The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Jeremiah 23:1-6 Background of the book Chps 21-22 talk about different kings of Israel. The beginning of chp 23 talks about a future king. The chapter begins with these verses, a compare/contrast of a good king/shepherd with a bad one. We all READ MORE
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15th Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Amos 7:12-15 Background of the book Chapters 7-9 contain five visions, interrupted by a biographical interlude in 7:10-17. In v11 Amos gives a prophecy that the king would die and Israel would be exiled. This, of course, was considered treasonous. Amaziah was READ MORE
14th Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Ezekiel 2:2-5 Background of the book The beginning chapters of this book explore the prophet’s call. Like Isaiah (Is. 6) and Jeremiah (Jer. 1), Ezekiel had a vision of God accompanied by a call. And, like the other prophets, God laid it READ MORE
Revelation
This is a book that I generally try to avoid. No fault of the book, but rather, coming from a fundamentalist background that viewed this book as a play-by-play description of the end times, it forever soured me on this book. That said, when understood as it is meant to be understood, it is a READ MORE
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Background of the book Wisdom literature was written to pass on instructions on how to live the good life. This was at a time when a belief in any afterlife was only just beginning, and most people viewed this READ MORE
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – Lectionary and Interpretation
This feast was initially instituted in 1925 to combat rising nationalism and fascism. The intent was to affirm the primacy of Christ over all nations. After Vatican 2, the feast was moved to close out the liturgical year. It is the culmination of Ordinary Time and is the point towards which the whole liturgical journey READ MORE
Daniel
In the Septuagint and, hence, the Christian Old Testament, Daniel is placed with the prophetic literature. In the Jewish tradition, Daniel is placed in “the writings.” Jewish rabbis apparently did not like the seemingly positive relationship between Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar as portrayed in the book. Chps 1-6 are haggadic genre: stories with a moral purpose READ MORE
12th Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Job 38:1, 8-11 Background of the book In chapters 28-41, God asks Job a series of questions about the limits of what Job can do and understand. Today’s reading comes from a section around God’s creation – was Job even present at READ MORE
11th Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Ezekiel 17:22-24 Background of the book In 2 Samuel 7, David wanted to build God a temple. God rejects that idea but, instead, God says God will establish a house and lineage for David that will never end. This will later be READ MORE
10th Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Lectionary and Scripture Interpretation for Ordinary Time Click here for more information. Genesis 3:9-15 Background of the book One of the most frequent questions in the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation) process when we talked about scripture and salvation history was this: are the Genesis stories true? For many people coming from faith backgrounds READ MORE