Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 1st Sunday of Lent Cycle A
1st Reading – Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 The Book of Genesis (Greek for “origin”) records the creation of the world and our first parents, and the origin of sin; the history of mankind from the time of Noah; the Flood; the tower of Babel; the confusion of languages, and the division of the human race. The […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – Deuteronomy 11:18, 26-28, 32 The book of Deuteronomy is a book which, according to Hebrew tradition, was written by Moses for the laity; the book of Leviticus having been written for the Levites; the priests. The central focus of Deuteronomy is an understanding of the Law in terms of the Covenant which […]
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 […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 The book of Leviticus focuses mainly on one of the tribes of Israel: Levi, and particularly on its priests and their duties in regard to divine worship. It is a book intended primarily for priests (Levites) while Deuteronomy is intended primarily for the laity. The Leviticus account begins with […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – Sirach 15:15-20 The author of Sirach was Jesus, the son of Eleazar, of the family of Sirach. He was by profession a teacher of Wisdom in Jerusalem. Sirach wrote during the early decades of the 2nd century before Christ, just prior to the Maccabean wars. During this critical period of Jewish history, […]