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.