Liturgical Study Bible Guide: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 The book of Leviticus was written primarily for the priests of Israel, the Levites. It draws together various bodies of law and ritual, starting with the laws concerning the Levites themselves; and in fact this book becomes a manual for conducting the liturgy. Catholic exegetes admit the Mosaic authorship of this […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Job 7:1-4, 6-7 Job was a foreigner, not descended from Abraham. He was a wise and wealthy man from the Idumean city of Uz (located between Edom and northern Arabia); a region which was famed for its wise men (Jeremiah 49:7). Job believed in the true God, whom he adored and to whom he offered […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Deuteronomy is structured in the form of three discourses, the second of which contains the laws proper. The first discourse (1:1-4:43) is an introduction to the book. It stresses what the book, and the entire Bible, is all about. It tells us that God in His providence and mercy is constantly watching […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 The two books under Samuel’s name in the Greek version of the Old Testament, the Septuagint, correspond to one book in the Hebrew Bible where it is located among the “later prophets.” The Vulgate, following the Greek, puts 1st and 2nd Samuel and 1st and 2nd Kings under the same heading: […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
Introduction Epiphany means revelation or manifestation. Epiphany was originally an Eastern Church celebration. It was originally and primarily a celebration of baptism, the first Epiphany or manifestation. As the celebration moved westward, it took on the meaning of the revelation of Jesus to the Gentiles. The central point of this celebration is that God’s salvation is intended not only […]