Your Word is a Lamp on My Path

Reflections on the weekday readings for the liturgical year 2022/23
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-78812-590-1
Verlag: Messenger Publications

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm

The reflections in this book are based predominantly on the gospel readings for the weekdays of the coming liturgical year, 2022/23, with occasional references to the first reading. They follow the sequence of the weekdays of the liturgical year, beginning with the Monday of the first week of Advent on the 28th of November. In the course of the liturgical year, the gospel readings present us with a significant selection of the words and deeds of Jesus from all four gospels. In and through these gospel readings we encounter the living word of the risen Lord to his church. There is rich fare here to nourish our faith life and to help us to grow in our knowledge and love of the Lord. These short reflections attempt to listen to the gospel readings on their own terms while showing how they can continue to speak to our lives today.

 

Many people feel drawn to basing their prayer on the Scriptures, in particular the gospels. It is hoped that these reflections will serve as a help to prayer. They may also be of service to priests who seek to offer a short reflection on the gospel reading of the day in the context of the Eucharist. Where there is a weekday Liturgy of the Word, with or without Holy Communion, they can be read as a reflection on the readings. On most week days, the same gospel reading is proclaimed in the church throughout the world. To read and reflect upon the gospels for the weekdays of the liturgical year is to go on a spiritual journey with the universal church. Those who travel this journey will discover that the Lord’s word is a light for our path.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hogan, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Predigten
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Hogan, Martin
Martin Hogan is a priest of the Diocese of Dublin. He is presently ministering in the greater Finglas parish, Dublin. He was a Scripture lecturer in Mater Dei Institute of Education (now incorporated into Dublin City University) for over thirty years. He has previously published books of reflections on the Sunday gospel readings for the liturgical years of Mark, Matthew and Luke.

Martin Hogan is a priest of the Diocese of Dublin. He was a Scripture lecturer in Mater Dei Institute of Education  for over thirty years. This is his seventh publication of reflections on the weekday readings.