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Edited by Douglas Wingeier, this is a Lectionary-based Adult Bible study complete with weekly session plans that can be used by a Sunday morning class on either the preceding Sunday or on the Sunday when the sections are read. This resource may also be used by a worship planning group to review the actual scriptural content of the lections in planning the liturgical elements of the service. Study groups at times other than Sunday morning will find it useful in preparation for Sunday worship. Also available: Year A #0687098270, Year B #0687052343 Contributors: David A. deSilva, Mary Jo Osterman, Denise Nutt-Beers, Sondra B. Willobee
Bible study groups sometimes find themselves stalled in a process of sharing personal impressions while looking for more depth. Others read commentaries, but long to engage the biblical text itself. Where does one begin? A Bible Study Program Using the Sunday Lectionary offers a toolkit of approaches for reading the biblical text that a variety of reading groups have already found helpful. Unlike some study methods that emphasize the individual reader, this program keeps the community of worshippers in mind, including the historical faith community that produced the writings and the community of worshippers now reading it. The Catholic Study Bible serves as a reference for the historical community, while the schedule of Sunday Scripture readings evokes the present-day community of readers--with the bonus of enhancing readers' Sunday worship experience.
Working from his base in Edmonton, Alberta, Father Spicer has established a kind of cottage industry producing helpful and easily accessible booklets and pamphlets aimed to take readers deeper into scripture. Now, for the first time, Novalis has assembled the best of the best of these reflections and organized them according to the three-year cycle of Sunday readings. Preparing for Sunday is a hands-on, accessible resource for people who wish to explore more deeply the readings for the coming Sunday. Each Sunday lists the readings of the day, offers a brief reflection on the readings and how they relate to our lives today, and ends with four questions. The readings for each Sunday are from the Sunday Lectionary. The Sunday readings are in a three-year cycle (Year A, B and C). Each year of the cycle begins with the first Sunday of Advent and ends with the feast of Christ the King. You will find the readings in a missal or missalette. Welcome to Preparing for Sunday. May the time you spend reflecting on the Word of God bear much fruit!
This invaluable resource offers older children ways to fully enter the gospel stories and their teachings. It follows the gospels for every Sunday of the three-year Lectionary. Each easy-to-duplicate activity sheet reinforces the Sunday gospel message with age-appropriate questions and activities.
The Last The Three-Volume Series of brief reflections on the Sunday readings for individuals and groups. Fr. Spicer has established himself as a creator of accessible books and pamphlets aimed at helping people delva more deeply into the scriptures. Novalis has assembled the best of Fr. Spicer's reflections and organized them according to the three-year lectionary of Sunday readings. "Preparing for Sunday is an accessible, hands-on resource. Each section lists the Sunday readings, offers a brief reflection on how they relate to our everyday lives, and ends with four questions for reflection or discussion.
Leading Catholic biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough provides a pithy and readable commentary covering all the Sunday readings for years A, B and C. Wansbrough provides incisive commentary informed by his many years of teaching and praying scripture as a scholar and Benedictine monk of Ampleforth Abbey, and member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. For each Sunday a short commentary on the three readings is given, together with questions and suggestions for personal reflection, and a section for families looking at the readings together. A section covering major feasts, especially those which at times take the place of the Sunday is presented at the back of the book.
"All too often the first readings are either totally neglected in reflecting and preaching on the Sunday readings, or they are looked on exclusively as illustrating the gospel. There's nothing wrong with looking at them that way, but each of these first readings does have a meaning and a context of its own, and being aware of that will provide further enrichment." —from the Introduction The first readings from the lectionary we hear at Mass on Sundays and holy days are often overlooked by homilists. Coming largely from the Old Testament, these passages require a thorough understanding of the history and culture that produced them, as well as an insight into their relation to the Gospel readings and their relevance to modern Christians. In these short commentaries, Archbishop Pilarczyk focuses on the first readings of all three liturgical years (A,B,C) in order to clarify their relationship with other Mass readings and communicate their significance. Each reflection puts the reading in context, discusses its content and application and ends with questions for discussion or reflection. An ideal resource for Scripture study groups and prayer groups, or for individual preparation for Mass.