Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 3rd Sunday of Lent Cycle A
1st Reading – Exodus 17:3-7 The Book of Exodus (Greek for “going out”) relates the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt; the birth and education of Moses and his flight into the land of Midian; the appearance of God to Moses at Mount Sinai (Horeb); revelation of the sacred name of Yahweh (I AM), and […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 2nd Sunday of Lent Cycle A
1st Reading – Genesis 12:1-4a With the appearance of Abram (later to be renamed Abraham), the story of Genesis takes on a completely new form. From the viewpoint of salvation history a new period begins, marked by a divine intervention destined to reshape history’s course. An obscure Semite is called by God, and, through his […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 1st Sunday of Lent Cycle A
1st Reading – Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 The Book of Genesis (Greek for “origin”) records the creation of the world and our first parents, and the origin of sin; the history of mankind from the time of Noah; the Flood; the tower of Babel; the confusion of languages, and the division of the human race. The […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – Deuteronomy 11:18, 26-28, 32 The book of Deuteronomy is a book which, according to Hebrew tradition, was written by Moses for the laity; the book of Leviticus having been written for the Levites; the priests. The central focus of Deuteronomy is an understanding of the Law in terms of the Covenant which […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A
1st Reading – Isaiah 49:14-15 The second suffering servant song of Isaiah (Isaiah 49:1-7) almost immediately precedes our first reading today. This song provides the setting for our reading: “1 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. 2 He […]