You say want a "Revelation"

This past Tuesday (February 8th) the St. Mark's Men's Bible Study Group resumed. We are studying The Book of Revelation. We are using an authorized Roman Catholic study by the Little Rock Scripture Study group in partnership with (RC publisher) Liturgical Press.

The study uses the New Collegeville Bible Commentary for The Book of Revelation (NT Vol. 12) by Catherine A. Cory. She is an associate professor in the theology department, at the University of Saint Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. There is also a "Study Guide" booklet by LRSS that merely contains a series of questions for each unit.  The course also includes a corresponding lecture for each unit. The lectures are available separately either in audio or video. Being a RC product, everything is available for purchase.

Our group consists of 5-6 men (although all the men of the parish are invited). We meet on Tuesday evenings from 7:30-9 p.m.  I think the ones who attend are great. There is a diversity of ages and backgrounds.

The format is:

• opening prayer;
• general discussion;
• discussion of the study guide questions;
• view the lecture (10-15 minutes);
• short discussion of lecture;
• closing prayer and petitions.

The book of Revelation is a fascinating part of the Bible and the New Testament.  In preparation for this study, I read Revelation once through starting in December and then read numerous articles about Revelation. There is a lot of material available on this subject. And there are a lot of ways to interpret Revelation. A lot!