Journey With the Fathers: Commentaries on the Sunday Gospels, Year A (The Word of God Throughout the Ages. New Testament, No 1)

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Summary: Excellent lectionary resource
Review: Three items make this series of books timely. First, interest in the early church fathers is growing within the Protestant Churches (witness the Ancient Christian Commentaries series). Second the common lectionary - Catholics, Episcopaleans, Lutherans and main-stream protestants - provide a broader audience for lectionary resources. Third, writers such as Kathleen Norris (Presbyterian) and Robert Bondi (Southern Baptist) are introducing new audiences to the Liturgy of the Hours - with it's Office of Readings which includes selections from the early church fathers.

In this context, this collections of readings for the Cycle A (Gospel of Matthew) Sunday readings should be useful to all Christians. The selections are well chosen and stand well as independent readings; they reflect on some point in the Sunday's Gospel - often in a thought-provoking way. The readings in this volume include selections from: Paschasius Radbertus, Augustine, Thomas of Villanova, Bede, John Chrysostom, Guerric of Igny, Gregory Nazianzen ... i.e. a cross-section of the available texts.