The Word of the Lord: Reflections on the Sunday Mass Readings for Year C

by John Bergsma

Publisher:

Emmaus Road Publishing

, 2021

Overview

The Catholic Lectionary guides us through the liturgical year, presenting Old and New Testament readings that together reveal God’s unfolding plan for our salvation. In The Word of the Lord: Reflections on the Sunday Mass Readings for Year C, biblical scholar Dr. John Bergsma provides commentary alongside each Sunday’s readings.

Whether you are a homilist seeking insight into the meaning of difficult scriptural passages or a Catholic desiring a deepened understanding of the readings you hear at Mass, The Word of the Lord serves as an invaluable guide.

This volume includes commentaries for:

Readings for the Season of Advent Readings for the Season of Christmas Readings for the Season of Lent Readings for the Season of Easter Readings for the Season of Ordinary Time Readings for Solemnities of the Lord in Ordinary Time

Key Features

• Guides us through the liturgical year.
• Provides commentary alongside each Sunday’s readings.
• Includes commentaries for Readings for the Season of Lent.

Praise for The Word of the Lord

Over the past several years, many priests have found in John Bergsma’s Scripture commentaries a great resource both for their own prayer and for Sunday homilies. Now we have his cogent, scholarly, and timely reflections on the Sunday readings gathered together in one book for a liturgical year. This volume will benefit both priests and laity alike in preparing for and getting the most out of Sunday’s sacred text. May it be the first of many!

--Very Rev. Paul D. Scalia. Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, Diocese of Arlington

John Bergsma has devoted years to thinking through how to apply the Sunday readings to the life of ordinary believers, first as a Protestant pastor and then as a Catholic Old Testament professor. His insights into the unity of the Old and New Testaments have been sought by many a homilist and Bible study leader. This book will be a go-to resource for anyone seeking guidance on how to preach and teach from the Lectionary.

--Michael P. Barber. Professor of Scripture and Theology, Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology

John Bergsma has done us all a great service: He not only helps us to understand the context and historical meaning of the readings but also helps us to reflect on why these passages are relevant to our lives today. I will most definitely be keeping this book handy to help me prepare my heart—and the hearts of my listeners—for Mass each week.

--Anna Mitchell. Host/Producer of the Son Rise Morning Show on EWTN Radio.

Product Details

• Title: The Word of the Lord - Year C
• Author: John Bergsma
• Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Pages: 560
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9781645851356, 1645851354
• Resource ID: LLS:WORDLORDYEARC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-26T19:13:33Z

About John Bergsma

John S. Bergsma, Ph.D. is Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is the author of The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran (VTSup 115; Brill, 2007); A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: Old Testament (Ignatius, 2018), and Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Penguin Random House, 2019). His peer-reviewed scholarship on Old and New Testament topics and the Dead Sea Scrolls have appeared in the journals Biblica, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Dead Sea Discoveries, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vetus Testamentum, and in essay collections, festschrifts, dictionaries, and encyclopedias published by Brill, Continuum/T&T Clark, Eerdmans, Eisenbrauns, Harrassowitz, Kohlhammer, Oxford, and Westminster/John Knox Press.