As I prepare Personal Notes for each Sunday, I first reread Personal Notes for the previous four cycles. For those receiving weekly copies of Personal Notes, prior cycles are available at http://www.western-civilization.com/CBQ/Personal%20Notes/Personal%20Notes.htm. At this point, the Reformation Commentary on Scripture has had sufficient opportunity for me to realize nothing there stirs the depths of my soul.
Stirring the depths of my soul for prayer is the purpose of Personal Notes. As best I can tell, there is no ecumenical benefit for the Reformation Commentary, either. This means I intend to shift attention away from the Reformation Commentary and back toward articles in the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, with particular attention to the Gospels, because the Gospels is where Sunday sermons focus.
Recent theology shifts from the Synoptic view of Jesus in his human personality. For the Synoptics, the crucifixion marks the death of the human Jesus. The resurrection is central both to the Synoptics and the Liturgy of the Word.
The theological shift is to Jesus in his Divine personality. For John, the crucifixion marks the love of God for humanity. For John, the crucifixion marks new life, the Holy Spirit, handed on to the Faithful. The Synoptics write to foster faith in the risen human Christ; John writes to foster faith in the eternal Divine Christ.
in Reformation Commentary on Scripture: New Testament VI: Acts, Esther Chung-Kim and Todd R. Hains (eds.), general editor, Timothy George, associate General editor, Scott M. Manetsch, (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: An imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2014: ISBN 978-0-8308-2969-9 (print) P 1 Y 14) 24-28, 35-39, 55; 3, 38, 37.
in Reformation Commentary on Scripture: New Testament VI: Acts, Esther Chung-Kim and Todd R. Hains (eds.), general editor, Timothy George, associate General editor, Scott M. Manetsch, (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: An imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2014: ISBN 978-0-8308-2969-9 (print) P 1 Y 14) 35-47.
in Reformation Commentary on Scripture: New Testament VI: Acts, Esther Chung-Kim and Todd R. Hains (eds.), general editor, Timothy George, associate General editor, Scott M. Manetsch, (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: An imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2014: ISBN 978-0-8308-2969-9 (print) P 1 Y 14) 35, 277.
in Reformation Commentary on Scripture: New Testament IV: John 1—12, Craig S. Farmer (ed.), general editor, Timothy George, Associate General editor, Scott M. Manetsch (ed.), (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: An imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2014, ISBN 978 0 8308-2967-5 (hardcover : alk. paper), P 1, Y 14) 313.
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, 14, 15.
in Reformation Commentary on Scripture: New Testament III: Luke, Beth Kreitzer (ed.), general editor, Timothy George, associate General editor, Scott M. Manetsch, (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: An imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2015: ISBN 978-0-8308-2014 (hardcover : alk. paper), P 1, Y 15) 378.
in Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Old Testament VII: Psalms 1—72, Timothy George (ed.), general editor, Scot M. Manetsch, Associate General editor, Herman J. Selderhuis (ed.), (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: An imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2015, ISBN 978 0 8308-2957-6 (hardcover : alk. paper), P 1, Y 15) 462, 22, 167.
in Reformation Commentary on Scripture: New Testament VIII: Romans 9—16, Timothy George (ed.), general editor; Scot M. Manetsch, Associate General editor; Philip D. W. Krey and Peter D. S. Krey (ed.), (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: An imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2016, ISBN 978 0 8308-2971-2, P 1, Y 16) 62.
in Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Old Testament V: 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Timothy George (ed.), general editor, Scot M. Manetsch, Associate General editor, Derek Cooper and Martin J. Lohrmann (ed.), (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: An imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2016, ISBN 978 0 8308-2955-2 (hardcover : alk. paper), P 1, Y 16) 351.
in Reformation Commentary on Scripture: New Testament IV: John 1—12, Craig S. Farmer (ed.), general editor, Timothy George, Associate General editor, Scott M. Manetsch (ed.), (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: An imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2014, ISBN 978 0 8308-2967-5 (hardcover : alk. paper), P 1, Y 14) 223.
in Scott H. Hendrix, ed. and trans., Early Protestant Spirituality (New York, Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2009) 121.
At the same time that Jesus designates his mother as mother of the church, he designates the beloved disciple, John, as her son. Thus, John is the witness leading many sons and daughters of the church to belief in the divinity of Christ, just as Peter is the witness leading many sons and daughters of the church to belief in his risen humanity. This can be ascertained from John 20:30-31 (used here), where John states the purpose of his Gospel (recognized by K. on pp. 233 and 266).
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name” (John 20:30-31). Comments above the solid line draw from this review.
In the gobbledygook prayer at Sunday Mass immediately following the Gloria, the Faithful hearing the 2011 Roman Missal can listen for “in what font they have been washed.” The Responsorial Antiphon for this Sunday is Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting (Psalm 118:1). Between November 25, 2011 and November 25, 2012, Personal Notes systematically examined the illiterate 2011 Missal. For a more thorough examination of the illiterate 2011 Roman Missal, go to 1610 Missal: Thirty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 121125.pdf/htm at http://www.western-civilization.com/CBQ/Personal%20Notes/Personal%20Notes.htm.
As, on June 23, 2015, I prepared Reading 110B for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary time for July 26, I decided to begin reading unread book reviews and articles from Theological Studies for two reasons. The first is I have already read every article cited in the Catholic Biblical Quarterly. The second is that traditionally Theological Studies articles have been more helpful to my prayer life. I also began reading unread book reviews in the Biblical Quarterly. Beginning with the Second Sunday of Easter, April 23, 2017, I realized the Reformation Commentary on Scripture was doing little for my prayer-life and I began to drift away from the time-consuming details I had been recording.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 3 (July 2016) 490.
 Grand Rapids: Michigan: Zondervan, 1996, 119, 225.
 Theological Studies, Vol. 75, No. 2 (June 2014) 236.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 3 (July 2014) 472.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 3 (July 2016) 470.
 (Erlanger, Kentucky: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, DynamicCatholic.com, 2014) 10, 198.
 (New York: Paulist Press, 2016) 272.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 3 (July 2014) 554.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2014) 84.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 2 (April 2014) 384.
 Theological Studies, Vol. 75, No. 2 (June 2014) 236, 257.
 Theological Studies, Vol. 77, No. 2 (June 2016) 450.
 (Erlanger, Kentucky: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, DynamicCatholic.com, 2014) 10.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 2 (April 2009) 496.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 1 (January 2015) 165.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 1 (January 2016) 455.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 78, Vol. 4 (October 2016) 682.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 3 (July 2015) 564.
 the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 2 (April 2016) 321-337.
 n.a., The Roman Missal: Renewed by Decree of the Most Holy Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, Promulgated by Authority of Pope Paul VI and Revised at the Direction of Pope John Paul II: English Translation According to the Third Typical Edition: For Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America: Approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Confirmed by the Apostolic See (Washington, DC, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2011) 395. Personal Notes refers to this book as the Missal.
 National Conference of Catholic Bishops, The Roman Missal Restored by Decree of the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican and Promulgated by Authority of Pope Paul VI: Lectionary for Mass: For Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America: Second Typical Edition: Volume I: Sundays, Solemnities, Feasts of the Lord and the Saints (Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1988) 350. Personal Notes refers to this book as the Lectionary.
 UMI Annual Sunday School Lesson Commentary: Precepts for Living ®: 2016-2017: International Sunday School Lessons: Volume 19: UMI (Urban Ministries, Inc.), A. Okechuku Ogbonnaya, Ph.D., (ed.) (Chicago, IL 60643: UMI (Urban Ministries, Inc.), 2016) 360-361.