33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

LITURGICAL BIBLE
STUDY

Year A, 2020
2 TYPES OF
BIBLE
STUDIES
 WHAT IS A
LITURGICAL BIBLE STUDY?
• Based on the liturgical calendar
• Sources:
• The Jerome Bible Commentary
• The New Jerome Bible Commentary
• The Navarre Bible
• Church History by Fr. John Laux
• Introduction to the Bible by Fr. John
Laux
• A Guide to the Bible by Fuentes
• Sharing Our Biblical Stories by
Russell
• The Faith of the Early Fathers (3
Volumes) by Jergens
• Ancient Christian Commentary on
Scriptures edited by Odum
 WHAT IS A
LITURGICAL BIBLE STUDY?

• The Church has three liturgical year cycles for

the readings called:

A B C

Sunday Masses

Weekday Masses

1 2
 WHAT IS A
LITURGICAL BIBLE STUDY?

Advent Season

Christmas Season

Ordinary time

Lenten Season

Easter Season
READINGS
GOSPEL: MATT 25:14-30
1ST RDG:
PROVERBS 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
2ND RDG: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-6
TYPOLOGY - PARALLELISM

Chris Harrison, PhD

Doctor of Computer Science
Mathematical Science
TYPOLOGY - PARALLELISM

Bottom part of the graph

Bar Graph Length of each bar Color

Number of verses in the distance between the 2
all chapters in the Bible
chapter chapters

White & light gray 63,779 cross references

books alternate single arc

Deuterocanonical books

“Nihil obstat”

“Imprimatur”
NOVENAS FOR NOVEMBER
 OPENING PRAYER
PRAYER FOR THE POOR SOULS IN THE PURGATORY
BY ST. GERTRUDE THE GREAT

Eternal Father,

I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood

of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union
with the masses said throughout the
world today, for all the holy souls in
purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for
sinners in the universal church, those
in my own home and within my
family.

Amen.
 OPENING PRAYER

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful.

And kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.
And you will renew the face of the earth.

Lord,
by the light of the Holy Spirit
you have taught the hearts of your faithful.
In the same Spirit
help us to relish what is right
and always rejoice in your consolation.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30
SETTING

Last Week
• Parable of the Foolish and Wise Virgins
Today
• Parable of the Talents
• was not just an old coin
• value: 100 pounds of silver
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30
SETTING

• Main message
1. need to respond to grace by making a
making a genuine effort right through
one’s life.
2. all the gifts of nature and grace which
God has given us should yield a
profit.
3. it doesn’t matter how many gifts we
received, that matters is our
generosity in putting them to good
use.
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30
SETTING

“A person’s Christian calling should not lie

hidden and barren; it should be outgoing,
apostolic, and self-sacrificing.”
 GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

TITLE
• Parable of the Talents

CHARACTERS
• Jesus, disciples, man (master), servants
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 14 to 15
Ano yung binigay ng Master sa kanyang mga
servants?

“talents”
• gifts, aptitudes, flairs
• each man is given a portion to care for
• can be seen as God’s grace
• everyone has a different size cup, but all are
filled

[Jesus told his disciples this parable:] 14 “It will be as when a man who was going on a journey called in his servants
and entrusted his possessions to them. 15 To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one – to each
according to his ability. Then he went away.
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 16 to 18
Anong ginawa nung servant who received one
talent?

“buried his master’s money”

• hid his light
• guarded his gifts but did not use them

…Immediately 16 the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five. 17 Likewise, the
one who received two made another two. 18 But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and
buried his master’s money.
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 19
Gaano katagal bago bumalik yung master?

“a long time”
• hints at the delay of the parousia
• settling of accounts at the last judgment

…After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 20-21
Anong sinabi nung servant with five talents
pagbalik nung master?

“I have made five more”

• He engaged in trustworthy risk-taking
• Maintained his faith and understanding
through whatever trials he had encountered

…20 The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. He said, ‘Master, you gave me
five talents. See, I have made five more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant.
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 21
Ano yung sinagot ng master sa servant with five
talents?

“I will give you great responsibilities”

• the reward of fidelity is a commission of
even greater responsibility

Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities.
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 21
Ano raw yung i-sshare ng master sa servant with
five talents?

“Master’s joy”
• The kingdom of God

Come, share your master’s joy.’

GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 22-23
Ilan yung talents nung second servant na nag-
approach sa master?

“two”
• Notice that even though the initial charge
was less (two vs five), the reward is the same

…22 (Then) the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have
made two more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small
matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 24 to 25
Ano yung ginawa nung servant with one talent?

“buried the talent in the ground”

• the point of this whole parable is that the
owner is a demanding.
• This man has lost nothing, but he has gained
nothing either

…Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person,
harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; 25 so out of fear I went off and buried your talent
in the ground. Here it is back.’
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 26-27
Ano yung sinabi ng master sa kanya?

“put my money in the bank”

• seems to favor moderate capitalism

…26 His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather
where I did not scatter? 27 Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on
my return?
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 28-29
Ano yung sinabi ng master na gawin dun sa one
talent?

“give it to the one with ten”

• the powers conferred on Christians grow
with use and wither with disuse.

…28 Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten. 29 For to everyone who has, more will be given and he
will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:14-30

verse 30
Ano yung naging punishment ng servant?

“throw this useless servant”

• the punishment for infidelity through
neglect is the same as the punishment for
lack of repentance.
• we are all given talents
• God expects us to use whatever ones we
have for the benefit of others

…And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’
1ST RDG: PROVERBS 31:10-
13, 19-20, 30-31

The Book of Proverbs

• oldest collection of inspired texts in the
body of Wisdom literature
• “masal”: provocative saying (Hebrew)
• gets listener’s attention
• early stages: short inform
• later: parable or allegory
• useful in oral teaching
• parents used for teaching children
1ST RDG: PROVERBS 31:10-
13, 19-20, 30-31

The Book of Proverbs

• First reading for tomorrow:
• praises the virtues of a good wife
• painting a picture of an ideal woman
• lacking in nothing in terms of
perfection and integrity
• She can face the future with optimism
• Knowing that God will watch over her
1ST RDG: PROVERBS 31:10-
13, 19-20, 30-31

TITLE:
• Poem on the Woman of Worth

CHARACTERS:
• husband, wife, King Solomon
1ST RDG: PROVERBS
31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
verse 10
Ano raw ang halaga ng “worthy wife”?

“far beyond pearls”

• incomparable value of this woman
• wisdom is often compared to jewels in
Proverbs

When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls.
1ST RDG: PROVERBS
31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
verse 11-12
Ano raw yung meron sa husband when he
entrust his heart to her?

“unfailing prize”
• the wife’s value to her husband is like
wisdom’s value to its followers

…Her husband, entrusting his heart to her, has an unfailing prize. She brings him good, and not
12

evil, all the days of her life.

1ST RDG: PROVERBS
31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
verse 13
Ano yung description sa kamay ng woman?

“loving hands”
• with skillful hands, she is industrious

…She obtains wool and flax and makes cloth with loving hands.
1ST RDG: PROVERBS
31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
verse 19-20
What else pa yung ginagawa ng woman with
her hands

“hands to the poor; arms to the needy”

• not only industrious, she is
compassionate and charitable

… She puts her hands to the distaff, and her fingers ply the spindle. She reaches out her hands
19 20

to the poor, and extends her arms to the needy.

1ST RDG: PROVERBS
31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
verse 30
What is deceptive and fleeting?

“Charm and beauty”

• this is an explicit religious element in
the entire poem

…Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting; the woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
1ST RDG: PROVERBS
31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31

verse 31
Ano raw yung mangyayari to her labors and
works?

…Give her a reward of her labors, and let her works praise her at the city gates.
2ND RDG: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-6

SETTING
Tomorrow’s 2nd reading
• The timing of the parousia

TITLE
• Vigilance

CHARACTERS
• St. Paul; Thessalonians
2ND RDG: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-6

verse 1-2
Ano yung tinutukoy ni St. Paul na the
Thessalonians know very well?

“day of the Lord”

• Biblical image taken from prophetic
tradition
• Implies that God is Yahweh

Concerning times and seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you. For you
2

yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord

2ND RDG: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-6

verse 2
Saan hinalintulad ni St. Paul ang “day of the
Lord?

“thief at night”
• the suddenness of the event rather than the
timing

will come like a thief at night.

2ND RDG: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-6

verse 3
Ano raw yung sinsabi ng mga tao, then
disaster comes upon them?

“Peace and security”

• threat to vigilance is complacency and
false prophets of continued prosperity

…When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them,
2ND RDG: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-6

verse 3-4
Saan hinalintulad yung sakit ng disaster?

“pains upon a pregnant woman”

• the inevitability of the event
• we know its coming, but not when labor
will start

…like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in
4

darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief.

2ND RDG: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-6

verse 5
Ang Thessalonians daw ay children of what?

“Light and Darkness”

• Christians are united in Christ, the light of
the world
• We are no longer subject to the assaults of
darkness

…For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of
darkness.
2ND RDG: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-6

verse 6
Ano yung sinabi ni St. Paul na “to stay”?

“alert and sober”

• does not say that one should not sleep or
take a drink
• a reminder that we must at all times be
vigilant as there won’t be time to prepare

…Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober.
WORD BANK
share to others value

disgrace/ grave sin/ light

excuses
darkness
complacent/ selfishness
stewards
Our Lady
entrust/ prepares us for
ability more

charm fear

perfect wife
2ND RDG: ROMANS 13:8-10

TITLE
• Love for One Another

CHARACTERS
• St. Paul, God, Romans