Every once in a while over the past several years, I’ve paused to consider buying the pocket New Testament and Psalms by Cambridge University Press. The long and thin form factor is unique, and I expected the imitation leather to be good quality, judging from past experience with their imitation Continue Reading
Happy Easter
For I handed on to you as of primary importance what I received: that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried and that he was raised to life on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, Continue Reading
Good Friday
So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. Pilate also had an inscription written and put Continue Reading
Review: Douay-Rheims Large Print Edition from TAN Books — Guest Post by Fr. Jedidiah Tritle
TAN Books recently released an “ultra-soft leatherette” large-print edition of their Douay-Rheims (DR) Bible. While this edition is certainly not without its defects, it is overall a well-done product that satisfies the need for a large-print Douay-Rheims that doesn’t feel clunky. The book measures in at almost exactly 9 ½ Continue Reading
Catholic Standard Version: Gospel of Mark Released
It’s been about a year since the Augustine Institute announced that they were beginning an entirely new Bible translation called the Catholic Standard Version (CSV). The Gospel of Matthew was released in January of 2023, and we discussed it at some length in a few posts here. Today, the Augustine Continue Reading
SBL Study Bible with Apocrypha Available for Purchase
The SBL Study Bible (using the NRSVue translation) has been available on the market for a little over a month now. Unfortunately, product reviews from early customers mention extremely thin pages and a lot of ghosting. I am unlikely to purchase a hard copy. Here are links to Amazon and Continue Reading
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Now it happened that when the angels had gone from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this event which the Lord has made known to us.’ So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying Continue Reading
Merry Christmas!
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; on the inhabitants of a country in shadow dark as death, light has blazed forth. You have enlarged the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at harvest time, as they exult when Continue Reading
Revisiting the RNJB
The Revised New Jerusalem Bible (RNJB) has been a relatively frequent topic on this blog since the complete translation was published in 2019. I purchased the hardcover study edition published by Darton, Longman, and Todd (DLT) and wrote a review here. I also did a weekly series of posts quoting Continue Reading
Food for the Soul Sunday Mass Reflections by Peter Kreeft
Word on Fire has now released the third volume in Peter Kreeft’s Food for the Soul series. These books feature the Sunday Mass readings for every Sunday of the year (along with Holy Days of Obligation), and Peter Kreeft’s reflections on those readings. I reviewed the first volume that was Continue Reading