Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
Gospel – Luke 6:17, 20-26 Last week we heard Simon’s call to be a follower of Jesus; with all the implications of being a follower which, in Luke’s gospel is absolute renouncement. Simon, James and John left everything on the seashore to follow Jesus. After recruiting Simon, James and John, Jesus continued His ministry in […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
Gospel – Luke 5:1-11 After reading from the scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue in Nazareth (the Gospel reading for the past two weeks), Jesus went to Capernaum where he taught in the synagogue on the Sabbath and cast out a demon, then He went to Simon’s house and healed his mother-in-law, healed many, casting […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
Gospel – Luke 4:21-30 Of all the books in the Bible, 73 in all, only 2 were not written by Jews: Luke and Acts. Both of these were written by Luke, a Syrian convert and disciple of Paul. Last week’s Gospel reading was from the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry when He went to His […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 3rd Sunday in ordinary Time Cycle C
Gospel – Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21 Luke was a Syrian from Antioch. He was a physician by profession, a man of culture with perfect Greek. He was not an Apostle but was an early Gentile convert (about A.D. 40) and a disciple of Paul. He accompanied St. Paul on his second journey (A.D. 49-53) from Troas […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C
Gospel – John 2:1-11 Our reading for today is the familiar wedding feast at Cana. It takes place on the third day from John 1:43. To understand the imagery involved, we must go back to John 1:1: “In the beginning…” This is Genesis imagery. John 1:29: “the next day”; John 1:35: “the next day”; John […]