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AT HOME with the WORD® 2020 Restor ation AT HOME with the WORD® 2020 Sunday Scriptures and Scripture Insights YEAR A Tat-siong Benny Liew, phd Rev. Patrick Hartin Susan Gleason Anderson, ma Teresa Marshall-Patterson, ma Also available in a Large Print Edition Nihil Obstat Rev. Mr. Daniel G. Welter, jd Chancellor Archdiocese of Chicago April 1, 2019 Imprimatur Most Rev. Ronald A. Hicks Vicar General Archdiocese of Chicago April 1, 2019 The Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur are declarations that the material is free from doctrinal or moral error, and thus is granted permission to publish in accordance with c. 827. No legal responsibility is assumed by the grant of this permission. No implication is contained herein that those who have granted the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur agree with the content, opinions, or statements expressed. Scripture texts used in this work are taken from the Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, second typical edition copyright © 1970, 1986, 1997, 1998, 2001 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo- copying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. The English translation of Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Published by the authority of the Committee on Divine Worship, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Prayers in the introductions to each liturgical time are adapted from Prayers for Sundays and Seasons, Year A by Peter Scagnelli, Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1998. At Home with the Word® 2020 © 2019 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 3949 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60609; 800-933-1800; fax: 800-933-7094; email: [email protected]; website: www.LTP.org. All rights reserved. This book was edited by Mary G. Fox. Lauren L. Murphy was the production editor, Anna Manhart was the cover designer, Anne Fritzinger was the interior designer, and Kari Nicholls was the production artist. The cover for this year’s At Home with the Word® is by William Hernandez. The interior art is by Kathy Ann Sullivan. Printed in the United States of America ISBN 978-1-61671-454-3 AHW20 Welcome to At Home with the Word® 2020 The Authors of the Introductions Practice of Faith, Hope, Charity Marielle Frigge, osb, taught Scripture and theol- Two authors wrote the Practice of Faith, Hope, or ogy for thirty-three years at Mount Marty College Charity. Susan Gleason Anderson is a parish direc- in Yankton, South Dakota, and is now formation tor of religious education and has served in cat- director for Sacred Heart Monastery. Michael echetical ministry for nearly twenty years. She Cameron teaches Scripture and history of holds a master of arts degree from the University Christianity in the theology department at the of Chicago Divinity School, where she studied University of Portland in Oregon. theology. She wrote the practices for the Seventh Sunday of Easter through the Solemnity of Our Scripture Readings Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. For each Sunday, you will find the three readings Teresa Marshall-Patterson facilitates the and Responsorial Psalm from the Lectionary for Christian initiation process and liturgical ministries Mass, from which readings are proclaimed in at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Andover, Roman Catholic churches in the United States. Kansas. She is the author of We Learn About Our Parish Church (LTP, 2010). Her master of arts in Scripture Insights pastoral ministries is from St. Mary’s University, Two authors have written Scripture Insights for Winona. She wrote the practices from the First 2020. Father Patrick Hartin, a priest of the Diocese Sunday of Advent through the Solemnity of the of Spokane, Washington, taught New Testament Ascension of the Lord. studies and Christian spirituality at Gonzaga University from 1995 to 2016. His doctorate in Additional Downloadable New Testament is from the University of South Questions and Activities Africa (Pretoria). His books include James, in the Download additional questions and activities for Sacra Pagina Series (2003), Exploring the three audiences: families, Christian initiation Spirituality of the Gospels (2010), and A Window groups, and other adult groups. The link http:// into the Spirituality of Paul (2015), all from www.ltp.org/ahw will take you to the At Home Liturgical Press. Father Hartin wrote the Scripture with the Word® Extra Content page. Click on the Insights from the First Sunday of Advent through desired audience, Adult Faith-Sharing Groups, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. Christian Initiation Groups, or Families. Tat-siong Benny Liew is Class of 1956 Professor in New Testament Studies at the College of the Holy Weekday Readings Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts. He is the author See the opening of each liturgical time for a list of of Politics of Parousia (Brill, 1999) and What Is Scripture texts read at Mass on weekdays and on Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics? (University feasts falling on weekdays. of Hawaii Press, 2008). In addition, he is the editor of the Semeia volume on “The Bible in Asian Art for 2020 America” (with Gale Yee; SBL, 2002), Present and On the cover, William Hernandez, Portland, Future of Biblical Studies (Brill, 2018), and Oregon, has illustrated Ezekiel’s vision in the val- Colonialism and the Bible: Contemporary Reflections ley of dry bones. This is the fourth of several from the Global South (with Fernando Segovia; scenes from salvation history to appear on the Lexington, 2018). Liew is also the executive editor covers of At Home with the Word®. The reading is of an academic journal, Biblical Interpretation from Ezekiel 37:1–14. In the interior art, Kathy (Brill), and the series editor of T&T Clark’s Study Ann Sullivan uses a scratchboard technique to Guides to the New Testament (Blooms bury). He evoke the seasons, from our ancestors on the Jesse wrote Scripture Insights for the Seventh Sunday of tree to the oil lamps for Ordinary Time in the fall. Easter through the end of the liturgical year. Table of Contents The Lectionary 6 Introduction to the Gospel according to Matthew 8 Introduction to the Gospel according to John 10 Introduction to St. Paul and His Letters 12 Studying and Praying Scripture 14 Advent Prayer before and after Reading the Word 16 Weekday Readings 17 December 1, 2019 18 December 8, 2019 20 December 15, 2019 22 December 22, 2019 24 Christmas Time Prayer before and after Reading the Word 26 Weekday Readings 27 December 25, 2019 28 December 29, 2019 30 January 5, 2020 32 January 12, 2020 34 Ordinary Time, Winter Prayer before and after Reading the Word 36 Weekday Readings 37 January 19, 2020 38 January 26, 2020 40 February 2, 2020 42 Ordinary Time, Summer February 9, 2020 44 Prayer before and after February 16, 2020 46 Reading the Word 90 February 23, 2020 48 Weekday Readings 91 June 7, 2020 92 Lent June 14, 2020 94 June 21, 2020 96 Prayer before and after Reading the Word 50 June 28, 2020 98 Weekday Readings 51 July 5, 2020 100 March 1, 2020 52 July 12, 2020 102 March 8, 2020 54 July 19, 2020 104 March 15, 2020 56 July 26, 2020 106 March 22, 2020 58 August 2, 2020 108 March 29, 2020 60 August 9, 2020 110 April 5, 2020 62 August 16, 2020 112 August 23, 2020 114 August 30, 2020 116 The Sacred Paschal Triduum April 9 to 12, 2020 68 Ordinary Time, Autumn Prayer before and after Easter Time Reading the Word 118 Weekday Readings 119 Prayer before and after Reading the Word 70 September 6, 2020 120 Weekday Readings 71 September 13, 2020 122 April 12, 2020 72 September 20, 2020 124 April 19, 2020 74 September 27, 2020 126 April 26, 2020 76 October 4, 2020 128 May 3, 2020 78 October 11, 2020 130 May 10, 2020 80 October 18, 2020 132 May 17, 2020 82 October 25, 2020 134 May 21 or May 24, 2020 84 November 1, 2020 136 May 24, 2020 86 November 8, 2020 138 May 31, 2020 88 November 15, 2020 140 November 22, 2020 142 The Lectionary by Marielle Frigge, osb Christmas Time, Lent, and Easter Time punctuat- ing the many weeks of Ordinary Time. What Is a Lectionary? These great liturgical seasons instruct the The wordlectionary comes from the Latin word faithful in the most significant aspects of salvation legere, “to read,” and names a collection of Scripture history. The liturgical year begins with Advent, readings from both the Old and New Testaments expressing the ancient longing and hope of God’s that are proclaimed throughout the liturgical year covenant people for redemption. Christmas Time in a particular order. Christian lectionaries were celebrates the Incarnation of the Lord, God’s Word in use already in the fourth century, but before the of salvation fully present and active in the world, invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth made flesh in Jesus the Christ. During Lent, the century, readings differed from place to place. Scripture readings call Christians to deeper con- Printing allowed for a more standardized lection- version : to amend their ways of failing to respond ary, so that Catholics around the world could hear to God’s saving Word, to cultivate greater inti- the same Bible readings at Mass on any given day. macy with God, and to rejoice that he never ceases However, in the four centuries before the to offer life-changing mercy.