Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 On the plains of Moab, God charges Moses, now close to death, once more to proclaim the Law which he received through the revelation on Mount Sinai. This proclamation is contained in the fifth and last book of the Pentateuch, is called in Hebrew had-debharim (the words) and in […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b Joshua is the sixth book of the Old Testament and is named after the one to whom Jewish tradition attributes authorship. However, as we presently have it, it cannot be entirely his work as some passages point to events which occurred at a later date. Joshua (Greek: Jesus, […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Gospel Last week we got to the point in our looking at John’s description of Jesus’ bread of life discourse where the Eucharistic theme had been reached “the bread I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world” – the mystery has been revealed. This is the point at which we start […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading -1 Kings19:4-8 Two weeks ago (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B) we explored a little of the background of 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings and the fact that they cover the period of time in Hebrew history from the death of the first king (Saul) to the Babylonian […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Exodus 16:2-4,12-15 This reading takes us back in time to the period of the Exodus after the Israelites had left Egypt and before they arrived at Mount Sinai. The events recounted here take place in the Wilderness of Sin, an area just to the northwest of Mount Sinai. During their journey, God […]