Liturgical Bible Study Guide: Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Cycle B
Introduction It would seem that on this particular Sunday the Church would tell us all about the inner workings of the Blessed Trinity. Today would be the prime time for answering such questions as: How can one God be three Persons, and three Persons be one God? Why three Persons instead of three forces, or three ideas, […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: Pentecost Sunday Cycle B
Introduction Pentecost is an Israelite-Jewish festival. In Exodus 23:14-17 it is called simply the harvest festival, the feast of first-fruits of the grain harvest. In Exodus 34:22 it is called the feast of weeks, the first-fruits of the grain harvest. In Leviticus 23:15-21 the feast is reckoned by counting seven weeks from the beginning of […]
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 […]