THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year C)
Sirach 35:12 – 14, 16 – 18 (in the Catholic Study Bible: 35:15b – 17, 20 – 22a)
This Sunday, we will hear from the Book of Sirach. As is usually the case, this passage was clearly chosen to prepare us for the Gospel. Let’s review the “who, what, when, where and to whom” of this book. The Book of Sirach is one of the very last books of the Old Testament. It was written between 195 and 180BC by a man who identifies himself as Jesus, son of Eleazar, son […]