Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – 1 Kings 8:41-43 According to 2 Chronicles 3:1, Solomon built the Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah; the spot which had been selected by David, his father. The site had been the threshing-floor of Ornan (Araunah) the Jebusite. It is located to the north of Mount Zion, the eastern hill to which […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Sirach 27:4-7 In the Greek version of the Bible, the first title of this book was “The Wisdom of Ben Sirach,” but from the time of Saint Cyprian, early in the third century, the Latin title Ecclesiasticus, meaning “church book”, was used. It received this title from the fact that, after the […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
Gospel – Luke 6:27-38 Last week we began Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain and we heard the four blessings (beatitudes) and the four curses (woes). The final woe was “Woe to you when all speak well of you. Their fathers treated the false prophets in just this way.” We now hear Jesus tell us to […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: Solemnity of the Assumption
Introduction This holy day of obligation celebrates the dogma of faith that the Mother of God was taken up to heaven, soul and body, after her earthly life. This dogma is not documented in Holy Scripture and reliable historical reports at to the place (Ephesus, Jerusalem), the time, and the circumstances of Mary’s death are […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25 In this portion of Isaiah, the prophet writes of the exile which Israel and Judah will undergo (Israel in 722 B.C. and Judah in 605-586 B.C.) because they have been an unfaithful bride to God. All mankind will witness this exile because the kingdom of God is at […]