Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4a Very little is known about the prophet Habakkuk. Even the meaning of his name is uncertain. From his writings some have deduced that he was a member, possibly a leader, of the temple choir. One might date his writings between the defeat of Neco by Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish (605 […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Again this week we hear from the first of the written prophets – his work having been recorded in the early to mid eighth century B.C. By trade, Amos was a herdsman and dresser of figs (whose job it was to puncture the immature fruit to make it turn […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Amos 8:4-7 Amos was the earliest of the written prophets. He was born in Tekoa, near Bethlehem, probably around the beginning of the 8th century B.C. This was before the fall of the kingdom of Israel. While he was shepherding his flock he was called by God to prophesy in the northern […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 As we begin our Old Testament study for today, we find ourselves with Moses at Mount Sinai (Horeb). Upon their arrival at Mt. Sinai, God told Moses “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: You have seen what I did to […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
1st Reading – Wisdom 9:13-18b The Book of Wisdom is unique in the Bible as being the product of a Greek frame of mind, for the author is a Hellenized Jew, thoroughly familiar with Greek culture, writing probably at Alexandria in about 50 B.C. Against the background of Egyptian worship of animals and mockery of […]