Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – Exodus 19:2-6a Three months after starting their exodus experience the Israelites came to MountSinai. The first month is Nissan, the time of Passover and Unleavened Bread; that is when the exodus began. The second month is the entry into the Wilderness of Sin, where the manna was given (Exodus 16:1); it was […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 4th Sunday of Easter Cycle C
1st Reading – Acts 13:14, 43-52 The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles form a single historical and literaryunit. The gospel starts with the birth of Jesus and traces the salvation history of Israel,displaying the promises which had been made to her and ending with the fulfillment ofthose covenant promises in the […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: Solemnity of Christ the King Cycle B
Introduction Instituted by Pius XI in 1926, this feast was celebrated on the last Sunday of October to foster the awareness of Christ’s dominion over all people and to establish peace among nations. After Vatican Council II the feast was transferred to the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, the Sunday before Advent, on which the human race […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Gospel Today we also finish our study through the Gospel of Mark. The time is just before Holy Thursday and the Last Supper. This reading is an apocalyptic description and needs to be heard in conjunction with Mark 13:3-8 where Jesus is talking of the destruction of the temple (which occurred in A.D. 70). First […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Gospel Last week’s reading, as you will recall, took place in Jerusalem after Jesus’ triumphal entry and before the beginning of His passion. At that time He told them when asked what was the greatest of the commandments “The first is, ‘Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall […]