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Sunday Gospel Scripture Study on Matthew 28:16-20 (Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity)
Posted by Dim Bulb on June 1, 2012
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Sunday Gospel Scripture Study on John 15:26-27, 16:12-15 for Pentecost Sunday
Posted by Dim Bulb on May 22, 2012
To see many more resources (commentaries and homilies, ancient and modern) go here. Resources for the Vigil Mass can be found here.
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Some Catholic Bible Study Podcasts
Posted by Dim Bulb on April 22, 2012
Catholic biblical scholars Dr. Michael Barber and Dr. John Bergsma discuss the International Theological Commission’s recent document Theology Today: Perspectives, Principals and Criteria. The document treats of, among other things,the priority of the Scripture in theology. Podcast Here. Read Document Here. Barber and Bergsma, along with Dr Brant Pitre, are contributors to The Sacred Page Blog.
The Association of Hebrew Catholics has made available 12 lectures on The Mystery of Israel and the Church.
St Irenaeus Ministries has concluded its 14 part podcast study of Ezra and Nehemiah (see links below). As I noted on a previous post, these books-in spite of their importance-are seldom at the top of anyone’s OT reading list, but the presenter’s lively and informed study may very well change that. St Irenaeus Ministries web page can be found here. Be sure to check out their online store where you can purchase CD’s on a number of talks, including bible studies.
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Podcast Study of the Gospel of St John
Posted by Dim Bulb on April 6, 2012
There are a total of 20 talks (episodes). They are archived according to the month in which they were posted. The Gospel of John dominates the Easter season, along with Acts of the Apostles and, on Sunday’s, the First Letter of John. I am currently preparing a suggested resource list for these books which you can find here (when complete).
Four podcasts from November, 2010. Introduction and chapters 1:1-3:21. Start at bottom of page and work your way up.
Four podcasts from December, 2010. On 3:22-7:52. Start at bottom of page and work your way up.
Five podcasts from January, 2011. Chapters 8-12. Start at bottom of page and work your way up.
Four podcasts from February, 2011. 13:1-to the trial of Jesus. Incorporates material from the synoptics. Start at bottom of page and work your way up.
Three podcasts from March, 2011. Trial concluded, crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection appearances. Start at bottom of page and work your way up.
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Podcasts: Victorious Life in Christ Through the Spirit
Posted by Dim Bulb on April 6, 2012
From St Irenaeus Ministries comes this series of talks which I think ought to provide a good way prepare for Pentecost.
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Podcast: Victorious Life in Christ
Posted by Dim Bulb on March 19, 2012
A great series of podcasts to listen to between Easter and Pentecost. Click on the POD icon to listen.
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Podcast Study of Ezra and Nehemiah
Posted by Dim Bulb on March 19, 2012
St Irenaeus Ministries has a sizable number of audio biblical studies online. Currently they are studying two important but often neglected books: Ezra and Nehemiah. Below are listed the studies currently available (start at the bottom and work your way up). Each contains a brief overview. You can play the audio by clicking on the POD icon or by clicking on the direct download link. St Irenaeus Ministries also has an online store where you can purchase CD’s of previous bible studies (and other audio).
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Sat, 17 March 2012
Nehemiah came in to a dispirited land and brought about a seemingly unanimous decision to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Even Jews as far away as Gibeon and Mizpah came to assist in the rebuilding, though some were more dedicated than others. Even what little some may do is made more difficult by a famine in the land. Sanballat, a Samaritan, prepares to launch an attack on the Jews who are rebuilding the temple, but the plan is discovered. The rebuilding is interrupted, and Nehemiah sets up a patrol to protect the rebuilding process. |
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Sat, 10 March 2012
Nehemiah comes to Jerusalem and evaluates the work to be done but does not immediately tell anyone of his plans. When confronted about the rebuilding of the temple, Nehemiah tells his critics that God will restore the Jews to Jerusalem. It is when Nehemiah begins this rebuilding that Daniel’s messianic prophecy of seventy weeks of years begins. Nehemiah is known for his intercession, an important facet of leadership. |
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Sat, 3 March 2012
Nehemiah came to prominence as a leader of the Jews 13 years after Ezra’s time. Powerful men had taken issue with Ezra rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, which had contributed to a decline of Ezra’s influence. Nehemiah, cup bearer to Artaxerxes, pleads to the king to rebuild Jerusalem, since Judah’s neighbors were exploiting the unprotected nature of the city. Artaxerxes agrees, perhaps believing that having a friendly leader in Judah would protect him from his enemies. |
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Tue, 21 February 2012
Ezra has a meeting with some of the leaders of the group returning to Israel where they discuss the plans for the return and take a tally of some of the gifts they are bringing with them. It is with this group that Ezra would later meet and discuss the fact that many of the people had returned married to people who were practicing a pagan worship. Ezra declared that these marriages with people who were actively worshiping foreign gods could not stand. |
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Thu, 16 February 2012
Ezra was a priestly scribe of some import in the Jewish community in exile who was moved to bring his people back to the law. He comes to Israel in the seventh year in the reign of Artaxerxes I, 60 years after the completion of the temple. The Persian empire makes special provisions for the Jewish faith and for Ezra in particular. As God’s people, the Jews are called to be consecrated and separated, not adulterated by people of other religions. As such, no foreign wives may be taken by the Jews, unless they change and are converted to Judaism. |
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Sat, 11 February 2012
Zec 4:6-10 tells Zerubbabel that he will restore the temple, but by God’s power, not by his own. The people of the lands around Israel attempted to frustrate or co-opt this building of the temple for the with their own worship. This harassment would go on in some form for around 70 years. Playing on the fears of the Persians, they were able to halt construction on occasion, but God shepherded the rebuilding of His temple and it was eventually completed. |
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Sat, 4 February 2012
Paramount importance was placed on creating an altar to God, as Moses had commanded of the original altar. This is appropriate, since sacrifice is the Old Testament way that sinful men can approach a holy God. These sacrifices are ways that men would pray that God would remember the covenant. |
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Sat, 28 January 2012
The book of Ezra continues with the story of the people separated (or set aside) for God, starting with a census. Some were not able to prove their lineage, and were given a separate designation. Professed priests who fell into this category were excluded as unclean until the Urim and Thummim could be consulted. These people came back to a dry, desolate land with high ideals and many gifts for the restoration of the land, but they would be called to a greater purity than many were prepared to undertake. |
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Sat, 21 January 2012
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah mark the greatest reform of God’s people in the Old Testament. God gave the law to Moses, a temple and kingdom to the Israelites, and prophets to proclaim that the people would be carried into captivity if they were not faithful. The people remained lukewarm, and were carried off to Babylon. In the Babylonian captivity, we see the Israelites become the Jewish people, and they restore the land starting in 538 with the great decree of the Persian king Cyrus that the Jews were to return to Israel. God stirred Cyrus up to ask the Jews to rebuild the temple, which is something very unusual for the Persian Empire until that point. Sheshbazzar, a Jewish prince, begins this return from exile, but after this, we do not see his name show up in the Bible. Zerubbabel continues the return. |
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St Irenaeus Ministries Concludes Its Podcast Study of the Prophet Jeremiah
Posted by Dim Bulb on August 7, 2011
St Irenaeus Ministries recently wrapped up its 19 part online study of the Prophet Jeremiah. The podcasts are currently archived online but will not be available indefinitely. This series, along with other studies, can be purchased on CD from their Online Store. Below you will find links to the Jeremiah episodes (click the POD symbol to play the audio).
1. Background.
2. Introduction and Outline.
3.Israel Unfaithful.
4. Faithfulness to God.
5. The Covenant of Deuteronomy.
6. Visions and Parables.
7. Jeremiah Rejected by His Kinsmen.
8. Persecutions.
9. Judgements.
10. Destruction of the Temple.
11. Future of False Prophecy.
12. Prophecy of Restoration.
13. Babylon Gets closer.
14. Jerusalem Falls.
15. Gedaliah, Ishmael, Johanan.
16. Impending Fate of Egypt.
17. Condemnation of Egypt.
18. Settling Old Conflicts.
19. Conclusion.
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Fr Mueggenborg’s Sunday Gospel Scripture Study of Matthew 14:22-33
Posted by Dim Bulb on August 6, 2011
An outstanding study of the Gospel reading for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). View here, or click the video in the right hand sidebar which says Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A.
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FOURTH UPDATE: Resources for the Christmas Masses (Biblical and Homiletic)
Posted by Dim Bulb on December 19, 2011
This post will stay at the top of this blog until Christmas Evening and may be updated again. If this happens I’ll change the title of the post to read SECOND UPDATE. At the end of this post you will find a number of Christmas sermons by Church Fathers and others. To see all of this weeks posts, please go here.
VIGIL MASS:
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Note: The Gospel reading for the Vigil Mass is Matt 1:1-25, but there is also a shorter reading, Matt 1:18-25. The reading has already been used in the liturgy (4th Sunday of Advent) so don’t let the title’s of the post fool you.
Readings.
Bishop MacEvily’s Commentary on Acts 13:16-17, 22-25.
Maldonado’s Commentary on Matt 1:1-17. Part 1 of the longer reading, part 2 below.
Maldonado’s Commentary on Matt 1:18-25. Part 2 of longer reading, or used as shorter reading.
Cornelius a Lapide’s commentary on Matt 1:18-25.
Aquinas’ Catena Aurea on Matt 1:18-25.
Word Sunday: Translation and commentary
Lector Notes. Brief historical and theological background.
UPDATE~Navarre Bible Commentary:
MASS AT MIDNIGHT
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Readings.
4th UPDATE: A Sermon on Isaiah 9:6. By Father Augustine Wirth, O.S.B., a famed preacher of his day (died 1901). Some sermons from Church Fathers and saints can be found at the end of this post.
4th UPDATE: Isaiah 9:6~The Birth of Jesus Christ. Another sermon on Isaiah 9:6 by Fr. Augustine Wirth.
Pope John Paul II’s Commentary on Psalm 96 (95).
Father Callan’s Commentary on Titus 2:11-14.
2nd UPDATE: St John Chrysostom’s Commentary on Titus 2:11-14.
Aquinas’s Catena Aurea on Luke 2:1-14.
2nd UPDATE: Father Callan’s Commentary on Luke 2:1-14.
3rd UPDATE: Pope St Gregory the Great’s Sermon on Luke 2:1-14. More sermons from saints and fathers of the Church at end of post.
4th UPDATE: Sermon on Luke 2:10-11. By Fr. Augustine Wirth, O.S.B. A famed preacher of his day (died 1901).
Sunday Gospel Scripture Study. Excellent. Audio/video study on Luke 2:1-18. May take 10 or more seconds for video to activate.
Word Sunday: Translation and commentary
Psalm
Second Reading
Gospel for Midnight. This also contain notes on the Gospel for the Mass at Dawn.
Lector Notes. Brief historical and theological background.
UPDATE~Navarre Bible Commentary:
Scripture in Depth.
Bible Study. St Charles Borromeo Parish.
Religious Joy. Sermon by St John Henry Newman (on Luke 2:10-11).
MASS AT DAWN
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Readings.
Pope John Paul II’s Commentary on Psalm 97 (96).
3rd UPDATE: St Augustine’s Notes on Psalm 97 (96).
Father Callan’s Commentary on Titus 3:4-7.
2nd UPDATE: St John Chrysostom’s Commentary on Titus 3:4-7.
Aquinas’ Catena Aurea on Luke 2:15-20.
2nd UPDATE: Father Callan’s Commentary on Luke 2:15-20.
4th UPDATE: God’s Gift to Man-Man’s Gift to God. A Sermon on Luke 2:15 by Fr. Augustine Wirth, O.S.B., a famed preacher of his day (died 1901).
Word Sunday: Translation and commentary
Psalm – Dawn.
Second Reading – Dawn.
Gospel for Midnight and Dawn. (Midnight~Luke 2:1-14; Dawn~Luke 2:15-20).
Bible Study. St Charles Borromeo Parish.
UPDATE~Navarre Bible Commentary:
MASS DURING THE DAY
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Readings.
Pope John Paul II’s Commentary on Psalm 98 (97).
3rd UPDATE: St Augustine’s Notes on Psalm 98 (97).
Father Boylan’s Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-6.
2nd UPDATE: Father Callan’s Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-6.
2nd UPDATE: St John Chrysostom on Hebrews 1:1-6.
Father Callan’s Commentary on the Prologue of John’s Gospel (1:1-18).
Fathers Nolan and Brown’s Commentary on the Prologue of John’s Gospel (1:1-18).
Aquinas’ Catena Aurea on the Prologue of John’s Gospel (1:1-18).
St Augustine’s Commentary on John 1:1-5.
St Augustine’s Commentary on John 1:6-14.
UPDATE~Navarre Bible Commentary:
Christ Hidden From the World. Sermon by St J.H. Newman (on Jn 1:5).
The Incarnation. Sermon by St John Henry Newman (on John 1:14).
4th UPDATE: A Sermon on John 1:14. By Fr. Augustine Wirth, O.S.B., a famed preacher of his day (died 1901).
Today’s Good News. Brief reflection on the Gospel.
A Lectio Divina reading of the Gospel. Prayer, meditation, reflection on the text in the Carmelite tradition.
Word Sunday: Translation and comentary
Bible Study. St Charles Borromeo Parish.
SERMONS
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Christmas Sermon by St. Isaac the Syrian This brief sermon calls us to not only celebrate Christmas/Nativity, but to remember the ethical implications of the feast. This is a classic.
Nativity Sermon I by Pope St. Leo
Nativity Sermon II by Pope St. Leo
Nativity Sermon III by Pope St. Leo
Nativity Sermon IV by Pope St. Leo
Nativity Sermon VI by Pope St. Leo
Nativity Sermon VII by Pope St. Leo
Nativity Sermon VIII by Pope St. Leo
A Christmas Sermon by St. Gregory of Nazianzus
4th UPDATE: The Spiritual Christmas Tree. A sermon on Ps 1:3 by Fr. Augustine Wirth, O.S.B.
4th UPDATE: The Moral of the Incarnation. A sermon on Luke 2:10-11 by Fr. Augustine Wirth, O.S.B.
In The Beginning Was The Word. Audio homily by Fr. Robert Barron.
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