Sunday Matters : Reflections on the Lectionary Readings Year A. This item is unavailable.Sunday Matters : Reflections on the Lectionary Readings Year A

This book contains reflections on the Sunday Bible Readings for Year A in the Roman Catholic Lectionary. They are intended to assist those preparing homilies or talks on the readings, as well as others whose curiosity and questions have been aroused by these readings. Reflections on Year B and Year C in the the liturgical cycle will appear in subsequent volumes. Sunday matters or should matter to Christians. It is the Lords day and so the most important day of the week, a time for us to acknowledge God as the source, centre and goal of our lives. Because Sunday is a matter of importance there are important matters to consider on this day, such as time for prayer, worship and being nourished by the Word of God. Sunday also matters because it is a limited amount of time and these days there are a host of other things competing for our time and attention: sport, shopping, TV, travel, etc. Deciding what to do on Sundays and other major days of the Christian calendar has become something of a challenge for contemporary Christians, some would say even a crisis.

Mark O'Brien OP is a member of the Australian province of the Dominican order, also known as the Order of Preachers (OP). He joined the Order in 1967 and studied theology in Dominican houses of study in Canberra and Dublin. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1973 and completed post-graduate studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, in 1976. He taught Old Testament studies at Yarra Theological Union, Melbourne, from 1977 and completed a doctorate in Theology at the Melbourne College of Divinity in 1987. He is the author of The Deuteronomistic History Hypothesis: A Reassessment and has co-authored several books on the Old Testament with Antony F Campbell SJ. He was Provincial of the Australian Province of the Dominican Order from 1993 to 2000. He is currently Prior of St Dominic's Priory in Melbourne and lectures in Old Testament studies in the Melbourne College of Divinity. He has also taught at Blackfriars, Oxford and at the National Catholic Institute of Theology in Karachi, Pakistan.