This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  Ezekiel 34:11-16 11 “For the Lord says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my flock and look after it. 12 As a shepherd looks after his flock when he is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1, 1 Kings 18:41-46 41 Elijah said to Ahab, ‘Go back now, eat and drink; for I hear the approaching sound of rain.’ 42 While Ahab went back to eat and drink, Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel and bowed down to […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Kings 18:20-39 20 Ahab called all Israel together and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah stepped out in front of all the people. ‘How long’, he said, ‘do you mean to hobble first on one leg then on the […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Kings 17:7-16 7 But after a while the stream dried up, for the country had had no rain. 8 And then the word of the Lord came to him, 9 ‘Up and go to Zarephath in Sidonia, and stay there. I […]

GOD’S BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL Welcome back to Bible Blog, which follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church. Today the blogger resumes after a week’s absence on holiday. Reading 1,  1 Kings 17:1-6 1 Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘By the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, whom I […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Gospel, Mark 11:27-33 27 They came to Jerusalem again, and as Jesus was walking in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28 and they said to him, ‘What authority have you for acting like this? Or […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Peter 4:7-13 7 The end of all things is near, so keep your minds calm and sober for prayer. 8 Above all preserve an intense love for each other, since love covers over many a sin. 9 Welcome each other into […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Peter 2:2-5, 9-12 2 Like new-born babies all your longing should be for milk — the unadulterated spiritual milk — which will help you to grow up to salvation, 3 at any rate if you have tasted that the Lord is […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Peter 1:18-25 18 For you know that the price of your ransom from the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors was paid, not in anything perishable like silver or gold, 19 but in precious blood as of a […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Peter 1:10-16 10 This salvation was the subject of the search and investigation of the prophets who spoke of the grace you were to receive, 11 searching out the time and circumstances for which the Spirit of Christ, bearing witness in […]