Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year A

Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year A

Author: Mary A. Ehle

Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications

Published: 2016-09-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1616713127

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Recently published as Foundations for Preaching and Teaching, this resource is a compilation of Scripture backgrounds for Year A. It provides commentary for every Sunday and Holyday, feast and solemnity that may supersede a Sunday.


Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year B

Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year B

Author: Compilation

Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications

Published: 2017-09-06

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1616713682

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This resource provides invaluable commentary on the Lectionary readings for Year B (including the Responsorial Psalm) for Sundays, Holy Days of Obligation, and feasts and solemnities that may occur on a Sunday. Written in a pastoral tone, it offers historical-critical background on each of the readings and underscores their relevance to life today. Thematically related quotations from major Church documents are included with each Scripture background to provide context and connections to Church teaching. Organized by the liturgical calendar, each season of readings begins with an overview of the season and a brief look at where the readings come from and any unifying messages or themes present throughout the selected readings. Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year B is written by a team of writers with a broad range of theological, pastoral, and catechetical experience. Their reflections offer homilists a solid foundation from which to begin the process of preparing to speak the Word of God to their assemblies.


Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year B

Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year B

Author: Mary A. Ehle

Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications

Published: 2018-03-25

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 1618332546

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This resource provides invaluable commentary on the Lectionary readings for Year B (including the Responsorial Psalm) for Sundays, Holy Days of Obligation, and feasts and solemnities that may occur on a Sunday. Written in a pastoral tone, it offers historical-critical background on each of the readings and underscores their relevance to life today. Thematically related quotations from major Church documents are included with each Scripture background to provide context and connections to Church teaching. Organized by the liturgical calendar, each season of readings begins with an overview of the season and a brief look at where the readings come from and any unifying messages or themes present throughout the selected readings. Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year B is written by a team of writers with a broad range of theological, pastoral, and catechetical experience. Their reflections offer homilists a solid foundation from which to begin the process of preparing to speak the Word of God to their assemblies.


Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year C

Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year C

Author: Compilation

Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications

Published: 2018-11-27

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1618332988

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This resource provides invaluable commentary on the Lectionary readings for Year C (including the Responsorial Psalm) for Sundays, holydays of obligation, and feasts and solemnities that may occur on a Sunday. Written in a pastoral tone, it offers historical-critical background on each of the readings and underscores their relevance to life today. Thematically related quotations from major Church documents are included with each Scripture background to provide context and connections to Church teaching. Organized by the liturgical calendar, each season of readings begins with an overview of the season and a brief look at where the readings come from and any unifying messages or themes present throughout the selected readings. Scripture Backgrounds for the Sunday Lectionary, Year C is written by a team of writers with a broad range of theological, pastoral, and catechetical experience. Their reflections offer homilists a solid foundation from which to begin the process of preparing to speak the Word of God to their assemblies.


Breaking Open the Lectionary

Breaking Open the Lectionary

Author: Margaret Nutting Ralph

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780809144716

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Will help those who Break open the Word in RCIA and those involved in Lectionary-based faith sharing or Bible study groups to hear the Word as a living Word and to know that the Word they are hearing is compatible with what the biblical authors are teaching.


Unfolding the Mystery of Christ

Unfolding the Mystery of Christ

Author: Eliot Kapitan

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2020-04-15

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0814665802

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2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in faith formation 2021 Catholic Media Association Award second place award in pastoral ministry - catechetical The catechumenate is animated by trust. Seekers have to trust in new, barely-rooted faith. Seekers also need to have trust in parish ministers, who will to guide them on the way. Parish ministers need to have trust in their Spirit-given gifts. Most importantly, all involved in the RCIA process needs to have trust in the church’s normative formation practice—scripture and tradition mediated through the gradual encounter with Christ in the celebration of the liturgical year. Eliot Kapitan makes it easier for each to trust. With gentle wisdom, he presents an ordered method for preparing the Period of the Catechumenate Sunday-by-Sunday, season-by-season, liturgical year-by-liturgical year. If you have ever lacked confidence in your ability to lead the seekers on the way of faith, this book will help you trust that you already have all the skills and resources you need.


Exploring the Sunday Lectionary

Exploring the Sunday Lectionary

Author: Sandy Rigsby

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0809195836

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This book helps teens discover the meaning of the Sunday readings, encourages them to reflect on and articulate these truths, and challenges them to put the readings into practice in their everyday lives.


Ponder

Ponder

Author: Mahri Leonard-Fleckman

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2022-09-03

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0814665829

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Ponder: Contemplative Bible Study accompanies all hearers and preachers of the Word as they pray with and ponder the Sunday readings throughout the liturgical year. Everything needed for a rich experience of lectio divina and biblical exploration is provided: the full text of the Sunday readings, concise commentary, engaging reflections, and clear guidance on how to use this resource alone or with a group. This volume guides readers through the Year A lectionary.


The Sunday Word

The Sunday Word

Author: Henry Wansbrough

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 144111212X

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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.