Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Isaiah 66:10-14c The prophets of Israel were not merely men who predicted future events. They were the religious leaders and teachers of the Israelites. They themselves regarded their mission in this light. They wished, above all, to be “men of God,” and to bring God to their people and their people to […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21 The first book of Kings covers the reign of King Solomon, who built the first Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, through the division of the kingdom and the reigns of Jehoshaphat of Judah and Ahaziah of Israel (971 B.C. through 853 B.C.). The first book of Kings […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Zechariah 12:10-11 The Book of Zechariah (Zechariah means “Yahweh remembers”) comes chronologically after that of Haggai. The prophet Zechariah belonged to a priestly family which had returned from the Babylonian exile. Like Haggai, he was called by God in 520 B.C. He probably lived until very near the time the new Temple […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13 The books of Samuel have varied in name and shape throughout their existence. Originally, they formed one book, as attested to by Jerome and Eusebius. The partition into two books seems to have first been made in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament done around […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – 1 Kings 17:17-24 We are all familiar with the story of the 32-year drought which God brought upon the land during the reign of King Ahab; a drought which was predicted (prophesied) by Elijah. And how, during the drought, Elijah went to Zarephtah where he encountered the widow and her son, the […]