Category: Scripture
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Brief Book Review: The Women’s Lectionary
“Ashley Wilcox urges preachers to take a year to focus on women in the Bible and feminine images of God.”
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Book Review: Witness at the Cross
“A rich and wonderful resource for either personal spiritual reading or a group study or a retreat.”
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Resources for the Sunday of the Word of God
As we prepare for the Sunday of the Word of God some might find it helpful to look at the resources that are available on-line. The Congregation for Divine Worship published a note with some suggestions on how to mark this day. Additionally, there is a Liturgical-Pastoral Resource published by the Pontifical Council for the…
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Mercy is the Problem
During my undergraduate days at The Catholic University of America, I was very fortunate to take an upper level christology course, “Jesus as the Christ,” from William Loewe, ordinary professor of historical and systematic theology. The course has stayed with me all these years since, even into my own doctoral studies. In one of the…
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Brief Book Review: Abba Isn’t Daddy
Alan Barthel reviews Abba Isn’t Daddy and Other Biblical Surprises by William L. Burton, O.F.M.
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More Important Than It Looks
What was your experience the Sunday of the Word of God like? Does it make you confident that this observance will take hold? What are your hopes for next year’s celebration?
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“Almost obligatory” Irish contribution to the Sunday of the Word of God
This coming Sunday marks the first time we will observe the Sunday of the Word of God. PrayTell already covered this new observance. Regular readers may also have noticed that I tend to be critical of the state of the liturgy in my native Ireland (for example see here and here). However, for the record, I am just as critical of…
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Motu Proprio on the Sunday of the Word of God: Two Reactions
Pray Tell’s Fritz and Fr. Anthony weigh in on the pope’s new initiative.
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To read and to listen
Publicly reading a text well is very difficult