Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – 2 Kings 4:42-44 1st and 2nd Kings are really one book which traces the religious heritage of the chosen people from the death of David (the second king, the first having been Saul) in about 970 B.C., through the division of the kingdom into the northern and southern kingdoms, to the downfall […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12 The books of Kings are the fourth part of what tradition calls the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, 1st & 2nd Samuel, 1st & 2nd Kings). The division between the books of Samuel and the books of Kings is arbitrary and varies in ancient manuscripts. The division;between 1st and […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Genesis 18:20-32 Unusual though the circumstance is, this week’s Old Testament reading continues the Old Testament reading we heard last week. As you will recall, last week we heard of Abraham’s encounter with the three visitors and the promise of a son (Genesis 18:1-10). Today we hear of Abraham’s bargaining with God […]