Review of Colossians

If you're looking for the information and links promised at our last meeting, scroll down.  I put them in their own entry that was posted earlier.  There were so many items, I didn't want to confuse it with the guide for our Review.

As mentioned on the guide, it's best to read the entire letter in one sitting before you proceed with the questions in the LC workbook.  In addition to the questions in the book, I have added two extra questions on our study guide.

Study Guide Lesson Ten

We are also going to wrap up our study of the US Catechism.  We've been at this for quite a few years, so it feels like a real accomplishment to complete the text.  I always recommend that everyone own the BIG GREEN Catholic Catechism of the Catholic Church.  Unlike some of the less expensive editions, that one has text that is in a font that someone over 40 can read.  It  has a comprehensive glossary and index that makes looking up information fast and easy.  It is also available online and as an e-book.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

And if that's not enough, I will also take book orders for our next study.  You do not need to pay for the items until they arrive.  They will be available for purchase in St. Patrick's Book & Gift.  We have always relied on the honor system, so if you order a book, be sure to come in and pay for it.  Thanks.

See you next week!

Lesson Nine Update

Great discussion at our meeting yesterday.  As promised, here are links to the documents and other items we discussed.  The document of The Lord's Prayer is the same one you received if you were able to make our session.

Next time we review St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians in its entirety.  The review lessons can be time consuming, so don't wait until the last minute to get to it.  The review is a valuable lesson.  During the year, we break down the letter in to such small portions.  Now's our chance to put it all in perspective.

Here are the links and documents from our lesson:

The Lord's Prayer

Lesson Nine Notes

Fr. Barron's Reflections on The Lord's Prayer

Lector's Pronunciation Guide

Since we are getting close to the end our our year of study, we did spend some time discussing our plans for the summer and next year's study.  I've given it a lot of thought and done some research and think I have come up with a plan that will work--and the group was unanimous in their support.

Our summer assignment is to read and study Paul's First & Second Letters to the Thessalonians.  Nearly everyone owns a copy of William Barclay's commentary on The Letters to the Philippians & Colossians, and since it included the Letters to the Thessalonians as well, we can use that as an additional reference.  Then during our first meeting in the fall of 2014, we'll discuss those letters.

Our 2014-15 study will be The First & Second Letters to Timothy and The Letter to Titus.  And we will be using a new textbook!  The Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture series includes a volume on Timothy and Titus.  And the bonus (for me anyway) is that there is also a downloadable document that has questions for small group study.  So, for next year, you'll need your Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, the Catholic Commentary book, and a journal--either good old-fashioned paper or on your iPad, laptop, etc.--to record your reflections, thoughts, questions, and the answers to the questions provided on their guide.

At our last two meetings, I will take orders for The Catholic Commentary book.  It sells for $19.99.  If you would like to learn more about this new series, here is a link to their website.

The Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture
 
Let me know if I left anything out, or if you have trouble with any of these links.  I will post the next lesson's study guide next week.

Lesson 9: And Finally

And Finally.  Gosh, I hope you don't all feel that way.  We've still got our Review and Philemon to get through before we're finished for the year.

We will have a lot to discuss at our next meeting, so we will have to be very diligent about watching the clock.  In fact, I uploaded this session's study guide before I've even been able to complete it.

I want to have a good discussion about the Lord's Prayer.  (This week's topic in our US Catechism.)  Every time I've tried to prepare my notes for that section on the guide, I would get flustered, delete the whole works, and start again.  There's so much to talk about and so little time.

So that you could have the guide for the scripture part of our meeting, I uploaded what I had done and will bring copies for everyone for the rest.  That is if I can get my printer to work again!  Yes, it's one of those weeks.

Study Guide for Lesson Nine

See you on Thursday!