Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Isaiah 50:4c-9a Again this week we hear our first reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah; this time from chapter 50 which is in what has been called by some scripture scholars Second or Deutero-Isaiah. The division of Isaiah into two (or three) separate groupings [chapters 1 through 39, and chapters […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
First Reading Isaiah, his name means “Yahweh is salvation,” is one of the most outstanding and most important of the prophets. He was born around 760 B.C. and lived in Jerusalem. There is a good basis for thinking that he belonged to a distinguished priestly and perhaps noble family, judging from his education and culture […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 On the plains of Moab, God charges Moses, now close to death, once more to proclaim the Law which he received through the revelation on Mount Sinai. This proclamation is contained in the fifth and last book of the Pentateuch, is called in Hebrew had-debharim (the words) and in […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b Joshua is the sixth book of the Old Testament and is named after the one to whom Jewish tradition attributes authorship. However, as we presently have it, it cannot be entirely his work as some passages point to events which occurred at a later date. Joshua (Greek: Jesus, […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Gospel Last week we got to the point in our looking at John’s description of Jesus’ bread of life discourse where the Eucharistic theme had been reached “the bread I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world” – the mystery has been revealed. This is the point at which we start […]