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Readings and Gospel
Readings and Gospel
Lectionary for this day - This has all the readings and Gospel
Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 - The Testing of Abraham
[Letter of St Paul to the] Romans 8:31b-34 - God’s Indomitable Love in Christ (love that is incapable of being subdued)
Matthew 17:5 - The Transfiguration of Jesus
Mark 9:2-10 - The Transfiguration of Jesus
Who / What / Where is...?
Who / What / Where is...?
Genesis
Genesis is the first book of the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), the first section of the Jewish and the Christian Scriptures. Its title in English, “Genesis,” comes from the Greek of Genesis 2:4, literally, “the book of the generation (genesis) of the heavens and earth.” Its title in the Jewish Scriptures is the opening Hebrew word, Bereshit, “in the beginning.”
Original name is Abram
Means "father of many nations"
The founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God
Called by God to leave Ur, his homeland, to go to the promised land
Son of Abraham and Sarah
Father of Jacob (later named Israel) and Esau
Genesis 22 - Abraham brought Isaac as a sacrifice in Mount Moriah.
2 Chronicles 3:1 - Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah in 957 BC
The same location where the second temple was built under the authority of Zerubbabel in 516 BC, completed in the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah in 349 BC, modified by Herod the Great in 20-18 BC, and destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD
The same location where the current temple mount is in Jerusalem, City of David
Zion
A burnt offering
Paul
A Jew and a pharisee. He was educated by Gamaliel, a notable teacher of Jewish law.
A Roman citizen.
He first persecuted Christians. After Jesus appeared to him, he became a Christian and was responsible for the conversion of many Gentiles. More information.
Romans
Christian community in Rome
Matthew
He was a tax collector. He was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus.
12 Apostles - the first 12 people that Jesus called to follow Him.
Simon Peter, Cephas
Apostles of Jesus
A fisherman
Also known as Peter the Apostle, Peter the Rock, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas
He was later given by Jesus the name Cephas, from the Aramaic כֵּיפָא, Kepha, 'rock/stone'.
He was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus.
12 Apostles - the first 12 people that Jesus called to follow Him.
Considered as the first Pope of the Catholic Church.
James
A fisherman and son of Zebedee
St James ("James the Great"), brother of John the Apostle
He was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus.
John
Means "Yahweh has been Gracious"
A fisherman and son of Zebedee
Brother of James the Great, another apostle
"John the Apostle", "John the Evangelist", "John the Beloved"
He was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus.
12 Apostles - the first 12 people that Jesus called to follow Him.
The person that God called to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
Through Moses, God taught the Israelites how to be His children including the Ten Commandments, how to trust and worship God, and how to be a people of God (the Church).
God appeared to Moses as a Burning Bush on Mount Horeb.
Elijah
A prophet.
His name means "My God is Yahweh".
He defended the worship of God over that of Baal (the Canaanite false god).
Transfiguration of Jesus
Transfiguration of Jesus
Saints
Saints
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