gave them to preach the Gospel to all; […]
Liturgical Bible Study – Gaudete Sunday
Reading 1 Is 61:1-2a, 10-11 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the LORD […]
Liturgical Bible Study – 2nd Sunday of Advent
Reading 1 Is 40:1-5, 9-11 Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins. A voice cries out: In the desert […]
Liturgical Bible Study – 1st Sunday of Advent
Reading 1 Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7 You, LORD, are our father, our redeemer you are named forever. Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways, and harden our hearts so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage. Oh, that you would rend […]
Liturgical Bible Study – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls. Her husband, entrusting his heart to her, has an unfailing prize. She brings him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. She obtains wool and flax and works with loving hands. She puts her […]