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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461485403321

Autore

Wansbrough Henry <1934->

Titolo

The Sunday word : a commentary on the Sunday readings / / by Henry Wansbrough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Burns & Oates, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-283-47833-1

9786613478337

1-4411-4838-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Disciplina

242/.3

Soggetti

Church year meditations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword by H.E. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor; Foreword by the author; Introduction; The Purpose of this Book; The Shape of the Lectionary; COMMENTARY ON THE READINGS; ADVENT and christmastide; Year A; Year B; Year C; LENT and eastertide; Year A; Year B; Year C; ORDINARY SUNDAYS OF THE YEAR; Year A; Year B; Year C; SOLEMNITIES WHICH TRUMP SUNDAYS; Feasts of the Lord and Solemnities; Index of passages commented

Sommario/riassunto

Leading Catholic biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough provides a pithy and readable commentary covering all the Sunday readings for years A, B and C. Wansbrough provides incisive commentary informed by his many years of teaching and praying scripture as a scholar and Benedictine monk of Ampleforth Abbey, and member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. For each Sunday a short commentary on the three readings is given, together withquestions and suggestions for personal reflection, and a section for families looking at the readings together. A section covering major feasts, especially those which