Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 3rd Sunday of Lent Cycle B

3rd Sunday of Lent

1st Reading – Exodus 20:1-17 Our first reading today is the giving of the ten commandments. The time is three months after the Israelites left on their exodus from Egypt. During this three months they have come to a place called Marah (the name means “bitter”) which had bitter water; the people grumbled against Moses, […]

Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 3rd Sunday of Lent Cycle A

3rd Sunday of Lent

1st Reading – Exodus 17:3-7 The Book of Exodus (Greek for “going out”) relates the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt; the birth and education of Moses and his flight into the land of Midian; the appearance of God to Moses at Mount Sinai (Horeb); revelation of the sacred name of Yahweh (I AM), and […]

Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 3rd Sunday of Lent Cycle C

3rd Sunday of Lent

1st Reading – Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15 The story of the salvation of God’s peoples continues during this Lenten season.  Today we hear of Moses’ encounter with God at the burning bush.   Moses (Hebrew: Moshe) was born into a Hebrew family who lived in Egypt. As the  story goes, the Egyptians had issued an order to […]