tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52722966926970322642024-03-10T20:21:02.133-07:00Catholic BiblesTimothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.comBlogger2099125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-89414784573849786022018-05-25T00:00:00.000-07:002018-05-26T09:38:32.816-07:00A Final GoodbyeAlmost ten years ago I (somewhat blindly) decided to
start this blog, with very few expectations for what it would become. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that time, I was still working on my
graduate degree in theology, unmarried, and had no children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a lot more time on my hands and found
myself routinely frustrated by the lack of Catholic bible information on the
internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A truly dangerous mix!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> At that time, m</span>ost of the really good blogs or websites
devoted to actual bible editions and translations were authored by our
Protestant brothers and sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of
them were very good and informative, though most of them have not been updated
in years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They gave me the inspiration
to start <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Catholic Bibles Blog</i>
back in August, 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been a very
good ten years authoring this blog. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
would have never guessed that I would been able to interact with so many of
you, from many different countries and traditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you have been commentating on this
blog from very early on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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I have also been blessed to participate in a number of
interviews with many of the people who work tirelessly to provide Catholics
with better translations, editions, and study tools. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a much greater respect for the
translators, editors, and publishers who are devoted to building up Catholic bible literacy
in the English speaking world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not
an easy job and it comes with very few accolades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most often, people complain!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I know, I was one of them.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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But, really, who would have thought that in these ten
years there would be an <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NABRE</i>, a
beautifully bound and republished <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Knox
Bible</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Message:
Catholic/Ecumenical Edition</i> with Deuteros translated from the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nova Vulgata</i>, an approved <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NLT-CE</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ESV-CE</i>, and a forthcoming full <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">RNJB</i>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, of course, we are still waiting on a few
others, right Ignatius Press?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, who
know what the future holds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about an
NIV-CE or NASB-CE? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or, how about a premium Catholic Bible to
match the brilliance of the most recent Cambridge <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NRSV Reference Bible w/Apocrypha</i>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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It has been a pleasure posting and interacting with all
of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my goals for this blog was
to make sure that it would be a place without a lot of the toxic bickering we
see so often in social media, forums, and society in general.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I truly wanted all to be welcome to express
their view point, always in a charitable tone of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I haven’t always succeeded at that, but
I have done my best and most of you have done the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To those who I may have offended or been
short with, I offer my apologies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But to
all of you who have interacted with me through the blog or by email, I thank
you for your contributions, kind words, and encouragement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
of you I have had the pleasure to meet in various ways, and a number of you I
consider friends.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yet, here we are, ten years later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life has changed, interests have changed as
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is time for me to move on and
close shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time to go dream it up all over again in
different places and spaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, thank
you sticking with this little bug of a blog for the past ten years!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep on reading your bibles!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep on supporting those many small Catholic
publishers who need to hear from you, both through your encouragement and
financial support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May God richly bless
you as you read, pray, and study the written Word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">"A final comparison. One can drink
wine as it is and swallow hard or one can drink it mixed with water and enjoy
it; hence, a book is good when it's written, but better when it's read. And so
it is with mine."<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br />Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com84tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-36955167585587235092018-05-22T10:41:00.000-07:002018-05-22T10:41:55.229-07:00Loreto Publications Douay-Rheims Bible<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaKfcuj0FxAdVf3BXI16nh5jgEjANRYkjBT-FCowxbgVf_eL62RHUT5m7INguMy9MtM4bd0EkGpcTEJC-xmLGC77wj0V9f82UAbY0GXISv0QXASDAFS6FhXe-UIWiqQQsRumvDwHnTubs/s1600/IMG-6950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaKfcuj0FxAdVf3BXI16nh5jgEjANRYkjBT-FCowxbgVf_eL62RHUT5m7INguMy9MtM4bd0EkGpcTEJC-xmLGC77wj0V9f82UAbY0GXISv0QXASDAFS6FhXe-UIWiqQQsRumvDwHnTubs/s320/IMG-6950.JPG" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://loretopubs.org/douay-rheims-hardbound-bible.html">Loreto Publications</a> has been one of the places, for a long time, where one could find a nice copy of the <a href="http://loretopubs.org/douay-rheims-hardbound-bible.html">Douay-Rheims</a> (Challoner) edition. While perhaps not as refined as the Baronius editions, the Loreto Douay-Rheims has always been a very workable and durable edition of the venerable Douay-Rheims. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This edition is sewn and comes in a bonded leather hardcover. One of the things I most appreciate about this edition, in comparison to the other versions available in this translation, is the bible's size. At 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 2" the Loreto Douay is a tad smaller than the standard size Baronius editions, without losing any of its readability. In some ways, this smaller Loreto version feels like the Baronius Knox in my hand while reading from it. Two thick ribbons accompany this bible and the paper has very little issues regarding ghosting/bleed-through. As you will see with the description below, many of the same features that are found in the Baronius edition are also available in this edition. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Even after all of the modern "revisions" of the bible that are now available to Catholics, many still think that the Douay-Rheims version, (the only English translation of the Catholic Vulgate bible in use for almost 400 years) is the very best ever produced. We at Loreto agree that what was good enough for fifty generations of English-speaking Catholics and countless Saints and Martyrs is still good enough for us. We are proud to offer this beautiful genuine bonded leather hardbound edition <em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">for only $39.95!</em> The text is clear and easy to read and the two satin ribbons mark he pages where your daily reading is to begin. This Bible fills the need for a small (5 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 2") good quality hardbound Douay-Rheims bible. It is a perfect gift for Christmas, First Communions, Confirmations, weddings, birthdays, etc. and is also great for those who want a portable bible which is legible, durable, and handsome.</span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Family Register pages</span></li>
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Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-44292716238883026152018-05-21T04:23:00.002-07:002018-05-21T04:24:04.881-07:00Pentecost Sunday: Liturgy of the Word Comparison Final Edition (w./ Fr. Neil)<br />
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2:1-11 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(no changes to Biblical text in
Lectionary)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1
</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">When
Pentecost day came round, they had all met in one room, <sup>2 </sup>when
suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of
which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; <sup>3 </sup>and
something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated
and came to rest on the head of each of them. <sup>4 </sup>They were all filled
with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave
them the gift of speech.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><sup>5
</sup>Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under
heaven, <sup>6 </sup>and at this sound they all assembled, each one bewildered
to hear these men speaking his own language. <sup>7 </sup>They were amazed and
astonished. ‘Surely’ they said ‘all these men speaking are Galileans? <sup>8 </sup>How
does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language?<sup> 9 </sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from
Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, <sup>10 </sup>Phrygia and
Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from
Rome – <sup>11 </sup>Jews and proselytes alike – Cretans and Arabs; we
hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Revised
New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Acts
2:1-11<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="dropcap"><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1</span></sup></span><span class="dropcap"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
Pentecost day had come, they were all together, <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">2 </span></span>when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a
rushing wind, filling the entire house in which they were sitting; <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">3 </span></span>and there appeared to them tongues
as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">4 </span></span>They were all filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak different languages</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">as the Spirit gave them power to express
themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Now there
were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">6 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and at this sound they all assembled, and
they were bewildered because each one heard them speaking his own language. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">7 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">They were amazed and astonished, saying, ‘Are
not all these who are speaking Galileans? </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">8
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">How is it
that each of us hears them in his own native language? </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">9 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Parthians, Medes and Elamites, residents of
Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of
Libya belonging to Cyrene, visitors from Rome – </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">11
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Jews and
proselytes alike – Cretans and Arabs, we hear them speaking in our own
languages about the marvels of God.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">There
is not much to comment on here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
translations are very alike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The RNJB is
a more precise translation. Note the use of “men” in V.5 for the Greek <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">andres</i>. Again this shows a moderate use
of inclusive language. Wansbrough retains the exclusive word “men” as this is
the more exact translation. Here St. Luke uses a word that means men to the
exclusion of women. Historically it is probable that no men were in the assembly
that St. Luke describes. Therefore <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><u>Second
reading</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Original
Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Galatians
5:16-25 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(no changes to Biblical text in
Lectionary)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>16
</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">If
you are guided by the Spirit you will be in no danger of yielding to
self-indulgence, <sup>17 </sup>since self-indulgence is the opposite of the
Spirit, the Spirit is totally against such a thing, and it is precisely because
the two are so opposed that you do not always carry out your good intentions. <sup>18
</sup>If you are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you. <sup>19 </sup>When
self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: fornication, gross
indecency and sexual irresponsibility; <sup>20 </sup>idolatry and sorcery;
feuds and wrangling, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels; disagreements,
factions, <sup>21 </sup>envy; drunkenness, orgies and similar things. I warn
you now, as I warned you before: those who behave like this will not inherit
the kingdom of God. <sup>22 </sup>What the Spirit brings is very different:
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, <sup>23 </sup>gentleness
and self-control. There can be no law against things like that, of course. <sup>24
</sup>You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent
passions and desires.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><sup>25
</sup>Since the Spirit is our life, let us be directed by the Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Revised
New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Galatians
5:16-25<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>16
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Be guided by
the Spirit, and do not fulfil the desires of the flesh. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">17 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">The desires of the flesh are against the
Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh: they are opposed
to one another, so that you may not do whatever you please. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">18 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you are led by the Spirit, you are not
subject to the Law. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">19
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">The works of
the flesh are obvious: sexual vice, impurity and sensuality; </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">20 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">idolatry and sorcery; antagonisms and
rivalry, jealousy, bad temper, quarrels, disagreements, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">21 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">factions and malice, drunkenness, orgies and
all suchlike, about which, I tell you now as I have told you in the past,
people who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">22 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">On the other hand the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">23 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">gentleness and self-control; against such
things there is no law. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">24
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Those who
belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with all its passions and
desires. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>25
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Since we are
living by the Spirit, let our behaviour be guided by the Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">I
think that an honest comparison of the two translations is perhaps the clearest
argument in favour of adopting the RNJB to replace the JB in the
Lectionary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The JB is not bad, but its
avoidance of the word “flesh” for the Greek <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sarx</i>
is a very significant fault. “Indulgence” kind of says the same thing, but it
lacks the clarity and the poetry. Likewise the interplay between “Flesh,”
“Spirit” and “Law” are much clearer in the RNJB.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><u>Gospel</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Original
Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">John
20:19-23 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(words omitted from the Biblical
text in the Lectionary are <s>stricken through</s>)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">19 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">In the evening of <s>that same
day</s>, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the
disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said
to them, ‘Peace be with you’, <sup>20 </sup>and showed them his hands and his
side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, <sup>21 </sup>and
he said to them again, ‘Peace be with you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">‘As the Father sent me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">so am I sending you.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">22 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">After saying this he breathed on
them and said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">‘Receive the Holy Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">23 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">For those whose sins you forgive,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">they are forgiven;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">for those whose sins you retain,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">they are retained.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Revised
New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">John 20:19-23 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(words
omitted from the Biblical text in the Lectionary are <s>stricken through</s>)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="n-Para" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">19 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the
evening of <s>that same day,</s> the first day of the week, the doors were
closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came
and stood among them and said to them, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Peace
be with you,’ </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">20
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">and, after saying this, he showed them his
hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced at seeing the Lord, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">21 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">and he
said to them again, ‘Peace be with you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘As the Father has sent me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">so am
I sending you.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Para" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">22 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
saying this he breathed</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">on
them and said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">‘Receive
the Holy Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">23 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If you
forgive anyone’s sins,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">they
are forgiven;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">if you
retain anyone’s sins,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">they
are retained.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
translations are very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The final
instruction in V.23 is now conditional in the RNJB. This is the same
translation as in the RSV/NRSV, the NAB and the KJV/DR are closer to the
original JB translation. This is more an editorial decision.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">With
this comparison, our series is complete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Next week there are Old Testament readings and we will have to wait the
publication of the full RNJB later this year to compare those readings.
Obviously it is essential to see the Old Testament before making a final
decision, but I believe that these 8 sets of readings that we have compared
since Easter have shown what a RNJB lectionary would look like. I commented
already on the issue of Rome preferring <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="http://www.catholicbiblesblog.com/2018/04/guest-post-one-approved-translation-per.html">a single Biblical translation</a></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> for use in each region<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given this preference, I personally believe
that the interest of the faithful in the countries where the Jerusalem Bible is
currently in use would be best served if their bishops adopted a new Lectionary
using the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Revised New Jerusalem Bible</i>.
The bishops have already decided that the current Jerusalem Bible Lectionary is
no longer fit for purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only is
this new translation a much more exact and faithful translation that its
predecessor, it also has the great advantage of pastoral continuity as it does
not sound radically different to its predecessor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adopting it would help maintain what St.
Augustine described as the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">tranquillitas</span> ordinis</i> or
tranquillity of order in the Church. I think this is particularly important
given the radical manner in which the translation of the Roman Missal was
changed a few years ago. Pastorally I do not think that it would be good to
adopt a totally new translation of the Bible as the basis of a new Lectionary
in those countries where the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jerusalem
Bible</i> Lectionary is already in use.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">Neil Xavier O'Donoghue is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. He currently ministers in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland, where he serves as vice rector at Redemptoris Mater Seminary. He has studied at Seton Hall University, the University of Notre Dame, and St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.</i><br />
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Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-89141265678763888292018-05-17T05:14:00.003-07:002018-05-17T05:14:54.005-07:00Ascension Sunday: Liturgy of the Word Comparison (w/ Fr. Neil)<br />
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i>N.B
there are a number of options for this Sunday (some places still celebrate it
on the traditional 40<sup>th</sup> day). For the purposes of this comparison, I
am simply commenting on the particular readings that I used when I celebrated
Mass in County Armagh in Ireland.</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><u>First
reading</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Original
Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Acts
1:1-11 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(no changes to Biblical text in
Lectionary)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">1 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">In my earlier work, Theophilus, I
dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning <sup>2 </sup>until
the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy
Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. <sup>3 </sup>He had shown himself alive to
them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued
to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God. <sup>4 </sup>When he
had been at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to
wait there for what the Father had promised. ‘It is’ he had said ‘what you have
heard me speak about: <sup>5 </sup>John baptised with water but you, not many
days from now, will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><sup>6
</sup>Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the time come? Are
you going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ <sup>7 </sup>He replied, ‘It is
not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own
authority, <sup>8 </sup>but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes
on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout
Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><sup>9
</sup>As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took
him from their sight. <sup>10 </sup>They were still staring into the sky when
suddenly two men in white were standing near them <sup>11 </sup>and they said,
‘Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky? Jesus who has
been taken up from you into heaven, this same Jesus will come back in the same
way as you have seen him go there.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Revised
New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Acts
1:1-11</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="n-Para" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span class="dropcap"><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">1 </span></sup></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">In my
earlier work, Theophilus, I wrote about everything Jesus began to do and teach
from the beginning <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">2 </span></span>until the
day when, after giving instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the
Holy Spirit, he was taken up to heaven. <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">3 </span></span>He had presented himself alive to them after his Passion
by many proofs: for forty days he had continued to appear to them speaking
about the kingdom of God. <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">4 </span></span>While
at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there
for what the Father had promised. He had said, ‘This is what you have heard me
speak about: <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">5 </span></span>for John baptised
with water, but you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit not many days from
now.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Para" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">6
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Now having met together, they asked him,
‘Lord, is this the time for you to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">7 </span></span>He replied, ‘It is not for you to
know times or dates that the Father has laid down by his own authority,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">8
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">but you will receive the power of the Holy
Spirit coming upon you, and you will be my witnesses</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">both in Jerusalem and throughout Judaea and
Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">9 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">As he said this he was lifted up while they
looked on, and a cloud took him up out of their sight. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">10 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">And while they were staring into the sky as
he went, suddenly two men in white were standing beside them, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">11 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and they said, ‘Why are you Galileans
standing here looking into the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you
into heaven will come back in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">In
V.3 the word “presented” is a better translation that “showed” to show the nuance
of the building up of the faith of the Apostles during the 40 days. Verse 5 is
a good example of the RNJB’s decision to be a translation for proclamation in
Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no significant
difference in wording, but I think the newer version is easier for the listener
to understand. This is a significant characteristic of the RNJB. The King James
Bible was also conceived of as a bible to be read in churches. The modern
achievement of universal literacy and the economic possibilities of so many people
to actually own their own copy of the complete Bible (something that not even
most bishops could aspire to before the printing press), has sometimes led us
to undervalue the fact that for Christians the Bible is principally something
that is proclaimed in the liturgical assembly. In V.11 the RNJB is more exact
including the word “heaven” twice (as in the original Greek).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><u>Second
reading</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Original
Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Ephesians
1:17-23 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(no changes to Biblical text in
Lectionary)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">17 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">May the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what
is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him. <sup>18 </sup>May he
enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds
for you, what rich glories he has promised the saints will inherit <sup>19 </sup>and
how infinitely great is the power that he has exercised for us believers. This
you can tell from the strength of his power <sup>20 </sup>at work in Christ,
when he used it to raise him from the dead and to make him sit at his right
hand, in heaven, <sup>21 </sup>far above every Sovereignty, Authority, Power,
or Domination, or any other name that can be named not only in this age but
also in the age to come. <sup>22 </sup>He has put all things under his feet and
made him, as the ruler of everything, the head of the Church; <sup>23 </sup>which
is his body, the fullness of him who fills the whole creation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Ephesians
1:17-23 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(words moved in the Biblical text
are <u>underlined</u>)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">17 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">May <u>the God of our Lord Jesus Chri</u>st give
you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in further knowledge of him; </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">18 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">that the eyes of your mind may be enlightened
for you to see what the hope of his call is, what are the riches of the glory
of his inheritance in the saints, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">19
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and what is
the overflowing greatness of his power to us believers, according to the
working of the strength of his might </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">20
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">which he has
put to work in Christ by raising him from the dead and enthroning him at his
right hand, in the heavens, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">21
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">far above
every rule and authority and power and lordship and every title that is given,
not only in this age but also in the age to come. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">22
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">He has put
all things under his feet and has given him as head above all things to the
Church, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">23 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">which is his body, the fullness of him who
fills all in all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
original JB didn’t need manipulation for editing it for the Lectionary, Here
the RNJB did. I think this is a neutral difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One would need to look at a complete
Lectionary to make any inferences on this point. It should be noted that
Scripture has always had to be slightly edited in order to be used in the
Lectionary. As we do not read whole books, the start of a passage often needs
to have a few words of contextualization added to make it understandable.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><u>Gospel</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Original
Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Mark 16:15-20
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(additions to Biblical text in
Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Jesus showed himself to the
Eleven and said to them:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">15 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">‘Go out to the whole world;
proclaim the Good News to all creation. <sup>16 </sup>He who believes and is
baptised will be saved; he who does not believe will be condemned. <sup>17 </sup>These
are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name they will cast
out devils; they will have the gift of tongues; <sup>18 </sup>they will pick up
snakes in their hands, and be unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they
will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><sup>19
</sup>And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into
heaven: there at the right hand of God he took his place, <sup>20 </sup>while
they, going out, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming
the word by the signs that accompanied it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Revised
New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Mark
16:15-20 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(additions to Biblical text in
Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Jesus showed himself to the
Eleven and said to them:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">15</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ‘Go
out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">16 </span></span>Whoever believes and is baptised
will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">17 </span></span>These are the signs that will
follow believers: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new
tongues; <span class="versenum"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">18 </span></span>they will pick
up snakes in their hands; should they drink deadly poison it will not harm
them; they will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">19 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to
them, was taken up into heaven; and sat down at the right hand of God, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">20 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">while they, going out, proclaimed the good
news everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the
signs that accompanied it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">In V15
the RNJB uses “gospel” rather than “good news.” There are arguments for either
translation. Note the inclusive language in V.16. Again I think this is a
necessary improvement (see my comments at the end of last week’s post for more).
A small note again on the attention for proclaiming the text. At Mass I found
it challenging to proclaim V.18 “they will pick up snakes in their hands, and
be unharmed should they drink deadly poison.” Even though I prepared the
readings beforehand, each time I was proclaiming the Gospel I tended to say “they
will pick up snakes in their hands and be unharmed” which breaks the sense of
the reading. I think the new translation is better in this respect: “they will
pick up snakes in their hands; should they drink deadly poison it will not harm
them.” This is an improvement that will only be understood when the text is
actually read aloud. In V. 20 the translation of e</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">kēryssan </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">is worth noting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is the root of the English word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kerygma
</i>(used as a verb). The JB has “preached” the RNJB has “proclaimed the good
news.” I can see arguments for both translations.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><u>First
reading</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Original
Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Acts
10:25-26,34-35,44-48 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(no changes to Biblical text in
Lectionary)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">25 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As Peter reached the house
Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. <sup>26
</sup>But Peter helped him up. ‘Stand up,’ he said ‘I am only a man after all!’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <sup>34
</sup>Then Peter addressed them: ‘The truth I have now come to realise’ he said
‘is that God does not have favourites, <sup>35 </sup>but that anybody of any
nationality who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to him.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <sup>44
</sup>While Peter was still speaking the Holy Spirit came down on all the
listeners. <sup>45 </sup>Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were all
astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit should be poured out on the pagans
too, <sup>46 </sup>since they could hear them speaking strange languages and
proclaiming the greatness of God. Peter himself then said, <sup>47 </sup>‘Could
anyone refuse the water of baptism to these people, now they have received the
Holy Spirit just as much as we have?’ <sup>48 </sup>He then gave orders for
them to be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ. Afterwards they begged him to
stay on for some days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Revised
New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Acts
10:25-26,34-35,44-48</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> (no changes to Biblical text in
Lectionary)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">25</span></span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As
Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, fell at his feet and
worshipped him. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">26</span></span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">But
Peter raised him up, saying, ‘Stand up, I am only a man, too!’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">34</span></span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Then
Peter began to speak to them, ‘I understand that truly God is impartial, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">35</span></span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">but
that in every nation one that fears him and does what is righteous is
acceptable to him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">44</span></span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">While
Peter was still speaking,</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">the Holy Spirit fell upon all those hearing
the word. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">45</span></span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The
circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astonished that the gift
of the Holy Spirit should be poured out on gentiles too, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">46</span></span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">for
they heard them speaking in tongues and proclaiming the greatness of God. Then
Peter said, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">47</span></span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">‘Could
anyone refuse the water of baptism to these people, now they have received the
Holy Spirit just as we have?’ </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">48</span></span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">He
then gave instructions that they should be baptised in the name of Jesus
Christ. Then they invited him to stay on for some days.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">In
V.25 the use of “worshipped him” in the RNJB is probably a better translation
of the Greek </span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">proskyneō</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">, although it could possibly mean do homage. In V.34 the JB’s
translation “</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">‘The truth I have now come to
realise’ he said ‘is that God does not have favourites,’</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">” is a little long-winded. The new translation is more
succinct, as the Greek original. In v.44 the RNJB gives a better translation
when it speaks of people listening to the “word.” One should never build an
advanced theology on a translation (any serious theology must build on the
original Greek), but for amateur theologians it is easier to understand that
pagans hear the word (<i>logon</i>) than
listeners of Peter in general [although neither translation literally renders the
first use of the other Greek word for word (<i>rhemata</i>)
at the start of the verse]. The RNJB’s translation of “</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">circumcised
believers</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">” and “</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">speaking
in tongues</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">” are to
be preferred to the original JB renderings in Vv. 45-46.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><u>Second
reading</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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John 4:7-10</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> (no changes to Biblical text in
Lectionary)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">7 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">My dear people,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">let us love one another<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">since love comes from God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">8 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Anyone who fails to love can
never have known God,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">because God is love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">9 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">God’s love for us was revealed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">when God sent into the world his only Son<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">so that we could have life through him;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">10 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">this is the love I mean:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">not our love for God,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">but God’s love for us when he sent his Son<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">to be the sacrifice that takes our sins away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">1
John 4:7-10</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">7</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> My dear friends, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">let
us love one other, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">since
love is from God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and
everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">8</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> No one who fails to love knows
God, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">because
God is love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">9</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> In this, the love of God was
revealed among us,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">that
God sent his only Son into the world <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">that
we might have life through him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">10</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Love consists in this: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">not
that we loved God, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">but
that he loved us and sent his Son <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">as an atoning sacrifice for our
sins.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">In V. 7 the RNJB’s translation of
“is a child of God,” is clearer and easier to proclaim than the original
translation “is begotten by God.” Other than that I find the RNJB to be a
clearer and tidier translation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">John
15:9-17 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(additions to Biblical text in
Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Jesus said to his disciples:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">9 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">‘As the Father has loved me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">so I have loved you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Remain in my love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">10 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">If you keep my commandments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">you will remain in my love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">just as I have kept my Father’s
commandments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and remain in his love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">11 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I have told you this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">so that my own joy may be in you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and your joy be complete.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">12 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This is my commandment:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">love one another, as I have loved
you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">13 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A man can have no greater love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">than to lay down his life for his
friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">14 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You are my friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">if you do what I command you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">15 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I shall not call you servants any
more,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">because a servant does not know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">his master’s business;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I call you friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">because I have made known to you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">everything I have learnt from my
Father.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">16 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You did not choose me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">no, I chose you;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and I commissioned you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">to go out and to bear fruit,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">fruit that will last;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and then the Father will give you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">anything you ask him in my name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">17 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">What I command you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">is to love one another.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">John
15:10-17 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(additions to Biblical text to
match the original JB Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">9 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As the Father has loved me, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">so have I loved you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Remain in my love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">10 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you keep my commandments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">you will remain in my love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">just as I have kept<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">my Father’s commandments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and remain in his love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">11 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have told you this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">so that my own joy may be in you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and your joy may be complete.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">12 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is my commandment,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">that you should love one another,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">as I have loved you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">13 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No one has greater love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">than to lay down his life for his friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">14 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You are my friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">if you do what I command you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">15 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I shall no longer call you servants,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">because the servant does not know <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">what the master is doing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I call you friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">because I have made known to you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">everything I have heard from my Father.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">16 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You did not choose me, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">but I chose you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and I commissioned you <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to go out and to bear fruit,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">fruit that will last;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">so that the Father will give you <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">that you should love one another.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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V.15 the translation of “heard” in the RNJB rather than “learnt” in the JB is a
more correct translation. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I’m
afraid (or perhaps consoled) that there are no major revelations in the
comparison this week. In my mind it is
clearer every week that the RNJB is a worthy successor to the JB. It is
fundamentally a revision of the original JB, but time and time again it is more
precise, clearer as regards translation and sensitive to modern requirements
for an “inclusive” translation (without doing any violence to the language and
using man, him, etc. when needed).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">Neil Xavier O'Donoghue is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. He currently ministers in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland, where he serves as vice rector at Redemptoris Mater Seminary. He has studied at Seton Hall University, the University of Notre Dame, and St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.</i>Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-66852036565047961912018-05-08T06:00:00.000-07:002018-05-08T07:34:54.550-07:00For Sale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-38496982927157572252018-05-02T16:00:00.000-07:002018-05-02T16:00:19.430-07:00Fifth Sunday of Easter: Liturgy of the Word Comparison (w/ Fr. Neil)<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">26 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">When <u>Saul</u> got to Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him: they could not believe he was really a disciple. <sup>27 </sup>Barnabas, however, took charge of him, introduced him to the apostles, and explained how the Lord had appeared to Saul and spoken to him on his journey, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. <sup>28 </sup>Saul now started to go round with them in Jerusalem, preaching fearlessly in the name of the Lord. <sup>29 </sup>But after he had spoken to the Hellenists, and argued with them, they became determined to kill him. <sup>30 </sup>When the brothers knew, they took him to Caesarea, and sent him off from there to Tarsus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Acts 9:26-31 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(additions to Biblical text to match the original JB Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">26 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">When <u>Saul</u> got to Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him: they did not believe that he was a disciple. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">27 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Barnabas, however, took charge of him, brought him to the apostles, and explained how on the road he had seen the Lord and spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken fearlessly in the name of Jesus. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">28 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Saul now started to go in and out with them in Jerusalem, speaking fearlessly in the name of the Lord. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">29 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">He spoke and argued with the Hellenists, and they determined to kill him. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">30 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">When the brothers got to know of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">31 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The church throughout Judaea, Galilee and Samaria had peace; being built up and progressing in the fear of the Lord; encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase in numbers.</span><u><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Both versions are very alike and we continue to see how the RNJB is more accurate than the original JB. Barnabas “brings” Paul to the apostles and how Paul goes “in and out” In Jerusalem as opposed to “go round.” In V. 31 note that the RNJB concludes with “it continued to increase in numbers” whereas the original JB doesn’t have this phrase (wither in the Lectionary or in the DTS version that I have). I am not a biblical scholar, but they seem to have omitted any translation of the word “</span></b><b><span lang="EL" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">ἐπληθύνετο</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">” This might be due to the manuscript version that was followed. The JB followed the French selection of manuscripts, whereas Dom Wansbrough follows the more mainstream selection of the Nestle Aland Greek New Testament.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">18 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">My children,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">our love is not to be just words or mere talk,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">19 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">only by this can we be certain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and be able to quieten our conscience in his presence,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">20 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">whatever accusations it may raise against us,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">because God is greater than our conscience and he knows everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and that we love one another<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">18</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Children,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">20</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> even if our own hearts condemn us,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">21</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> My dear friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">22</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> and whatever we ask<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">because we keep his commandments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and do what is pleasing to him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">23</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> His commandment is this,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and that we should love one another<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">as he commanded us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">24</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Whoever keeps his commandments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">abides in God, and God in that person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">by the Spirit that he has given us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Note the new nuances in the translation of V. 18. The JB had “our love is not to be just words or mere talk,” whereas the RNJB has “let us love not in word and speech.” It is a very minor change, but it is clearer, particularly if the text is being listened to as opposed to being read by an individual. In V.20/21 “</span></b><b><span lang="EL" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">καρδία</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">” [<i>kardia </i>as in the English word <i>cardiac</i>] is now translated as “heart” as opposed to “conscience.” In V.24 the RNJB uses the word “abide” rather than the JB’s translation of “</span></b><b><span lang="EL" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">μένει</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">” as “live.” Personally I think it is a better translation and sounds more biblical, even if it could also be translated as “remains,” which I think retains some of the original Greek word <i>menei</i> (although I have not had the chance to research the philological roots of the English word “remain”)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">1 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">‘I am the true vine,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and my Father is the vinedresser.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">he cuts away,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and every branch that does bear fruit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">he prunes to make it bear even more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">3 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You are pruned already,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">by means of the word that I have spoken to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">4 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Make your home in me, as I make mine in you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">but must remain part of the vine,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">neither can you unless you remain in me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">5 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I am the vine,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">you are the branches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Whoever remains in me, with me in him,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">for cut off from me you can do nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">6 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Anyone who does not remain in me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">is like a branch that has been thrown away – he withers;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">7 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">If you remain in me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and my words remain in you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">you may ask what you will<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and then you will be my disciples.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1</span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ‘I am the true vine,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and my Father is the vine-grower.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Every branch in me that bears no fruit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">he cuts away,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to make it bear more fruit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You are clean already,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">through the word that I have spoken to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">neither can you unless you remain in me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am the vine,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whoever remains in me, and I in that person,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">for apart from me you can do nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">These branches are collected, thrown on the fire and burnt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">7 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you remain in me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and my words remain in you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">you may ask for whatever you please<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and it will be done for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">8 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In this my Father is glorified,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">that you should bear much fruit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and be my disciples.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Here the JB translated the Greek “</span></b><b><span lang="EL" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">μείνατε</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">” as “remain” (although in V.4 it initially translates it as “make your home”). So the RNJB is more consistent as it translates the same word that appears in both the second and third readings in the same way, whereas the JB translates it differently. It is also worth noting that throughout the RNJB translation is more precise and easier to proclaim. It is also more inclusive, avoiding the unnecessary use of the words he/him in V.5/6.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Overall, I don’t think this week’s readings add much to our discussion, although it readers want to add their comments they are more than welcome. In my opinion I think this week’s comparison simply strengthens the case that the RNJB is a more crisp translation, that is sensitive to modern linguistic concerns and has been prepared with an eye to proclamation as opposed to private reading. </span></b></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">Neil Xavier O'Donoghue is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. He currently ministers in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland, where he serves as vice rector at Redemptoris Mater Seminary. He has studied at Seton Hall University, the University of Notre Dame, and St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.</i></div>
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Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-33711999310531219552018-04-30T00:00:00.000-07:002018-04-30T00:00:01.442-07:00Fr. Henry Wansbrough Answers Your Questions<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;">Henry Wansbrough, O.S.B., M.A., S.T.L., L.S.S., is an eminent biblical scholar and the General Editor of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.dltbibles.com/">The New Jerusalem Bible and Revised New Jerusalem Bible</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;">. A Benedictine monk of Ampleforth Abbey in northern England, he received an M.A. from the University of Oxford, a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg, and a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture in Rome. A member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission from 1997 to 2007, he has published more than twenty books, numerous scholarly articles, and more than a thousand book reviews.</span></span></i></div>
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after the 1973 revision of the French JB. The French was revised again in 1998
but never addressed in a corresponding English revision. Does that edition
serve as a reference for the RNJB now? If so how? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I did not make any use of or reference to the 1998 French
edition. For the translation I used Nestle-Aland 27 as a basis, and the
Stuttgartensia, but not slavishly. In cases of doubt I used the apparatus
criticus of these two editions, and in a few cases departed from those editions
– not many. For the introductions and notes I simply used my judgment, right or
wrong. I know I still have a lot to learn, but I did my best, and still listen
attentively to many sources and try to keep up with current scholarship.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Does the RNJB Old
Testament more closely follow the Masoretic text than the Jerusalem and New
Jerusalem Bible?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I treated the Masoretic Text with great reverence, but
kept constantly in mind that the LXX was the original Bible of the Christian
Church <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You position the
RNJB as a Bible for proclamation. Does that mean you adhere to the Nova
Vulgata, per Liturgiam authenticum? If so, how and where does that affect the
text away from the witness of the original languages? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I am not sure that I adhered to the Nova Vulgata as
closely as LA would like (certainly on the later books of the OT), but I bore
in mind that it was an edition made by serious scholars. The RNJB is not a
translation from Latin, but the scholars who toiled over the Nova Vulgata
deserve respect, and their decisions are often worth considering. I had
constantly in mind that the text should be proudly proclaimed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Could you comment
on the differences between translating by committee, versus working as an
individual translator? What advantages or disadvantages might the RNJB enjoy
over committee-based translations? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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A major advantage is consistency throughout the volume.
Amusingly, despite Alec Jones’ list of contributors, I found many tricks of
style constant throughout the original JB, which clearly stemmed from Alec. An
individual does at least get the work done! For a committee you need either a
brilliant group of dedicated friends (like the three editors of the Jerome
Commentary) or unlimited funds and an outstanding chairman (like Bruce Metzger,
who, incidentally, took the trouble to thank me for the NJB which was used for
the NRSV). Do such Titans still exist?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the connection
of the RNJB with the Ecole Biblique's "Bible in its Traditions" text
(if any)? What is the role of the Ecole with the Jerusalem Bible tradition, at
this point? Is the RNJB still a product of the Ecole, or have the two gone
their own ways now? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The RNJB has grown out of the Ecole, not least from my
period of study there under such great scholars as Benoit and Boismard, not to
mention Barthelemy, under whom I also studied, but it is more through the
skills and ways of working acquired at that great institution (building on my
Oxford training) than any actual theories. I have differed from all these three
scholars just mentioned.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Why did you decide
to prefer a formal equivalence style of translation over the more dynamic
equivalence style of the original Jerusalem Bible and the New Jerusalem Bible? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I was persuaded to it partly by the Australian Bishops,
especially Mark Coleridge, for whose scholarship I have a high respect. It also
shows that the RNJB stands in a great tradition, going back to Wm Tyndale.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Will the Old
Testament continue to spell out the Divine Name, or follow the tradition of
LORD? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I don’t know what you mean by ‘spell out the Divine
Name’, but we have kept to ‘Lord’ (small caps). I was on the Papal Biblical
Commission when it was chaired by Ratzinger. One of his early acts as Pope was
to ask us what we would do about this, and we made this decision as a body. I
think it is the right decision, and I also have unlimited respect for Benedict
XVI as a scholar and as a listener.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If this is
essentially a whole new translation then why use “Jerusalem bible” in the title?
Why not just give it a completely new translation name? </b></div>
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1. It is not wholly new.<o:p></o:p></div>
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2. I have great respect for
the Ecole and a great love for Jerusalem.<o:p></o:p></div>
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3. Loyalty to DLT<o:p></o:p></div>
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4. I am, after all, a Jew by
birth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Are discussions
underway to revise the British lectionary around this translation? If so, how
does Magnum Principiam change the process for approval? Did it allow you any
greater freedom in your chosen rendering (vis a vis the preference for the Nova
Vulgata mentioned above)? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I am not party to the discussions of the EW Bishops’
Conference. If they ask me, I shall recommend that they adopt the RNJB. I was
consistently conscious of the need for a revised lectionary, and hoped that the
RNJB would be judged suitable. Many of the decisions were made with this
possibility in mind.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If lectionary use
was in mind during the revision process for the RNJB, were you able to consult
with any representatives from the bishops' conference concerning the types of
translation choices that would be needed to gain final approval? In the same
vain, did you have any formal or informal access to information concerning the
attempts of adapting the NRSV or the ESV by the ICPELL? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I was, of course, Executive Secretary of ICPEL, but all
our efforts were stymied by the working-methods of the Vatican. That
Congregation is now under new management, Archbishop Arthur Roche! But the
Congregation can act only on what is submitted to them by the local hierarchy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Father Wansborough
-- you have had a long and splendid career, and have touched many people with
your writings and Bible translations. Looking beyond 2019, will you nominate a
body or a person to manage future revisions or changes to the English Jerusalem
Bible family of translations, or will the RNJB be the final word under the
title of the "Jerusalem Bible"?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Thanks for the kind endorsement! I guess that the Lord
will provide a scholar or scholars in due time with the necessary skill and
enthusiasm to keep the tradition of translation and commentary going. I would
not like to predict whether they will feel close enough to the tradition to
continue to use the name. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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said</u>: ‘Rulers of the people, and elders! <sup>9 </sup>If you are
questioning us today about an act of kindness to a cripple, and asking us how
he was healed, <sup>10 </sup>then I am glad to tell you all, and would indeed
be glad to tell the whole people of Israel, that it was by the name of Jesus
Christ the Nazarene, the one you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by
this name and by no other that this man is able to stand up perfectly healthy,
here in your presence, today. <sup>11 </sup>This is the stone rejected by you
the builders, but which has proved to be the keystone. <sup>12 </sup>For of all
the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be
saved.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">8 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Filled with the Holy Spirit, <u>Peter said</u>, ‘Rulers
of the people, and elders! </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">9 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you are questioning us today
about an act of kindness to a sick man and asking us how he was healed, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">10 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">you must know, all of you, and the whole people of
Israel, that it is by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified
and God raised from the dead, by this name this man stands before you cured. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">11 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">This is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the stone
which</i> you, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the builders, rejected</i>
but which <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">has become the cornerstone</i>.
In no one else is there salvation; </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">12 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">for there is
no other name under heaven given to human beings by which we must be saved.’</span><sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once again, the translations are quite
similar and the RNJB is clearly an updating of the original JB. In V.9
“cripple” is now translated as “sick man.” This is a more correct translation
of the Greek which says that he is an </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">asthenēs </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(meaning “sick”) man</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">, without specifying his infirmity. The
phrase “I am glad to tell..” in V. 10 is not really justified by the Greek. It
is worth noting that the moderate “inclusive” language used by the RNJB updates
“Men” to “human beings” in V. 12, but retains the use of “man” in V. 10, as it
refers to a specific individual. In V. 11 “keystone” is changed to
“cornerstone,” the Greek actually says “head of the corner.” I am not sure
which is a better rendering of “head of the corner.” According to my limited
architectural knowledge I think a cornerstone is at the bottom of a corner and
a keystone is at the top centre of an arch. But I think that “cornerstone” is
more common in everyday language on this side of the Pond. Although having
spent half my life in Ireland and half in the US my linguistic purity is
thoroughly confused!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><u>Second
reading</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Original
Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">1 John 3:1-2 (no changes to
Biblical text in Lectionary)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">1 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Think of the love that the Father
has lavished on us,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and that is what we are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Because the world refused to acknowledge him,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">therefore it does not acknowledge us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">2 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">My dear people, we are already
the children of God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">but what we are to be in the future has not yet been
revealed;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">all we know is, that when it is revealed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">because we shall see him as he really is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">1 John 3:1-2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">1 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">See what great love the Father
has lavished on us <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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letting us be called God’s children, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that is what we are! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reason why the world does not know us <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that it did not know him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God’s children,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what we shall be has not yet been revealed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know that when he appears <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shall be like him,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we shall see him as he is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">In V.1 “see” is a more accurate translation
than “think of.” In V. 2 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">agapētoi</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> is derived from the
Greek <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">agape</i> (love) and would be
“beloved people.” I suppose both “dear people” and “dear friends” are good
translations. Again, note that the RNJB continues its moderate use of
“inclusive language” and refers to Christ as “he.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">John
10:11-18</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> (additions to Biblical text in
Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Jesus said:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">11 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">‘I am the good shepherd:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">the good shepherd is one who lays
down his life for his sheep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">12 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">The hired man, since he is not
the shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and the sheep do not belong to
him,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">abandons the sheep and runs away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">as soon as he sees a wolf coming,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and then the wolf attacks and
scatters the sheep;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">13 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">this is because he is only a
hired man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and has no concern for the sheep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">14 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">‘I am the good shepherd;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">I know my own<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and my own know me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">15 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">just as the Father knows me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and I know the Father;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and I lay down my life for my
sheep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">16 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">And there are other sheep I have<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">that are not of this fold,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and these I have to lead as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">They too will listen to my voice,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and there will be only one flock,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and one shepherd.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">17 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">‘The Father loves me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">because I lay down my life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">in order to take it up again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">18 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">No one takes it from me;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">I lay it down of my own free
will,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and as it is in my power to lay
it down,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">so it is in my power to take it
up again;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and this is the command I have
been given by my Father.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Revised
New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">John
10:11-18</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> (additions to Biblical text to
match the original JB Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)</span></b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Jesus said:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">11 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">I am the good shepherd;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">12 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">The hired man, since he is not the shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and the sheep do not belong to him, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">as soon as he sees a wolf coming,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">abandons the sheep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and runs away,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and the wolf despoils and scatters the sheep;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">13 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">because he is only a hired man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and has no concern for the sheep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">14 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">I am the good shepherd;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">I know my own <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and my own know me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">15 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">just as the Father knows me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and I know the Father.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">And I lay down my life for my sheep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">16 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">And I have other sheep <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">that are not of this fold,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and I must lead these too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">They too will listen to my voice,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and there will be one flock, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">one shepherd.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">17 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">For this reason the Father loves me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">because I lay down my life <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">in order to take it up again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">18 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">No one takes it from me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">I lay it down of my own free will,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and I have power to lay it down, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">and power to take it up again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="n-Parapoem" style="margin-top: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">This command I received from my Father.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">In V.12 the RNJB retains the translation
“hired man” and doesn’t use “hired person” or something similar. Here the
translation is dependent on common sense and not ideology as women were not
hired as shepherds at the time of our Lord. In V. 12 I suppose that “despoils”
gives more of the poetry of the Greek </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">har-pad´-zei </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">that the JB’s
original translation of “attacks.”</span></b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">In general, the more I compare the
translations I am stuck how the RNJB is a “cleaning up” and updating of the
original JB. Whereas the NJB somehow felt academic and not “proclaimable,” I
think that this new edition is more of a successor of the original JB, even
though it also takes much good from and builds on the work of the NJB. Before I
found that the imprecisions in the JB more or less forced serious readers to
use the NJB which lost something of the “music” of the original. Now I feel
that the music has been restored and the new text is good balance of
proclamation, prayer and scholarship.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">I hope these reflections are not too emotional
and would appreciate if readers can share their impressions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In particular if there are any biblical
scholars out there (who have a proper mastery of Greek, unlike my own amateur
Greek) it would be good to hear their expert opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">Neil Xavier O'Donoghue is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. He currently ministers in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland, where he serves as vice rector at Redemptoris Mater Seminary. He has studied at Seton Hall University, the University of Notre Dame, and St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.</i>Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-9208998165783777402018-04-23T04:37:00.000-07:002018-04-23T04:37:00.597-07:00Guest Post: One Approved Translation per Territory (w/ Fr. Neil)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Given some confusion in the discussion
about the possibility of using the RNJB as the basis of a new Lectionary, I thought
it might be helpful to explain a little the current rationale of having only
one Biblical translation per language per bishops’ conference.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">So that, for example, the Bishops’ Conference
of Canada is welcome to have one Bible translation for their French Lectionary
and another for their English, but is not allowed to use both the NRSV and the
NAB and have two English language Lectionaries.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Immediately after Vatican II, the
Congregation for Divine Worship (CDW) in Rome approved multiple lectionaries
for the same region. So that in the United States three lectionaries were
approved: The Jerusalem Bible, The New American Bible and the Revised Standard
Version. In Ireland, England & Wales and Scotland, the Jerusalem Bible and
the Revised Standard Version were both approved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure which translations were
approved in other regions.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> When the current US
Lectionary that uses an adaptation of a revision (of a revision) of the New
American Bible was approved in 1998 and 2001 the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops themselves withdrew permission to use the three older
Lectionaries (JB, RSV and NAB 1<sup>st</sup> ed.).</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 2001 the CDW published <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Liturgiam Authenticam </i></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Fifth Instruction “for the Right Implementation
of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This instruction radically transformed the
translation philosophy of the Catholic Church. In number 36 this document says:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">36. In order that the faithful may be
able to commit to memory at least the more important texts of the Sacred
Scriptures and be formed by them even in their private prayer, it is of the
greatest importance that the translation of the Sacred Scriptures intended for
liturgical use be characterized by a certain uniformity and stability, such
that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>in every territory there should
exist only one approved translation</u></b>, which will be employed in all
parts of the various liturgical books. This stability is especially to be
desired in the translation of the Sacred Books of more frequent use, such as
the Psalter, which is the fundamental prayer book of the Christian people<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_ftnref31">. </a>The Conferences of Bishops are strongly encouraged to
provide for the commissioning and publication in their territories of an
integral translation of the Sacred Scriptures intended for the private study
and reading of the faithful, which corresponds in every part to the text that
is used in the Sacred Liturgy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This desire for a single translation was not
retroactive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when any new liturgical
book was approved in a region, permission to use any older translations was
automatically withdrawn. However, in Ireland while the JB Lectionary is
basically the only Lectionary used at the parish level, the current JB
Lectionary pre-dates 2001, so the 1970 RSV Lectionary is still approved for
use. However if a new Lectionary was approved for use in Ireland, the JB and
the RSV would automatically be withdrawn. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So from a technical point of view, the fact that the
CDW has approved a Lectionary for one region, that permission does not carry to
other countries. So if a RNJB Lectionary was approved in Ireland, technically
it could not be used in a celebration in the U.S. This can be seen, for
example, in the case of the RSV. Ignatius Press prepared a Lectionary based on
their own edition of the RSV (The Second Catholic Edition). This was approved
as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the</i> Lectionary in the Antilles.
However many US parishes considered adopting it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the April 2006 edition of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Newsletter of the Committee on the Liturgy </i>of
the USCCB<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>carried this clarification:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Secretariat has
recently received many inquiries concerning the use of an edition of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lectionary for Mass</i> based on the Revised
Standard Version of the Scriptures and available from Ignatius Press. This
Lectionary has not been approved for use in the Dioceses of the United States
of America. Only the New American Bible edition of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lectionary for Mass</i>, published in 1998 and 2001 may be used at
celebration of the Liturgy in this country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">However, as I noted in my original post, Pope
Francis has officially said that the translation principals of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Liturgiam Authenticam</i> are to be revised.
So it is possible that a bishops’ conference could ask for more than one
Lectionary to be used at the same time. There is no way to know what the
guidelines that replace <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Liturgiam
Authenticam</i> will say in this regard. I personally hope that they will allow
the bishops to make a pastoral decision that best suits their region. Although
it is also worth noting that the market forces of printing Lectionaries, hand
missals, devotional books, worship aids, etc. make it impractical to have too
many editions in use in a given area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At the end of the day, if the bishops ask for a
particular liturgical bool to be recognized, the CDW may well grant their
request. This is the case in English-speaking Africa. They use a 2012 edition
of the RSV Lectionary (which form their website looks very like the <a href="http://e.paulinesafrica.org/index.php/book/bookDetails/1199">Ignatius Press Lectionary</a></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> and a
2009 edition of the Liturgy of the Hours, that uses the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://e.paulinesafrica.org/index.php/book/bookDetails/850">New American Bible</a></i></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. Surely <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Liturgiam Autheticam</i> 36 mandated that
they use one translation for these liturgical books that are boith almost
entirely composed of scripture passages and published within 3 years of each
other, and which must have been in preparation at the same time. This shows
that even before Pope Francis said that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Liturgiam
Authenticam</i> was no longer fit for purpose, during the time-period when many
liturgists thought that the CDW was being very inflexible in their supervision
of liturgical translation, that it was still possible to have more than one
Scripture in use in a given region.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">Neil Xavier O'Donoghue is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. He currently ministers in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland, where he serves as vice rector at Redemptoris Mater Seminary. He has studied at Seton Hall University, the University of Notre Dame, and St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.</i>Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-41352737791340073062018-04-20T11:32:00.003-07:002018-04-20T11:33:27.158-07:00DLT's New RNJB Website<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Darton, Longman, & Todd have created a lovely <a href="https://www.dltbibles.com/">new website</a> to showcase the upcoming release of the full <i>Revised New Jerusalem Bible</i>. On the website, you can find info regarding the various editions (RNJB, NJB, JB) that are currently in print by DLT, but I would image that future editions of the RNJB will be posted as well. You will also find a three part interview with Fr. Henry Wansbrough along with some other biographical and historical information. Some really good stuff there, so make sure to check it out.<br />
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We will be hearing back from Fr. Henry at some point in the future after he is finished answering the questions we submitted to him. So, stay tuned!Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-58387533894283978392018-04-18T04:12:00.001-07:002018-04-18T04:12:42.346-07:00Third Sunday of Easter: Liturgy of the Word Comparison (w/ Fr. Neil)<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><u>First reading</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Original Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found
in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Acts 3:13-15,17-19</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (additions to Biblical text in
Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Peter said to the people:</span></u><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <sup>13 </sup>‘You are Israelites, and it is the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, who has glorified his servant Jesus,
the same Jesus you handed over and then disowned in the presence of Pilate
after Pilate had decided to release him. <sup>14 </sup>It was you who accused
the Holy One, the Just One, you who demanded the reprieve of a murderer <sup>15
</sup>while you killed the prince of life. God, however, raised him from the
dead, and to that fact we are the witnesses.</span><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">17 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘Now I know, brothers, that neither
you nor your leaders had any idea what you were really doing; <sup>18 </sup>this
was the way God carried out what he had foretold, when he said through all his
prophets that his Christ would suffer. <sup>19 </sup>Now you must repent and
turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Acts 3:13-15,17-19</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (additions to Biblical text to match
the original JB Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Peter said to the people:</span></u><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">13 </span></span><i><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant</span></i><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Jesus, whom you handed over and disowned in the presence
of Pilate after Pilate had given the verdict to release him. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">14 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">It was you who rejected the Holy
and Righteous One, and asked that a murderer should be released to you </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">15 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">while you killed the author of
life, whom God raised from the dead, and to that fact we are witnesses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">17 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">‘Now I know, brothers, that you
acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers; </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">18 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">but in this way God has brought to fulfilment what he
foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">19 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">So you must repent and be
converted, so that your sins may be wiped out.</span><sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I am
not sure where the original JB found the first phrase “You are Israelites.”
Maybe it comes from the previous verse. The repetition of the name “Jesus” in
the JB is not in the Greek. In V. 14 the Greek <i>Dikaios</i> changes from “Just One” in the JB to “Righteous One” in the
RNJB. Personally its not a big deal for me, but I know that some people have
strong preferences for one or the other translation of the word. It is worth
noting that V. 17 retains the word “brothers.” I imagine that this is because
Peter is addressing an exclusively male crowd, but it is interesting to see
that the “inclusive language” is not applied indiscriminately, but rather is an
attempt to truly translate what the original author meant in the language of
today. In V. 18 it is worth noting that the RNJB changes the translation of <i>Christos</i> from “Christ” to “Messiah.”
This is perhaps an example of the original JB being more literal than the RNJB,
although it could also be argued that we are dealing with an Old Testament
allusion and that, in this context, Messiah is a better translation than
Christ. In V. 19 in the RNJB uses “be converted” which is a more literal
translation that the JB’s “turn to God.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><u>Second reading</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Original Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found
in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 John 2:1-5 (no changes to Biblical text in Lectionary)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I am writing this, my children,</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to stop you
sinning;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but if anyone
should sin,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we have our
advocate with the Father,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is just;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ours,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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world’s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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his commandments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and does not keep
his commandments,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is a liar,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God’s love comes
to perfection in him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 John 2:1-5<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">1</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> My children,</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I am
writing this so that you do not sin; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">but if anyone does sin,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">we have an advocate with the
Father, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Jesus Christ, the righteous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">2</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> He is the sacrifice to expiate
our sins, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and not only ours,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">but also those of the whole
world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">3</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> In this way we know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">that we have come to know him, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">if we keep his commandments. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">4</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Whoever says, ‘I know him’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and does not keep his
commandments <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">is a liar, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and truth has no place in him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">5</span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> But anyone who does keep his
word,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">in such a one God’s love has
truly reached perfection. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In V.1 we have another example of the RNJB
preferring “righteous” to “just.” The use of “expiation” is probably a more
technical and exact translation in V.2. In V.4 “</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">refusing to admit
the truth</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">” of the JB has been replaced by “truth has no place in him.”
This is slightly more literal, but there is no real word for “place” in the
Greek original. In V. 5 the JB’s “God’s love comes to perfection in him” I
replaced by the more inclusive “in such a one God’s love has truly reached
perfection.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Original Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found
in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Luke 24:35-48</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (additions to Biblical text in
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<u><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The disciples</span></u><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <sup>35 </sup>told their story of
what had happened on the road and how they had recognised <u>Jesus</u> at the
breaking of bread.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">36 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They were still talking about all this
when <u>Jesus</u> himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with
you!’ <sup>37 </sup>In a state of alarm and fright, they thought they were
seeing a ghost. <sup>38 </sup>But he said, ‘Why are you so agitated, and why
are these doubts rising in your hearts? <sup>39 </sup>Look at my hands and
feet; yes, it is I indeed. Touch me and see for yourselves; a ghost has no
flesh and bones as you can see I have.’ <sup>40 </sup>And as he said this he
showed them his hands and feet. <sup>41 </sup>Their joy was so great that they
still could not believe it, and they stood there dumbfounded; so he said to
them, ‘Have you anything here to eat?’ <sup>42 </sup>And they offered him a piece
of grilled fish, <sup>43 </sup>which he took and ate before their eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">44 </span></sup><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then he told them, ‘This is what I
meant when I said, while I was still with you, that everything written about me
in the Law of Moses, in the Prophets and in the Psalms has to be fulfilled.’ <sup>45
</sup>He then opened their minds to understand the scriptures, <sup>46 </sup>and
he said to them, ‘So you see how it is written that the Christ would suffer and
on the third day rise from the dead, <sup>47 </sup>and that, in his name,
repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all the nations,
beginning from Jerusalem. <sup>48 </sup>You are witnesses to this.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Revised New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Luke 24:35-48 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(additions to Biblical text to match
the original JB Lectionary are <u>underlined</u>)</span></b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The disciples</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">35 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">recounted what had happened on the road and how they had
recognised </span><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jesus</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">at the breaking of bread.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">36 </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">They were
still talking about all this when <u>Jesus</u> himself stood among them and
said to them, ‘Peace be with you!’ <span class="versenum">37 </span>Staggered
and frightened, they thought they were seeing a spirit. <span class="versenum">38 </span>But he said, ‘Why are you so agitated, and why are these
misgivings rising in your hearts? <span class="versenum">39 </span>See
my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see for yourselves; a
spirit does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.’ <span class="versenum">40 </span>And as he said this he showed them
his hands and his feet. <span class="versenum">41 </span>As
in their joy they still could not believe it, and were amazed, he said to them,
‘Have you anything here to eat?’ <span class="versenum">42 </span>And
they offered him a piece of grilled fish; <span class="versenum">43 </span>he took it and ate it before their eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">44 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Then he told them, ‘This is what
I said to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in
the Law of Moses, in the Prophets and in the Psalms, must be fulfilled.’ </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">45 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Then he opened their minds to
understand the scriptures, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">46 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and he said to them, ‘It is written that in this way the
Messiah should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">47 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and that, in his name, repentance
for the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all nations, beginning from
Jerusalem. </span><span class="versenum"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">48 </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You are witnesses to this.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In V.37 “ghost” is replaced by “spirit” is
probably a better translation of <i>pneuma</i>.
In V. </span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">dialogismoi</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> is translated as “doubts” in the original JB. Now it
is translated as “misgivings.” The Greek means “reasoned thinking,” I’m sure
“doubt” is not the best translation. However, I’m not sure if the new
translation is perfect either, although it does get the meaning across. In V.
46 se again see the word “Messiah” replacing “Christ.” Both versions are
correct translations. <i>Chrsitos</i> is the
Greek translation of the Hebrew </span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">māšîaḥ</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. In
English both Christ and Messiah can translate either term, but it is interesting
to note this preference of the RNJB for Messiah. In this case we are not in the
same Old Testament context as we saw in the first reading.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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this week I think that the RNJB retains much familiar language, but that it is
a good updating of the original JB translation. There is no radical difference
between the two versions, but the newer one is more precise. Given that sooner
or later the Lectionary needs to be revised, the RNJB does seem to be a more
usable translation that is in touch with contemporary speech patterns and is
more literal in a technical sense. Unfortunately, many people wouldn’t notice
if the Biblical translation used in the Lectionary was changed. But for those that would, I think that this
new edition does so in as painless a way as possible.</span></b></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;">Neil Xavier O'Donoghue is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. He currently ministers in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland, where he serves as vice rector at Redemptoris Mater Seminary. He has studied at Seton Hall University, the University of Notre Dame, and St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.</i>Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-57386995310436115432018-04-16T00:00:00.000-07:002018-04-16T00:00:19.964-07:00Review: Angelus Press 1962 Roman Catholic Daily Missal<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Top to Bottom: Angelus Press EF Missal, MTF OF Missal, <br />Baronius Press EF Missal</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Over the years, I have attended the Extraordinary Form of
the Mass on probably a little under a dozen occasions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to live in an area where there are a
number of options each weekday and Sunday for the EF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the things I enjoy doing, particularly
before Mass, is to see what Missal is the most popular in the
congregation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By far, at least in the EF
Masses I have attended, the Missal I have seen most often is the Angelus Press <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://angeluspress.org/products/1962-roman-catholic-daily-missal">1962 Roman Catholic Daily Missal</a></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And since I know that there are at least a
couple people who read this blog and attend the EF, I contacted Angelus Press
to see if I could obtain a review copy of their 1962 Missal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They graciously accepted that offer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am happy to post some of my random thoughts and
photos of this Missal after having spent some time with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these observations come from someone
who is a bit of an outsider to the Extraordinary Form, one who will likely only
attend on occasion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I do attend the
EF, this Missal will certainly accompany me and be an exceptional aid to participating in the Mass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of the things I have noticed in many of the
pre-Vatican II missals that I have seen is that they are true works of
art. They typically have a classic look
and feel to them, along with being accompanied with many beautifully rendered
images. This missal is no
exception. The total page count is 1980 (not counting the endpages) and the size is <span style="background-color: white;">6.75 x 4.2. It fits very well in the hand, and in many ways I prefer the size and feel of the Angelus Press missal to the Baronius missal, even though they are very similar.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The volume is smythe sewn, which should be mandatory for not only Missals but every Catholic bible (in leather) that is produced. This will ensure that it will last, which for something as personal as a daily missal, is a necessity. One of the things I treasure most is an Italian language prayer book/missal which was brought to the United States by one of my relatives. It is over 100 years old now but remains in great shape due to it being sewn. I think about it often as I, myself, have young children. What better gift to pass down to a son or daughter than a well-made missal or bible, that has been lovingly used and prayed with by a parent? The smythe sewn binding is very firm and tight. At first, it may seem to be a bit too tight, at least in comparison to, say, the Baronius 1962 Missal. Over the time I have used it, it has loosened up a bit and isn't really an issue. In regards to the cover, it is a<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">leather-like Skivertex polymer gold-embossed flexible cover. Like the binding, it is a bit stiff at first. It will soften a bit over time. There are five liturgically colored ribbons which fit the needs for the occasional flipping that any daily missal (EF or OF) makes necessary. To round out the ascetic quality of this volume, it comes with gilt edges which are also rounded. (For some reason, I particularly like the feel of rounded edges on my higher quality book.) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">When you open the missal, the first thing that will strike you is that the color of the page is a bit yellow-ish. When you compare it to the Baronius Missal, the differences become quite evident. This will be, perhaps, the biggest issue one will have to decide on if they are deciding between the two. Depending on the type of lighting there is at your local EF parish may ultimately be what decides it for you. After using it on a couple of occasions, I have found that I'm quite ok with the Angelus Press (yellow-ish) pages. It was not an issue for me in any way at Mass. The lighting in the church where I attended the EF wasn't particularly great, but I still had no issue reading along with the Mass parts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This is an new typesetting and not a photographic reproduction, which was often the case before release of <i><a href="https://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20070707_lettera-vescovi.html">Summorum Pontificum</a></i>. All the liturgical texts are in Latin and English, with the biblical texts coming from the venerable Douay-Rheims (Challoner) translation. The words are in black, with the rubrics being in a the traditional red. The liturgical text is that of the 1962 typical edition of the <i>Missale Romanum</i>. The liturgical calendar is keyed to that edition and it includes the revised Holy Week Liturgy of 1962. The Latin is found on the inside of the page, slightly smaller than the English. This edition contains plenty of commentary and explanations to help the person who is new to EF utilize this Missal. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">One of the most helpful additions to this Missal, particularly as one who does not attend the EF every week, are the inclusion of the commentaries that are found on the right side of the page in Ordinary of the Mass section. As one who has attended the OF all my life, I learned a number of things which has enlightened my appreciation of both forms of the Mass. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Angelus Press notes that this is the "most complete missal ever." If you to their <a href="https://angeluspress.org/products/1962-roman-catholic-daily-missal">website</a>, they list the additional features that this missal contains. It is quite extensive. Contained in this missal are plenty of prayers and devotions which one could use outside of Mass throughout the liturgical year. As one who has used the <i>Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary </i>in the past, I was grateful to see that they included Vespers and Compline for Sundays from the traditional office. While I don't mind the repetition of the <i>Little Office, </i>it is certainly nice to be able to change things up a bit once a week on Sundays. (They also included Vespers for parts of the Triduum as well in this edition.) This, of course, reminds me that Angelus Press has a lovely <i><a href="http://www.catholicbiblesblog.com/2015/11/a-review-2-little-offices-of-blessed.html">Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary</a></i> in paperback, which includes the Office of the Dead and is very readable. That, with their 1962 Missal, would make a great pair for daily prayer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Overall, I am very pleased with this Missal by Angelus Press and encourage those who attend the EF to consider it when looking for a Missal. In comparison with any missal that is currently available for the OF, I find that the Midwest Theological Forum <i><a href="https://www.theologicalforum.org/Category/112/Product/446/Daily_Roman_Missal_7th_Ed_Standard_Print_Genuine_Leather_Black_">Daily Roman Missal</a></i> comes the closest to it in quality. Yet, I really enjoy the format and feel of the Angelus Press version considerably more, as well as finding it to be more helpful in the additional prayer resources are included in it. </span></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Thank you, again, to Angelus Press for providing this review copy in exchange for an honest review.</i> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">N.B. If anyone is interested in obtaining a very good
edition of various editions of the 1962 Missal, please email me. I have obtained a few additional copies and would be happy to part with them for a reasonable offer.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they
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who owned land or houses would sell them, and bring the money from them, <sup>35</sup>
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no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned
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who owned land or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the sale, <sup>35</sup>
and laid it at the feet of the apostles; it was then distributed to each as any
had need.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Comparing
these passages it is clear that the RNJB is fundamentally a revision of the JB
and many phrases remain unchanged. Verse 32 in the RNJB uses “one” heart and
mind which is a more literal reading of the Greek. The RNJB uses “private ownership,”
which eliminates the need for “his” and is clearer. In Verse 33 the RNJB moves
the phrase with great power” to the start of the verse, again in keeping with
the Greek. The change from “respect” to “grace” is probably a better
translation of the Greek “<i>charis.</i>” In Verse 34 “proceeds” is a more literal
translation that “money.” Again in verse 35 “laid it at the feet” is a more
exact translation than “present it.” The
more literal translation continues with the RNJB’s use of “each.”<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Original Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found
in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1 John 5:1-6 (no changes to Biblical text in
Lectionary)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>1</sup> Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">has been begotten by God;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and whoever loves the Father
that begot him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">loves the child whom he
begets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>2</sup> We can be sure that we love God’s children<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">if we love God himself and do
what he has commanded us;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>3</sup> this is what loving God is –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">keeping his commandments;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and his commandments are not
difficult,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>4</sup> because anyone who has been begotten by God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">has already overcome the
world;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">this is the victory over the
world –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">our faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>5</sup> Who can overcome the world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Only the man who believes
that Jesus is the Son of God:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>6</sup> Jesus Christ who came by water and blood,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">not with water only,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">but with water and blood;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">with the Spirit as another
witness –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">since the Spirit is the
truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Revised New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1 John 5:1-6<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>1</sup> Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">is a child of God;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and whoever loves the Father<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">loves the son.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>2</sup> In this we know that we love God’s children,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Whenever we love God and keep
his commandments,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>3</sup> for this is what the love of God is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">keeping his commandments;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and his commandments are not burdensome,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>4</sup> because whatever is born of God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">conquers the world,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and this is the victory that
has overcome the world –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">our faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>5</sup> Who can overcome the world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But the one who believes that
Jesus is the Son of God?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>6</sup> He it is who came by water and blood,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jesus Christ,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">not with water alone,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">but with water and blood,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And it is the Spirit that
bears witness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">since the Spirit is Truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In V.1 the RNJB replaces “is begotten by” with “is a
child of.” In this case the original JB might actually be more literal (Gk: <i>gegennetai</i>). But the new translation is
easier to understand. The removal of the “begottens” in the next sentence is,
perhaps, less faithful to the Greek, but it is easier to understand (particular
in a proclaimed text). V. 3 the “Burdensome” of the RNJB is probably a more
literal translation than the “difficult” of the JB. In v.5 “the one” of the RNJB is perhaps a
better translation than “the man” of the JB (plus it is more sensitive to
Gender-inclusivity).<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gospel<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Original Jerusalem Bible 1966 as found
in the Current JB edition of the Lectionary<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">John 20:19-31 (no changes to Biblical text in
Lectionary)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>19</sup> In the evening of that same day, the first day of the
week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of
the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’,
<sup>20</sup> and showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled
with joy when they saw the Lord, <sup>21</sup> and he said to them again,
‘Peace be with you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">‘As the Father sent me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">so am I sending you.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>22</sup> After saying this he breathed on them and said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">‘Receive the Holy Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>23</sup> For those whose sins you forgive,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">they are forgiven;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">for those whose sins you
retain,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">they are retained.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>24</sup> Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came. <sup>25</sup> When the disciples said, ‘We
have seen the Lord’, he answered, ‘Unless I see the holes that the nails made
in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can
put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.’ <sup>26</sup> Eight days later
the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The doors were
closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. ‘Peace be with you’ he said. <sup>27</sup>
Then he spoke to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give
me your hand; put it into my side. Doubt no longer but believe.’ Thomas
replied, ‘My Lord and my God!’ <sup>29</sup> Jesus said to him:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">‘You believe because you can
see me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy are those who have not
seen and yet believe.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><sup>30</sup> There were many other signs that Jesus worked and the
disciples saw, but they are not recorded in this book. <sup>31</sup> These are
recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and
that believing this you may have life through his name.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Revised New Jerusalem Bible 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">John 20:19-31 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>19</sup> In the evening of that same day, the first day of the
week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of
the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with
you’, <sup>20</sup> and after this, he showed them his hands and his side. The
disciples rejoiced at seeing the Lord, <sup>21</sup> and he said to them again,
‘Peace be with you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">‘As the Father sent me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">so am I sending you.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>22</sup> After saying this he breathed on them and said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">‘Receive the Holy Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>23</sup> If you forgive anyone’s sins,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">they are forgiven;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you retain anyone’s sins,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">they are retained.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><sup>24</sup> Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came. <sup>25</sup> So the other disciples said to
him, ‘We have seen the Lord,’ but he answered, ‘Unless I see in his hands the mark
of the nails and put my finger in the mark of the nails, and put my hand into
his side, I will not believe.’ <sup>26</sup> Eight days later the disciples
were in the house again and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were
closed, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ <sup>27</sup>
Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here, and see my hands. Reach out your
hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’ Thomas replied, ‘My Lord
and my God!’ <sup>29</sup> Jesus said to him:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">‘Do you believe because you have
seen me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Blessed are those who have
not seen and yet have come to believe.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><sup>30</sup> Jesus did many other signs in the sight of the
disciples, which are are not written in this book. <sup>31</sup> These are written
so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by
believing you may have life in his name.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In v.20 the
RNJB is more literal when it qualifies “and after this.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In v.25 the RNJB is more faithful to the
Greek when it translates <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">typon</i> (as in
“type”) as “marks” rather than “holes.” V.27 has “doubt no longer but believe”
in the JB, this is a translation that is very familiar from prayer, however, it
must be admitted the RNJB is more literal when it translates the phrase “Do no
doubt but believe.” In v.30 and v.31 “written” is a more literal translation
than “recorded.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Looking at
the three readings together I would say that overall the new translation of the
RNJB is more exact than the JB.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think
it is more than fair to say that that the translation has been improved to be
true to the promise on the back cover of the RNJB NT to have a ‘Clear read
style,’ formal equivalence and gender inclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Greek is far from perfect, but time and
again, to my poor Greek, the new edition seems to be a more faithful and
clearer translation. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">One final
thought that comes to mind is that no translation is perfect. It is very
dangerous to build a serious theology on a translation. Every translation is imperfect.
This is why it is important to have Scripture scholars who can explain the Word
of God to us in a particular academic manner. However, more importantly, when
Scripture is proclaimed in the liturgical assembly it becomes “alive” in this
privileged place. It is proclaimed to bring us to meet the person of Christ.
Therefore it is important to interpret Scripture within the tradition of the
Church (see <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Catechism of the Catholic
Church </i>115-119). Nonetheless as a liturgist, looking at these two
translations, I consider the RNJB to be superior and more suited to liturgical
use than the JB.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Please feel
free to add any thoughts you might have in the comments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am particularly interested to hear from
anyone living in a region where the JB is the current Lectionary, as I
personally think the aspect of continuity (which is better judged by those who
have been listening to this translation in the liturgy since Vatican II) is an
important element in the argument for the desirability of replacing the JB with
the RNJB in the Lectionary in these countries.</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<br />Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-25086209950378477532018-04-10T04:13:00.001-07:002018-04-13T09:51:22.587-07:00New Resource from the École biblique<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-6935460123179309162018-04-05T16:06:00.000-07:002018-04-05T16:06:12.048-07:00NT Textual Basis Question to Consider<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">
Looking ahead to more information about the <a href="http://dltbooks.com/titles/2220-9780232533613-rnjb-new-testament-and-psalms">Revised New Jerusalem Bible</a> many readers are curious about the base texts used. If it uses the Nestle Aland 28th edition of the Greek New Testament (NA28), it would be the first Catholic translation to do so. (Note: In her <a href="http://www.catholicbiblesblog.com/2016/02/nabre-nt-revision-answers.html">recent responses to reader questions</a>, the USCCB's Mary Sperry indicated that the NABRE NT revision team is working from NA28, but that text won't be ready for several more years. We can assume that the <a href="http://www.catholicbiblesblog.com/2018/01/nrsv-revision-planned.html">SPL's planned revision to the NRSV</a>will likewise be based on NA28 for the New Testament).</div>
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Currently the only major Bible translation to base the NT on NA28 is the new Christian Standard Bible (CSB), the successor to the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). This is important, because unlike the past several incremental revisions, for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novum_Testamentum_Graece">NA28</a> "<i style="color: #212121;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">In the Catholic Epistles, the text has been edited in line with the </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">Editio Critica Maior</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"> and its use of the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM). <b>The result is a change in just over 30 places</b>." </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Arguably that's the most concentrated set of changes introduced to the main text of the Greek NT since the 26th edition in 1979. That's when roughly 700 differences made their way by scholarly consensus out of the margins and into the main text of the New Testament. And this time, they're all concentrated in the Catholic Epistles.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121;">SInce the Catholic epistles contain many of the books in the NT that have often proven problematic for Reformation Protestants - even to the point of being disputed - I'd love to know more about what those 30 changes mean for future translations.</span></div>
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Are there any Greek New Testament scholars who could survey the 30 changes in the Catholic Epistles of NA28, and help readers understand them? Ideally, we might compare how those changes played out in a Protestant translation (the CSB) and a Catholic one (presumably the RNJB).</div>
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<i><b>Thanks to Chris for submitting this question for consideration</b></i>.</div>
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<br />Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-55149294169697631222018-04-02T00:00:00.000-07:002018-04-02T00:00:13.585-07:00Is the RNJB a Viable Option for the New Lectionary?<div class="s6" style="line-height: 21.6px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.6px;">I would like to thank </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Fr. Neil Xavier O’Donoghue for providing this essay on the RNJB and the Roman Lectionary. Fr. Neil will be a regular guest contributor, focusing on issues related to the lectionary and other translation issues. Please welcome him to the Catholic Bibles Blog. A full bio is below.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">In </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">2001 </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">the </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Congregation</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> of </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">D</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ivine </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">W</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">orship in Rome published an</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> instruction</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">called </span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Liturgiam</span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Authenticam</span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">tha</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">t </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">regulates liturgical translation in Catholic liturgy. </span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Liturgiam </span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Authenticam</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">36 deals with the use of scripture in the liturgy:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="top"></a><span class="s12" style="line-height: 13.2px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 19.8px;">In order that the faithful may be able to commit to memory at least the more important texts of the Sacred Scriptures and be formed by them even in their private prayer, it is of the greatest importance that the translation of the Sacred Scriptures intended for liturgical use be characterized by a certain uniformity and stability, such that in every territory there should exist only one approved translation, which will be employed in all parts of the various liturgical books. This stability is especially to be desired in the translation of the Sacred Books of more frequent use, such as the Psalter, which is the fundamental prayer book of the Christian people.</span></span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 13.2px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 19.8px;"> </span></span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 13.2px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 19.8px;">The Conferences of Bishops are strongly encouraged to provide for the commissioning and publication in their territories of an integral translation of the Sacred Scriptures intended for the private study and reading of the faithful, which corresponds in every part to the text that is used in the Sacred Liturgy.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">preference for a single translation of </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Scripture was implemented in the United States and (even before </span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Liturgiam </span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Authenticam</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">) when the current Lectionary edition was adopted permission to use the three earlier translations was withdrawn. Although it is worth noting that the current US Lectionary is not actually from any published edition of the New American Bible. John Allen, the veteran Vatican reporter, analyzed the process used to produce the current US Lectionary in a 1998 <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/ncr-archives-11-men-vatican-decided-how-bible-will-sound">article</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">However,</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> in many </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">English speaking</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> countries the </span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Jerusalem Bible</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Lectionary has remained in use as basically the only Lectionary version, and these regions are still using the </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">initial </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">edition of the Lectionary prepared in the aftermath of the Council</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> (with minor revisions made in 1981)</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">. This is the case in Ireland, England and Wales</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, Scotland,</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Australia</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and New Zealand. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Today this Lectionary is clearly in need of revision. Over the years there have been attempts by the bishops of these regions to prepare a new Lectionary using the </span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">New Revised Standard Version</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, the </span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">English Standard Version</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, and</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">most</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> lately</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the </span><span class="s10" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Revised Standard Version</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">. For one reason or another </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(usually to do with copyright) </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">all of these projects have failed to produce a new </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Lectionary</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">some have suggested that there is now</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> a certain fatigue </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">on the part of the bishops regarding the prospect of starting another process to produce a new </span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Lectioanry</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The <a href="http://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/2/8600/the-word-made-fresh-the-story-of-the-jerusalem-bible-on-its-50th-birthday">Jerusalem Bible</a> has served the Church well and is now
over 50 years old. In 1985 a new edition (the New Jerusalem Bible) was prepared
by the Benedictine Dom Henry Wansbrough. This was based on the newer French
edition and contains updated scholarship and has corrected some of the
translation inaccuracies of the original English translation. However, to my knowledge, this newer edition
was never used in any approve liturgical book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Readers of this blog will be aware that </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Darton</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.6px;">, Longman and Todd Ltd</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> have recently published the New Testament of the </span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;"><a href="http://www.catholicbiblesblog.com/search/label/RNJB">Revised New Jerusalem Bible</a></span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.6px;">. This edition was also prepared by</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> Benedictine Henry </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.6px;">Wansbrough</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.6px;"> and is a thoroughly reworked translation that is more faithful to the original text, has been prepared with an eye to proclamation and has a moderate use of inclusive language.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s8" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The New Testament has been published before the full Bible to allow the public to have an appreciation of the full project while the final touches are being put to the Old Testament which will be published before the end of this year (and is in the process of receiving an imprimatur).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Personally I have been impressed by the quality of the translation and have been wondering if it could provide a relatively painless solution to the Lectionary problem in those countries that use the </span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Jerusalem Bible</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Lectionary. In particular, given that it is the direct successor of the original </span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Jerusalem Bible</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, the translation already sounds familiar to Catholics in these countries.</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> I believe that there is a great value in continuity in translation. Also given that there are new translation <a href="http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2017/09/09/documentation-magnum-principium/">guidelines</a> governing the </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">process of liturgical translation, it should now be easier to officially prepare a new Lectionary edition</span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">During the Easter season a peculiarity of the Lectionary is that it uses only New Testament readings. Therefore I propose that the readers of this blog help me to compare the current </span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Jerusalem Bible</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> version of the Sunday Lectionary readings with the same passages in the </span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Revised New Jerusalem Bible</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Each week I will post a comparative table of the two translations </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">of the selection of readings for that Sunday’s Mass accompanied with a short analysis of</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> any differences that I note. I invite readers to chime in with their comments. The goal of this exercise is to help answer the question if it would be wise to propose this new translation</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> of the Bible as the basis for </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">a new Lectionary in those regions that already use the </span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Jerusalem Bible </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">in their Lectionary.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This week we are posting the first comparative version for the Mass of the Day of Easter S</span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">unday. Due to the length of this </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">introduction I have not prepared </span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">any comments on the translations, but I invite the readers to do so in the comments section.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s7" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 21.6px;"><i>Neil Xavier O'Donoghue is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. He currently ministers in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland, where he serves as vice rector at Redemptoris Mater Seminary. He has studied at Seton Hall University, the University of Notre Dame, and St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.</i></span></div>
Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-88552900578906773222018-04-01T00:00:00.000-07:002018-04-01T00:00:03.185-07:00He is Risen!<div class="vers" id="vers242454" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ca. 1860s, Academic school</td></tr>
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And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary
the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming, they might
anoint Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And very early in the
morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being
now risen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they said one to another:
Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And looking, they saw the stone rolled back.
For it was very great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And entering into
the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a
white robe: and they were astonished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who
saith to them: Be not affrighted; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was
crucified: he is risen, he is not here, behold the place where they laid
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But go, tell his disciples and
Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee; there you shall see him, as he
told you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But they going out, fled from
the sepulchre. For a trembling and fear had seized them: and they said nothing
to any man; for they were afraid.<o:p></o:p></div>
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