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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
Pics from My OreMoose Bible Cover
For much of this year I have been reading through the Bible with the Augustine Institute ESVCE. I decided to order a Bible cover from OreMoose. It was a great experience. Communication with OreMoose was very good. I sent along the dimensions of my ESVCE and they created a cover, Continue Reading
Cover Photo and Initial Information for Word on Fire Bible Volume 4
This morning, Word on Fire released the first photo of the cover design for volume 4 of the Word on Fire Bible: This volume will be entitled “The Promised Land” and will include Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings. The contents will be similar Continue Reading
NRSVue Audio Bible and SBL Study Bible Delayed Until Fall
In late May of this year, I reported on a couple of upcoming NRSVue editions that were due to be released over the summer: the NRSVue Audio Bible with Apocrypha from Hendrickson Publishers, and the SBL Study Bible (the successor to the Harper Collins Study Bible). The product listings on Continue Reading
Dicastery for Divine Worship Confirms ESV-CE Lectionary for England, Wales, and Scotland
In Late July, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship (DDW) confirmed the new lectionary based on the English Standard Version – Catholic Edition and the Abbey Psalms and Canticles for England, Wales, and Scotland. Here is a link to the press release announcing the news. The Catholic Truth Society (CTS) Continue Reading
Comparing the RSV-CE, ESV-CE, and NRSVue in First Corinthians
In recent weeks, I’ve been working on a mini comparison of the RSV-CE, ESV-CE and NRSVue in the first six chapters of 1 Corinthians. I worked my way verse-by-verse, comparing the three translations and noting any significant differences between them. This is my preferred way of understanding how translations differ Continue Reading
Review: Illuminating Justice
Illuminating Justice: The Ethical Imagination of The Saint John’s Bible By Jonathan Homrighausen One of the earliest continuing series of posts from my old blog, The Catholic Bibles Blog, concerned The Saint John’s Bible. (See the many posts and interviews here.) Since learning about it in the early 2000’s, it Continue Reading
New NRSVue Resources Coming in Late Summer
NRSVue Audio Bible with Apocrypha Hendrickson Publishers plans to release the complete NRSVue with Apocrypha in audio format on August 8th. Currently, I can only find a product listing for the CD set. I’m hoping an Audible or MP3 version will also be available. The pre-order price for the CD Continue Reading
How I Pray with the Word — Guest Post by Bob Short
At least since the Second Vatican Council, the Church has invited the whole flock return to the ancient and medieval practice of praying with Scripture. Since then, Lectio Divina has been big business—at least as far as Catholic publishing goes. Books on the subject have been published by everyone from Continue Reading