Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Genesis 18:1-10a The first book of the Bible derives its name from the Greek rendering of chapter 2, verse 4: “these are the generations (genesis) of the heavens and the earth.” Tradition has it that Moses is the author – that is, he wrote down the oral traditions which had been passed […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Deuteronomy 30:10-14 The title “Deuteronomy” comes from the Septuagint deuteronomion (meaning “second law”). Moses is addressing a new generation of Israelites, all those who would have been under the age of twenty when the exodus began almost 40 years earlier. These “new” Israelites are gathered in Moab to hear Moses restate the […]
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 […]