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    Sunday Readings in Context: Year C - Trinity to Christ the King
    Sunday Readings in Context: Year C - Trinity to Christ the King
    Sunday Readings in Context: Year C - Trinity to Christ the King
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    Sunday Readings in Context: Year C - Trinity to Christ the King

    By Chris Oliver

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    Short notes (not more than 250 words) give the context of the Scriptural readings for Sundays and principal feasts in the Roman Catholic lectionary - the who, why, where.

    This volume gives notes for Year C from Trinity 2016 to Christ the King 2016. Similar volumes for Years A and B, and for Year C from Advent 2015 to Pentecost 2016 have already been published.

    The notes may be freely reproduced in parish newsletters.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChris Oliver
    Release dateApr 28, 2016
    ISBN9781311971319
    Sunday Readings in Context: Year C - Trinity to Christ the King
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    Chris Oliver

    I am married with four grown children and seven grandchildren. We have moved around several parishes in England - a good way to explore this lovely country.I have been involved in contributing to and leading Bible Groups for over 20 years, and the more I read the more fascinating the Bible becomes.For these groups I found a digest of thoughts from many different commentaries prompted interesting discussions."Sunday Readings in Context" started in 2013 when I realised I knew nothing about the first readings from the Old Testament, and often received little help towards making sense of them from the priest's homily. Few priests studied the Old Testament before ordination. So I started contributing a short note to our parish newsletter - and it has grown ever since.Gradually the notes were consolidated into ebooks. Six altogether, appearing every 6 months. These were later combined into one ebook covering the full three year cycle.Before each Sunday I revise the note for the coming Sunday, now including a comment on the psalm, for inclusion in several church newsletters. The ebooks are revised from time to time, becoming available to earlier buyers.I hope you find them helpful. Comments welcome!

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      Sunday Readings in Context - Chris Oliver

      Sunday Readings in Context

      Year C – Trinity to Christ the King

      Notes on the Sunday Scripture Readings in Catholic churches

      By Chris Oliver

      Copyright © 2016 Chris Oliver

      Smashwords Edition

      Revised 4th November 2016

      The moral right of the author has been asserted

      Cover Design by Debbie Oliver

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form, including digital and electronic or mechanical, without the prior written consent of the Publisher, except for use in parish newsletters or brief quotes for use in reviews.

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      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 – Sundays after Pentecost

      Feasts: Trinity, Body and Blood of Christ, Saints Peter and Paul

      Chapter 2 – Sundays 14 to 23 in Ordinary Time

      Sundays: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

      Feasts: Transfiguration, Assumption, Exaltation of the Cross

      Chapter 3 – Sundays 24 in Ordinary Time to Christ the King

      Sundays: 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33

      Feasts: All Saints, Dedication of Lateran Basilica, Christ the King

      Appendix 1: The Roman Catholic Lectionary

      Appendix 2: Precedence of Feast Days

      Introduction

      Since the introduction of the revised Lectionary after Vatican II there are three readings from Scripture during each Sunday Mass. These are normally from the Old Testament, the New Testament, and one of the Gospels.

      This book contains a short note on the context of these Scripture readings – the when, why, how, where, who by and who for. It is hoped that this will help hearers better understand what they are hearing. The notes are based on a wide range of Bible commentaries and several translations.

      While Catholics may be fairly familiar with the Gospels, most

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