Month: November 2014
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 12-7-2014
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 12-7-2014. This week we open with the first reading from Isaiah in which we see a prophecy about the coming of the forerunner who would announce the Messiah. Then we move to the second reading from Second Peter and close with the Gospel lesson from the first…
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 11-30-2014
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 11-30-2014. This week we open with the first reading from Isaiah 63 in which we include a great deal of the surrounding context and learn about God’s frustration with the Jewish people during this era. Then we move to the second reading which is the opening verses…
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 11-23-2014
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 11-23-2014. This week we open with the first reading from Ezekiel in which we see the contrast between the ungodly shepherds and God the Good Shepherd. We include a great deal of the surrounding verses in order to help us to understand the meaning of the reading…
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 11-23-2014
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 11-23-2014. This week we open with the first reading from Ezekiel in which we see the contrast between the ungodly shepherds and God the Good Shepherd. We include a great deal of the surrounding verses in order to help us to understand the meaning of the reading…
Jesus the Christ
HISTORY OFGenealogy ofMatthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38Facts before the birth ofThe angel Gabriel appears to Mary (at Nazareth)Luke 1:26-38Mary visits Elisabeth (at Hebron?)Luke 1:39-56Mary’s magnificat (at Hebron?)Luke 1:46-55An angel appears to Joseph concerning Mary (at Nazareth)Matthew 1:18-25Birth of (at Bethlehem)Luke 2:1-7Angels appear to the shepherds (in the vicinity of Bethlehem)Luke 2:8-20Magi (the wise men from the…
Zurishaddai
-Father of Shelumiel Numbers 1:6; 2:12; 7:36, 41; 10:19
Zur
-1. A prince of Midian Numbers 25:15, 18; 31:8; Joshua 13:21 -2. A Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36
Zuph
-1. AKohathite 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 6:35 -2. A district northwest of Jerusalem 1 Samuel 9:5