Posted on 10/20/2015 12:34:51 AM PDT by OrthodoxIndianCatholic
It is painfully clear that you have never attended a Catholic Mass.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
This part of the Mass will offer Scripture readings from the following areas:
First Reading A scripture reading from the Old Testament
Responsorial Psalm A Psalm selected from the Book of Psalms. The congregation interacts by offering a response (usually sung).
Second Reading A scripture reading from the New Testament
Gospel Acclamation The people praise Christ's presence in the sacred Word of God.
Gospel Reading Taken from one of the four Gospels of either Mathew, Mark, Luke or John.
you have never attended a Catholic Mass
>>I have heard Catholic services on the radio. I heard readings from the gospels, but no readings, no sermons, from the epistles - the epistles, where it is always Christ, and NEVER Mary, that is mentioned.
Just relating my experience, though only radio, of Catholic services.
Please don't insult my intelligence. I don't insult yours. It means exactly what it said.
I am on this side of the dirt and right now I am administering a midterm to my adult students.
I assure you, an epistle or Acts is read at every Mass. The readings for the daily Masses this week include readings from Romans. I am looking forward to Saturday’s Mass, when the first reading will be Romans 8:1-11.
Here is a link to the bible readings calendar if you want to check it out yourself.
http://usccb.org/bible/readings/102415.cfm
Peace,
Rich
Are they just read and that’s it....any exegesis on the text?
“I can’t offer up what doesn’t belong to me.”
Yes, you can. Even if you have no ownership over something you can still have use of it. Thus, you can offer up something that may not belong to you. All things belong to God, but the Jews were still able to offer up sacrifices.
“I read them all and I read them at my first posting.”
I don’t believe you. Here’s why: 1) when I asked the question the first time in post 76 you avoided it completely, 2) you apparently have no understanding of the books.
“I find Catholic literature interested because there is so much wrong with it.”
And there we see that lack of understanding of the books.
“You know, “Give a Catholic enough rope and...””
And they’ll tie up an anti-Catholic attack in knots. Yeah, done.
Elsie, there’s one good thing about you. You always prove my point.
Are they just read and that’s it....any exegesis on the text?
We have been fortunate over the years to have had priests who give very good sermons that help us better understand the Bible message. One sermon that I particularly remember was on Mark 11:1-12, where Jesus healed a paralytic who was lowered through the roof by four men. The priest gave us a multiple choice question. He asked us who was most on the mind of Jesus during that event. Was it:
The paralytic?
The four men who believed that Jesus could heal him?
The crowd of believers?
The scribes who thought Jesus was blaspheming?
His answer was none of the above. It was the Father. The Father was always foremost in the mind of Jesus. And as I have read Scripture since then, I have realize how true that is. With Jesus, it is always about the Father.
That's an interesting question.
He knew Luke who wrote about the birth of Christ.
He also knew James who was one of her sons.
He also noted Jesus was born of a woman in Galatians but did not mention Mary's name.
I'd say there's a 99.999999999999% chance he knew of Mary.
I don’t care to debate you.
A simple declaration to mercifully end the threat, right?
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