5th Sunday of Easter – Family Catechesis thru Liturgical Bible Study May 6
Gospel Background: Jesus is in the Upper Room with His disciples. He has just instituted the Eucharist and washed the feet of His disciples. He is now sharing his last thoughts with them (Farewell Discourse) before going to Gethsemane, where he will spend the night in prayer and where he will be arrested. Introduction: In […]
Family Catechesis using Liturgical Bible Study Fifth Sunday of Lent MARCH 25
We are just one week away from the b e g i n n i n g o f t h e Ho l y We e k a n d today’s Second Reading and Gospel passage already introduces us to the basic truth that our salvation is the fruit of the dramatic death of Jesus Christ. It […]
Liturgical Bible Study – Christmas Day 2011
Reading 1 Is 52:7-10 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings, announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, and saying to Zion, “Your God is King!” Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry, together they shout for joy, for they see directly, before their eyes, the LORD restoring Zion. […]
Liturgical Bible Study – 4th Sunday of Advent
Reading 1 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a tent!” Nathan answered […]
Daily Catholic Mass Readings for Tuesday 14 June 2011
2 Corinthians 8: 1 – 9 1 We want you to know, brethren, about the grace of God which has been shown in the churches of Macedo’nia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on their part. 3 For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will, 4 begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints — 5 and this, not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God