Liturgical Bible Study Guide: Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord Cycle B
Introduction The revelation we celebrate on this day is that the direct experience of God revealed to men and women in Jesus of Nazareth continues to be experienced when the Body of Christ, the Church, gathers in witness, love and mission. Jesus brought power and hope to people. As He talked, healed, and loved them, they felt […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 6th Sunday of Easter Cycle B
L1st Reading – Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Our first reading today takes place several years after Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection – after Saul’s conversion (last week’s reading). The conversion of the pagan Cornelius is one of the high points of the Acts of the Apostles. Cornelius was the centurion in command of the Italian cohort stationed […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 5th Sunday of Easter Cycle B
1st Reading – Acts 9:26-31 Our first reading today has Saul (Paul) as the hero. The time is about A.D. 36-39. He has been struck down on the road to Damascus and blinded, led into Damascus and for three days was without sight, food and drink. Healed by Ananias and baptized (the only baptism of any apostle […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 4th Sunday of Easter Cycle B
1st Reading – Acts 4:8-12 As Peter and John spoke to the people at Solomon’s Portico (last week’s reading) the priests, the captain of the Temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them. The teaching of Peter and John upset them because the apostles were teaching that in Jesus there was resurrection of the dead – […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 3rd Sunday of Easter Cycle B
1st Reading – Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 Peter and John have gone to the Temple to pray. They encounter a man crippled from birth who begs daily at the Temple gate called “beautiful.” Instead of giving the man money, Peter heals him. Upon seeing the healed man, whom the crowds recognize, a crowd gathers around them at Solomon’s […]