SUGGESTION: John J. Pilch lectionary Bible study/homiletics support

MJ. Smith

These nine volumes are seriously needed in Verbum ... my first choice among the homiletic helps recommended by Fr. Felix Just, S.J.

• John J. Pilch. The Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday. 3 vols. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995–1997.
• John J. Pilch. The Cultural World of the Apostles: The Second Reading, Sunday by Sunday. 3 vols. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2001–2003.
• John J. Pilch. The Cultural World of the Prophets: The First Reading and the Responsorial Psalm, Sunday by Sunday. 3 vols. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2002–2004.