Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading -1 Kings19:4-8 Two weeks ago (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B) we explored a little of the background of 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings and the fact that they cover the period of time in Hebrew history from the death of the first king (Saul) to the Babylonian […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a The nineteenth chapter of 1st Kings is the Elijah story which has close parallels with the story of Moses on the same mountain (Sinai/Horeb). Both journey to the mountain to meet God; Moses while fleeing from the Egyptians, and Elijah while fleeing from Jezebel. Both even receive miraculous rations in route […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Wisdom 18:6-9 The Book of Wisdom, also known as the Wisdom of Solomon, is listed in the Muratorian Fragment [the oldest (second century) listing of writings approved as Scripture for use in the Church of Rome] as a New Testament book. The book is not in the Hebrew canon and it is […]