Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Exodus 16:2-4,12-15 This reading takes us back in time to the period of the Exodus after the Israelites had left Egypt and before they arrived at Mount Sinai. The events recounted here take place in the Wilderness of Sin, an area just to the northwest of Mount Sinai. During their journey, God […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – 2 Kings 4:42-44 1st and 2nd Kings are really one book which traces the religious heritage of the chosen people from the death of David (the second king, the first having been Saul) in about 970 B.C., through the division of the kingdom into the northern and southern kingdoms, to the downfall […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Jeremiah 23:1-6 Jeremiah is classed as the second of the four major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, & Daniel). They are called “major” because of the length of the works attributed to them. Jeremiah is another of the reluctant prophets – he frequently protests, in his conversations with God, his dislike of proclaiming the […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
1st Reading – Amos 7:12-15 Amos is the oldest of the books of prophetic literature, dating around the time 760 to 750 B.C. He appears to have been a layman with no special training for the religious ministry. Amos wrote during the reign of Jeroboam II of the Northern Kingdom (Israel). It was a time […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Gospel This account takes place early in Jesus’ public ministry in Galilee. He is now in Nazareth, his home town. What we hear today is the story of Jesus’ rejection by His own people. Parallel gospel accounts are Matthew 13:53-58; John 4:44; 6:42; 7:13, 15. First Reading The Book of Ezekiel is one of four […]