Revelation

First Sunday of Lent

 Opening Prayer
Come, Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the faithful and
enkindle in them the fire of Your love.
V. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created.
R. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray. O God, by the light of the Holy Spirit, You

have taught the hearts of Your faithful. In the same Spirit
help us to know what is truly right and always to rejoice in
Your consolation. We ask this through Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
 First Joyful Mystery The Annunciation

The First Sorrowful Mystery—The Agony in the

Garden
And they came to a farm called Gethsemani. And he
saith to his disciples: Sit you here, while I pray. And he
taketh Peter and James and John with him; and he began
to fear and to be heavy. And he saith to them: My soul
is sorrowful even unto death; stay you here, and watch.
And when he was gone forward a little, he fell flat on
the ground; and he prayed, that if it might be, the hour
might pass from him. And he saith: Abba, Father, all
things are possible to thee: remove this chalice from
me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

Mark 14:32-36
 Revelation

Magisterium, Sacred Tradition, Scripture

Canon of Scripture
Scriptural Interpretation
Inspiration
Magisterium, Sacred Tradition,
Scripture
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 Sacred Tradition
Historic Precedence
Pentateuch was handed down orally by Moses

Criterion to Accept Teachings as Canonical

Apostolicity
Origin traceable to apostles or associates
Orthodoxy
Conforms with Christ's teachings
Catholicity
Applies universally, used universally
 Scripture
Septuagint ca. 280 BC
Oral Tradition begins 33 AD
First Thessalonians 51 AD
Gospel of Matthew 70 AD
Revelation 95 AD
Gospel of John 98 AD
2 Peter last book entered into Canon ca 100

"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ." St. Jerome

 Scientific Bible Study
Historical Critical Method-Looks at historical setting applies reason
makes judgments
Textual Criticism-Attempt to recreate original text. No original
manuscripts exist
Literary Criticism-Studies words, images, characters and
relationships, structure and progress of thought
Historical Criticism-Uses Literary Criticism to find out about origin
and growth of biblical documents
Archaeological Criticism-Dead Sea Scrolls
Fruit of Scientific Bible Study, Ex 32:4
Vulgate “First Days of the Faith, 1907 quas cum ille accepisset
formavit opere fusorio et fecit ex eis vitulum conflatilem
dixeruntque hii sunt dii tui Israhel qui te eduxerunt de terra
Aegypti
And when he had received them, he fashioned them by founders'
work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are
thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt.
Douay Rheims 1546, 1750, 1899 And when he had received
them, he fashioned them by founders' work, and made of them a
molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that
have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
Fruit of Scientific Bible Study, Ex 32:4
Ignatius 1611, 1952, 2002 And he received the gold at their hand, he
fashioned it with a graving tool, and made a molten calf, and they said:
These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt.

NAB 1969,1990 who accepted their offering, and fashioning this gold
with a graving tool, made a molten calf. Then they cried out, "This is
your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt."

Footnote to NAB The calf . . . a feast of the LORD: from this it is clear
that the golden calf was intended as an image, not of a false god, but of
the LORD himself,

Catechism ( para 2577) 1994 It was an apostasy

Priest 2009 what Aaron did wasn't really bad.

On The Eucharist
Stump the Dummy