Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Numbers 11:25-29 The book of Numbers is a narrative account running from the 2nd year after the Israelites left Egypt up to almost the end of Moses’ life: a total of about 39 years’ wandering in the wilderness. It takes its name in the Hebrew Bible from bammidbar (which means “in the wilderness”). The […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – Isaiah 5:1-7 Our reading for today has been titled “Song of the Lord’s Vineyard.” It is believed to have been composed during the early years of Isaiah’s ministry. This poem takes the form of a popular ballad that one might sing at a vintage festival. It is possible that Isaiah himself sang the song on […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – Ezekiel 18:25-28 The name “Ezekiel” means “may El (God) strengthen.” He grew up in a priestly family, in Jerusalem. He was familiar with the Temple, and must have known Jeremiah. During the second deportation to Babylon in 597 B.C., he was taken with others to Tel-Abib (near Nippur). He was married and had […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Again this week we hear from the first of the written prophets – his work having been recorded in the early to mid eighth century B.C. By trade, Amos was a herdsman and dresser of figs (whose job it was to puncture the immature fruit to make it turn […]