Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Sirach 27:4-7 In the Greek version of the Bible, the first title of this book was “The Wisdom of Ben Sirach,” but from the time of Saint Cyprian, early in the third century, the Latin title Ecclesiasticus, meaning “church book”, was used. It received this title from the fact that, after the […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – Isaiah 49:14-15 The second suffering servant song of Isaiah (Isaiah 49:1-7) almost immediately precedes our first reading today. This song provides the setting for our reading: “1 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. 2 He […]