Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 The title of 1 and 2 Maccabees is taken from the surname of Judas Maccabeus (1 Maccabees 2:4), the hero of the war of Jewish independence against Syria. The two books have separate authors. The first book is thought to have originally been written in Hebrew, although only […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Wisdom 11:22-12:1 The Book of Wisdom, or Wisdom of Solomon as it is called in some translations of the Bible, is believed to have been written in Greek, in Alexandria, around 50 B.C.. Although the book itself claims that it was written by Solomon, it was in fact written some 870 years […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 Jesus Ben Sirach, the wise and perceptive scribe of Jerusalem, writes movingly of the chief loves of his life: the Law and the Temple liturgy. He also shows a touching devotion to the great figures of Israel’s past. He gives us a pithy collection of reflections, mostly on worldly […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Exodus 17:8-13 The Book of Exodus (the word “exodus” means “departure”) is the second book in the five books of the Law (the Torah). This book tells of the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt, the birth and education of Moses and his flight into the land of Midian, his encounter with […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – 2 Kings 5:14-17 The books of Kings chronicle the period of time between roughly 970 B.C. through 587 B.C.; the reign of Solomon, through the division of the kingdom into Judah and Israel, and then the Babylonian occupation and the destruction of the temple and the exile of the people of God. […]