Creation Accounts
This season we will start at the beginning with the Creation Accounts of Genesis chapters 1–4.
These chapters that start the Bible tell us of God creating the cosmos, then God creating the natural world as preparing a home for human beings, and finally the creation of mankind.
The story continues with the fall of mankind into sinful practices and how God loves and protects us even in mankind’s state of rejecting God. We see the story of our current life in these four chapters!
After an interlude with Job, during Advent we will read/study/pray the Lucan Infancy Narratives proclaiming the birth of Jesus as God and man.
After the New Year 2025 we will continue the Gospel According to Luke.
While there is no charge for the course, we will begin each session with a psalm from the eBook Psalms as Personal Prayer, so it would be good to have it downloaded with you (see www.lectiopublishing.com).
If you would prefer to do extra study via a commentary, Collegeville has a good one (see https://litpress.org/Products/2836 and https://litpress.org/Products/2862).
We will meet in the Education Building (at the side entrance next to St. Vincent de Paul) on Monday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. and Wednesday mornings after Mass from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. (each covering the same material). Please contact me (eric@romans15v4.com or 772-932-7969) to let me know your preferred attendance, Mon. or Wed.
Class Materials
- Download the eBook Psalms as Personal Prayer, which is available from either Apple iTunes or Kindle Reader (see below). This translation will be used as our opening prayer for the class.
- Bring your tablet/iPad, smartphone, or laptop with the eBook downloaded. Unfamiliar with eBooks? Assistance will be provided in class.
- Bibles (New American Bible [NAB] translation) are available in the classroom; bring yours if you prefer.
Meeting
Education Building, St. Christopher Parish
Monday evenings 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., or
Wednesday mornings after Mass (9:30 – 11:00 a.m.)
Course Calendar*
| Week of | Discussion | Preparational Reading |
|---|---|---|
| September 16 | Introduction to the Bible | eBook on Apple iTunes eBook for Kindle Reader |
| September 23 | Creation of the Cosmos | NAB pp. 1-3 Genesis 1 |
| September 30 | Creation of Mankind | Genesis 1–2 No Wednesday Class |
| October 7 | God’s World Our World | Genesis 2 Genesis 3–4 Hurricane Milton: No Wednesday Class |
| October 14 | Introduction to Job | Job 1–2 |
| October 21 | Job and “Friends” | Job 3–6 |
| October 28 | No Monday Class | |
| November 4 | Review Class | Hosted by Linda and Darlene |
| November 11 | Job’s Response | Job 7–10 |
| November 18 | Final Confrontation | Job 32–37 |
| November 25 | God’s Response to Job | Job 38–42 No Monday Class |
| December 2 | Infancy Narrative | Luke 1 |
| December 9 | Infancy Narrative | Luke 2 |
| December 16 | Infancy Narrative | Luke 2 cont’d |
| December 23 | NO CLASSES | Christmas Week |
| December 30 | NO CLASSES | New Year’s Week |
| January 6 | According to Luke | Luke 3–4 |
| January 13 | Luke | Luke 5–6 |
| January 20 | Luke | To Be Continued... ? |
* Dates / topics subject to adjustment.