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The Bible Timeline Chart is a visual overview of Salvation History.

Organized biblical history from Creation through the establishment of the Church.

Identifies key people, places and 70 pivotal biblical events.

Shows hos God's family plan unfolded with the context of secular history

"Worship of God in the Mass is the most distinctive activity of Christ's church, the summit toward which all its activity is directed and the font from which its life flows. From the procession to the altar and the Sign of the Cross to the final blessing and sending forth, the eucharistic liturgy of the church is a mosaic of words, images, and actions drawn from sacred Scripture. Explore the biblical foundations of each part of the Mass and learn how the saving truths of Scripture are made present for us in the eucharistic liturgy."    

144 pages

6" x 9"

Get even more out ofThe Bible in a Year!

TheBible in a Year Companion  guide takes Catholics through the award-winning  podcast  The  Bible in a Yeardaily summaries,  transcripts of Fr. Mikes daily prayers, andextra content for each episode.

Its the perfect way to  rememberwhat youre hearing, as well as  learneven moreabout each part of Scripture!

TheCompanion  presents daily content for each episode of the podcast, including:

• The proprietary  Bible in a YearReading Plan
• Summary of the key points and highlights of Fr. Mikes commentary  on the daily readings
• "Take It to Prayer", where Catholics will be able to  pray the daily prayeralongside Fr. Mike and the rest of the  BIAYcommunity
• Unique content surrounding each days readings, from images and Q&As to prayer prompts and ways to live out the Scriptures in real life

In addition to the daily content, each time period will have a  Time Period Introduction and Review.Written by Jeff Cavins, these will help Catholics to  know what to look forin the days ahead, and to  recall what has happened  in the days completed.

You are invited here to explore the biblical springs of the Eucharist. Through this exploration, you will enrich your understanding of this sacrament and deepen your appreciation of the great gift it is.

Through texts from the Old Testament, the gospels, and New Testament letters, you will discover that the Eucharist unites the prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of our lives as an offering in union with Christ. Through meditation on these texts, you will learn to cultivate a Eucharistic life of prayer and active commitment in the world.

6 X 9" -- 144 pages

Living for What Really Matters: 7 Weeks in the Book of Philippians ( Get Wisdom Bible Studies )
Author:  Teresa Swanstrom Anderson

The Get Wisdom Bible Studies help women connect with Scripture in an accessible and energizing way. Teresa Swanstrom Anderson guides with a winsome style that is rich in depth, but still approachable for newer readers of the Bible.

The Bible gives witness to the generously forgiving nature of God, and in turn, our call to exhibit the same generosity of spirit. Explore three biblical passages that will affirm God's mercy toward us and encourage the kind of forgiveness that will transform us and our relationships.

Author: Virginia Herbers, ASCJ

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ISBN: 9780814663998
Details: 40 pgs , 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 paperback
Publication Date: 10/15/2019

Part two provides and in-depth investigation of Paul's letters to the Colossians and Ephesians, two letters with a great deal in common.  Besides being written from prison, both letters address Gentile communities learning to live faithful Christian lives. Exploring themes such as God's eternal plan, the unity of the church, and the fullness or life in Christ, these letters offer a sweeping and still relevant vision of faith in Christ and the church as his body.  (5 lessons)

Author: Vincent M Smiles with LittleRock Scripture Staff

ISBN: 978-0-8146-6454-4

Details: 104 pages 7" x 10" paperback

Publication Date: November 2019

Incarcerated numerous times "for the defense of the gospel" (Phil. 1:16). Paul wrote several letters from the confines of prison. Letters of Philippians and Philemon in four sessions, explaining the reason each letter was written and addressing various themes such as joy, unity in Christ, reconciliation, and the close relationship between Paul and his communities.

Author: Vincent M Smiles with Little Rock Scripture Staff

ISBN: 978-08146-6455-1

Details: 104 pages 7" x 10" paperback

Publication Date: November 2019

Part Two of this study covers the final 25 chapters of Exodus. Beginning with the insecurity of the desert wanderings, to encountering God on Sinai and then constructing the tent of dwelling, God's people learn what it means to be part of a covenant with the one who liberates and also gives the Law to guide and direct them. 4 lessons.

Author: Stephen J. Binz with Little Rock Scripture Study Staff

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ISBN: 9780814664537
Details: 96 pgs , 7 x 10 paperback
Publication Date: 08/15/2019 

The exodus is the central event of the Old Testament, giving meaning to everything else we find in its pages. Part One of this study takes us through the first fifteen chapters of Exodus-from slavery to the call of Moses, from plagues to crossing the sea, from captivity to freedom in the Sinai. Discover that God hears those who are beaten down and liberates those who are in need of his justice. 5 lessons.

Author: Stephen J. Binz with Little Rock Scripture Study Staff

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ISBN: 9780814664520
Details: 80 pgs , 7 x 10 paperback 
Publication Date: 08/15/2019

The kingdom of God is the central theme of Jesus' preaching. Through stories and images, Jesus teaches that God's presence among us-his powerful reign-is both mighty and quiet, both welcoming and demanding. As small as a seed and as grand as a great dinner party, the kingdom of God grows among us and transforms everyone who embraces it. In this volume of Alive in the Word, New Testament scholar Frank Matera explores three gospel passages that will orient you to this essential, transforming message of Jesus.

Author: Frank J. Matera

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ISBN: 9780814664506
Details: 48 pgs , 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 
Publication Date: 07/22/2019

The author of the book of Revelation struggled, as we do today, to live out a Christian faith in the context of an empire that trampled and destroyed the earth and its creatures. In this book, Micah D. Kiel will look at how and why Revelation was written, along with how it has been interpreted across the centuries, to come to an understanding of its potential contribution to a modern environmental ethic. While the book of Revelation is replete with images of destruction of the earth, Kiel shows readers, through Revelation's ancient context, a message of hope that calls for the care of and respect for the environment.

Author: Micah D. Kiel; Foreword by Barbara R. Rossing

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ISBN: 9780814687826
Details: 188 pgs , 6 x 9 
Publication Date: 08/07/2017

The Gospel of Luke demonstrates the universal nature of Jesus' mission. In Part Two of this study (Luke 12:124:53), readers travel with Jesus from the region of Galilee to the city of Jerusalem, where Jesus will enter into his passion and resurrection. Luke's focus on God's faithfulness will encourage you to trust. Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayers and access to recorded lectures are included. 5 sessions.

Michael F. Patella, OSB, SSD, is professor of New Testament at the School of Theology at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He is the author of Angels and Demons: A Christian Primer of the Spiritual World andWord and Image: The Hermeneutics of The Saint John's Bible (Liturgical Press). He is a contributor to The Bible Today and Give Us This Day published by Liturgical Press.

Little Rock Scripture Study is a ministry of the Diocese of Little Rock in partnership with Liturgical Press and has produced widely used and effective Bible study materials for adults for over forty years.

Author: Michael Patella, OSB, with Little Rock Scripture Study Staff

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ISBN: 9780814663691
Details: 96 pgs , 7 x 10 
Publication Date: 08/24/2018

The Gospel of Luke demonstrates the universal nature of Jesus' mission and the compassion of God. Part One of this study includes Luke 1:111:54, taking the reader from the infancy narratives of John the Baptist and Jesus to their births and then to the Galilean ministry of Jesus. Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayers and access to recorded lectures are included. 6 sessions.

Author: Michael Patella, OSB, with Little Rock Scripture Study Staff

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ISBN: 9780814663684
Details: 104 pgs , 7 x 10 
Publication Date: 08/27/2018

Confusing paradox surrounds the Bible.

Some look to it as the definition of reality and deny science; others see science alone as the arbiter of truth and deny the Bible. Both extremes are merely symptoms of a still wider debate on the place of ancient spiritual wisdom in a science-dominated world. Following the Reformation and Enlightenment, the Western world gained great power but lost its spiritual bearings. This book draws on numerous sources, ancient and modern, to examine what the missteps were that have brought us to a point of such confusion, and in doing so argues cogently against the modern philosophy of scientific materialism. With the aid of biblical stories and imagery it suggests how we might find our way back to balance, where ancient wisdom and modern science can together shed light on humans and their encompassing reality.

Subtitle: Longing for God in a Science-Dominated World 
Author: Vincent Smiles

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ISBN: 9780814655139
Details: 224 pgs , 6 x 9 
Publication Date: 06/01/2011

It is difficult to appreciate how Stephen qualifies as a friend of someone who attended and approved of his murder (Acts 7:58; 22:20). Yet Stephen belonged to the very group of Israelites to whom Paul later brought the Good News: the Hellenists. These Israelites lived mainly outside of Palestine, thoroughly acculturated in the Greek language and culture of their habitat, and they practiced their traditions in a very modified way. These modifications created great difficulty for Stephen and other Hellenists who resumed residence in Jerusalem, as we read in Acts. In this account we learn who Stephen was, what he said, and how he died all things that made a huge impression on Paul. That experience set the stage for Paul's commissioning by the risen Jesus to evangelize Hellenists (Acts 9). In Stephen: Paul and the Hellenist Israelites, John J. Pilch reflects on Stephen as a Hellenist Israelite, a collectivistic person, a deacon (the word does not appear in Acts), and one who true to his tradition communicates with the world of God in alternate states of consciousness. Paul has much in common with Stephen, so to know Stephen is to gain a better understanding of Paul.

Author: John J. Pilch

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ISBN: 9780814652299
Details: 104 pgs , 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 
Publication Date: 02/01/2008

The last chapters of the book of Isaiah offer a vision of new hope at the dawn of the postexilic period. The dense and complex imagery of light, espousal, and victory gives expression to the joyful reality of a return to Jerusalem and to the as-yet-unrealized dreams of rebuilding and repopulating what has been laid to waste.

Trito-Isaiah's proclamation of God's salvation or victory appears both as a brilliant light and a terrible darkness in these chapters. For while Yahweh's triumph means rejoicing for his righteous servants, it portends unspeakable horror for those who rebel against him.

Far from a remotely related appendix tacked on to the prophetic text, Niskanen examines Isaiah 5666within the broader context of the entire book of Isaiah, revealing the stylistic and thematic connections between these and earlier chapters and the significance of the poetical structures and imagery employed in Isaiah 5666.

Author: Paul V. NiskanenChris Franke, Editor

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ISBN: 9780814650684
Details: 136 pgs , 6 x 9 
Publication Date: 09/19/2014

King David ranks among the most intriguing persons in the Hebrew Bible. The Second Book of Samuel tells the story of David's kingship-his public successes and his private foibles. The narrator's rehearsal of this story, as questioning as it is vivid, glimpses the secrets of David's heart.

In this commentary, Craig E. Morrison focuses on the aesthetics of the "art of the telling": how does the narrator succeed in breathing life into his portrait of David? How does he draw the reader into his story? This commentary is intended to accompany the reader's encounter with this ancient masterpiece so that one might cheer with David as he dances before the ark of God and weep with him as he grieves the death of his rebel son Absalom.

Morrison's careful reading of 2 Samuel brings the reader face-to-face with David, whose multifaceted character eludes facile labels.

Author: Craig E. Morrison, OCarm

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ISBN: 9780814650431
Details: 344 pgs , 6 x 9 
Publication Date: 11/12/2013

Luke's gospel contains a number of passages about compassion. One of the most beloved of these is commonly known as the parable of the Prodigal Son. In The Prodigal Father, Angelo Scarano focuses on the distinctive role of the father in the parable, the example he provides of being transformed by a compassionate heart, and the joy in celebrating the return of what was loved and thought to be lost.

Scarano suggests that this remarkable parable has two climaxesthe banquet for the younger son, and the conversation between the father and the elder sonand that it is in this second climax where the real intention of the evangelist is revealed. Scarano urges readers to accept God's "compassionate heart," to allow God's Spirit to transform us and enable us to live like the prodigal father, opening our hearts to the weak and the strong, the broken and the bitter.

Scarano's insightful work will be welcomed by preachers, teachers, and anyone engaged in prayer with or reflection upon the gospels.

Author: Angelo Scarano

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ISBN: 9780814649244
Details: 86 pgs , 5 x 7 
Publication Date: 12/17/2014

Saint Augustine once described the Sermon on the Mount as "the perfect measure of the Christian life." Taking his cue from Augustine, Frank Matera provides an exposition of the sermon for contemporary readers who wish to use the sermon as the standard by which they live their lives every day.

Matera shows how the Sermon on the Mount summons believers to single-minded devotion and wholehearted service to God. He unfolds the historical and theological background to the sermon. He explores the meaning of the individual Beatitudes, which articulate Jesus' call for a more abundant righteousness, piety without hypocrisy, and the need to become "doers" of the Word.

This lively and engaging commentary is an ideal resource for adult education and Bible study groups. It is also ideal for all who want to live their discipleship more fully.

Subtitle: The Perfect Measure of the Christian Life
Author: Frank J. Matera

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ISBN: 9780814635230
Details: 136 pgs , 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 
Publication Date: 03/01/2013

In this pilgrimage through church history, Joseph Kelly provides a colorful, graphic representation of the events and people of the Roman Catholic Church and puts in hand a wealth of historical information in a clear, easy-to-access format. Adults and young adults will find The Collegeville Church History Time-Line an invaluable tool as they encounter numerous examples of change in the remarkable history of the Catholic church. Kelly examines how the Roman Catholic Church has not just survived but flourished though 2,000 years as it strives to make Jesus Christ a presence in the world. He focuses on how the church has developed historically and will continue to do so.

The time-line begins in the era of Jesus, leads through a history of Christianity including Constantine's conversion in the fourth-century, to the growth of the papacy in the twelfth-century, to Vatican II and the election of John F. Kennedy in the twentieth-century, and ends with the state of the church in the twenty-first century. Twenty-four pages of text explain the eras delineated on the time-line and provide fuller details regarding important people and events.

Author: Joseph F. Kelly

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ISBN: 9780814628348
Details: 24 pgs , 7 5/8 x 10 1/2 
Publication Date: 09/01/2005

Concise and accessible, this one-volume edition of the New Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testamentallows readers to explore any or all of the books with just one resource alongside their Bibles. The individual commentaries collected here are written by respected scholars, and they break open the biblical texts in a lively fashion. Readers will be able to engage Scripture more deeply and reflect on its meanings, nuances, and imperatives for living a Christian life in the twenty-first century. Continuing Liturgical Press's long tradition of publishing biblical scholarship and interpretation, this commentary also answers the Second Vatican Council's call to make access to Scripture "open wide to the Christian faithful."

Author: Daniel Durken, OSB

Subtitle: New Testament 

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ISBN: 9780814632604
Details: 912 pgs , 6 x 9 
Publication Date: 01/01/2009

In this addition to the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, Dennis Hamm explores the significance of Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon and the enduring relevance of these letters to the life and mission of the church. Based on solid scholarship yet readily accessible, this book is enriched with pastoral reflections and applications and includes sidebars on the living tradition and biblical background.

Author: Dennis Hamm, SJ

 Publication Date: November 2013

 Size: 6" x 9"  

Pages: 256