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 […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – 2 Kings 4:42-44 1st and 2nd Kings are really one book which traces the religious heritage of the chosen people from the death of David (the second king, the first having been Saul) in about 970 B.C., through the division of the kingdom into the northern and southern kingdoms, to the downfall […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Jeremiah 23:1-6 Jeremiah is classed as the second of the four major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, & Daniel). They are called “major” because of the length of the works attributed to them. Jeremiah is another of the reluctant prophets – he frequently protests, in his conversations with God, his dislike of proclaiming the […]