Sunday Scripture Study

Catholic Scripture Study Links

We all stand on the shoulders of giants, and there’s no need to reinvent the wheel when studying the Bible. Below are a number of on-line Catholic resources that may help you as you begin to deepen your understanding of the Scriptures. I have found these helpful to me, and still use many of these when preparing the Liturgical Bible Study that appears on this site.

US Catholic Bishops – New American Bible

The official site of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, it includes a calendar and text for all the Mass readings. It also has a complete New American Bible with commentary.

http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations

This site, administered by Don Schwager provides thoughtful meditations on every Scripture reading in the year. It also has good seasonal (Advent, Lent) material.

http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/

St. Charles Borromeo Bible Studies

This terrific website which also has many good apologetics and catechetical resources, provides very good Bible Studies for every Sunday and major Feast day of the year.

http://www.scborromeo.org/index2.htm

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

This website, from Dr. Scott Hahn, popular theologian, Bible scholar, apologist and famous convert to Catholicism, offers several Bible studies at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. It also has many other good resources.

http://www.salvationhistory.com/

Christian Community Bible – Pastoral Bible Foundation

A lesser known Catholic translation of the Scriptures, this Bible and commentary comes mostly out of a Third World view compared to the one we’re used to. Completely orthodox and very pastoral, it is a nice alternative. This is a link to an on-line version.

http://www.bible.claret.org/bibles/index.html

Fr. William Most Theological Collection

One of the most revered modern scholars, this web page is a collection of many of his writings including commentaries on several (but not all) books of the Bible.

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/most/browse.cfm

Searchable Revised Standard Version (not CE)

There is no on-line Catholic edition of the RSV as far as I know, but this one will give you on-line access to the original version. Just be aware there are differences including, of course, this version lacks the seven deuteron-canonical books.

http://www.hti.umich.edu/r/rsv/citation.html

SacredVerse.com

For a fee, this site will send bible verses, insights from the saints and/or papal reflections weekly as text messages to your cell phone.

https://www.sacredverse.com/

Divine Revelation – Catholic Biblical Apologetics

This site contains good background information in the Scriptures including sections about inspiration, canonicity, and the history of the Bible.

http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap030000.htm

Catholic Scripture Study

Scripture studies for groups based on specific books of the Bible. Contains resources to start your own Catholic Bible Study.

http://www.cssprogram.net/

Catholic Scripture Study, Inc.

Another good program.

http://www.catholicscripturestudyinc.org/whatiscss.php

Fr. Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.

This website contains a variety of materials, mostly related to biblical and liturgical studies, intended for scholars, teachers, students, pastors, believers, seekers, and others.

http://catholic-resources.org/

Presentation Ministries Bible Resources

A charismatic community that distributes free booklets of Scripture meditations and has several articles on studying the Scriptures from a spiritual standpoint.

http://www.presentationministries.com/brochures/brochures.asp#3

To Tell You The Whole Truth About the Church and the Holy Bible

From the website of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Mississippi that has the Bible studies mentioned above. Gives you the facts on where we got the Bible.

http://www.scborromeo.org/truth/truth.htm

Life After Sunday Bible Studies

Catholic Bible studies available for groups or individuals on a number of topics.

http://www.lifeaftersunday.com/

Searchable Douay-Rheims Bible

http://www.intratext.com/X/ENG0011.htm

Our Father’s Plan

Popular Scripture study program by Scott Hahn and Jeff Cavins that rather intensively leads you through salvation history so that you get the “Big Picture” of the Bible which is vital for understanding what you read.

http://www.mindspring.com/~jdarcy/files/fathersplan.html

The Great Adventure: A Journey Through the Bible

A companion program to “Our Father’s Plan” above, this helps you to become familiar with the flow of Biblical history so that you know where particular books, characters and stories fit in.

http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/Jeff_Cavins_Great_Adventure_Catholic_Bible_Timeline_Overview.html

The following are monthly magazines that give you background information and meditations on the daily Mass Scripture readings. I’ve used them all and would recommend any of them.