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Welcome to Year A and the Gospel of Matthew!
Prayer is essential to a thriving faith yet we can often feel that we are either talking to Help your community to prepare for and better understand the upcoming ourselves or to no one at all. Sunday readings from this Gospel. In his 30 minute How can something so vital to presentation from “The Vision of the Gospels”, Fr. the faith be so elusive? Deep Michael Himes, sees Matthew’s Gospel as “the Christian in the tradition of our Church book of wisdom” inviting the reader to become a wise is an answer. In Prayer: scribe of the law. The Beatitudes are “the new Finding Intimacy With commandments” and Fr. Himes explores what they really God (Augustine Institute, 2016) mean. Matthew’s Gospel reveals what it means to be speaker Dr. Tim Gray uses the Church - a community that excludes no one. ancient tradition of Lectio Divina to show viewers the A segment from the “Scripture From Scratch” series simple steps for making prayer (60 minutes: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1991) titled an effort of love and intimacy “Matthew: The Mature Jew” answers questions about with God. who wrote this Gospel and what sources were used as well as when and why it
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was written. The Little Rock Scripture study “The Gospel According to Matthew” provides an in-depth study of Mathew’s version of the life of Jesus. In the two segments on Matthew from “The Christ: A Faithful Picture of Jesus from the Gospels” (St. Benedict Press, 2011), Fr. Alfred McBride, O. Praem., focuses on how Matthew builds the stories and teachings of Jesus around the issue of the Kingdom. All of the above mentioned materials are are available from the Resource Center.
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November 13-19, 2016 The USCCB site has a simple prayer service for enthroning the Bible in the home. A great family activity! Sign up to receive in your inbox a seven day Journey of Mercy with Bishop Robert Barron. He will highlight biblical insights that show how God is Mercy.
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