NRSV, Catholic Women's Devotional Bible: Featuring Daily Meditations by Women and a Reading Plan Tied to the Lectionary

by Anonymous

The Catholic Women s Devotional Bible is designed specifically to nourish a woman s spirituality, making it easy to form a habit of daily prayer and reading. It includes a year s worth of meditations, drawn from classic and contemporary sources, all written by women. Designed especially to meet the needs of Catholics and those accustomed to liturgically-based forms of worship, it includes a six-year reading plan tied to the lectionary, making it easy to locate readings for daily and Sunday liturgies. Additionally, each weekend devotional is based on the life of a particular woman of the Bible, helping you see the relevance of her story today. Each book of the Bible is preceded by a brief introduction highlighting its historical context and its most important themes. Additional articles focus on topics like the sacraments, holy days, the liturgy, and spiritual direction, explaining the link between tradition and Scripture to help you gain a greater understanding of your faith. Meditations are drawn from a rich variety of authors, including: Joan Wester Anderson Sister Wendy Beckett Esther de Waal Catherine of Siena Dorothy Day Fran Ferder Briege McKenna Julian of Norwich Joyce of Rupp Mother Teresa Teresa of Lisieux Macrina Wiederkehr Scripture offers wisdom for important everyday issues like relationships, marriage, child-rearing, simplicity, prayer, and finding real peace. If you dip into it regularly, it will become a well of continual refreshment, nourishing your faith and strengthening your sense of God s loving presence in your life. Features Include: - 260 Daily Meditations. - 52 Weekend Devotions, Focusing on Women of the Bible. - 50 Tradition Articles Linking Scripture with Important Elements of Catholic Life and Faith. - Complete NRSV, Catholic Edition. - 6-Year Reading Guide Keyed to the Catholic Lectionary. - Indexes. - Imprimatur."

Genres: Catholic, Religion, Reference, Faith, Christianity, Nonfiction, Christian

1760 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2000

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Reviews

[Jackie Fowler]

I have not read completely through this version, but I love the NRSV best of all bible versions! The devotionals incorporated throughout are very good - Ann Spangler did a wonderful job on those.

On a personal note, I bought this back in fall 1999 (I had an earlier edition that was a pretty blue paperback). That same week my grandma passed away, and I felt like my childhood was gone forever. The timing of my purchase couldn't have been better.

[Gin Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been my favorite Bible for over 20 years. Wish they would publish an updated version again, with the daily readings listed past 2016!!

[Christie]

The Bible in a year podcast, I highly recommend it.

[Sally Kilpatrick]

My constant companion for the disciple class. And, really, where would we be without Tobit? I would have like a little more reference and a little less inspiration but, on the whole, the devotions in here are quite good.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I use this Bible every day. Its a great devotional tool for women who are Roman Catholic OR Episcopalian/Anglican. This was one of my best investments as of late.

[Marcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. I just finished reading the entire Bible in 365 days, while following Ascension Presents ‘The Bible in a Year’ podcast with Fr. Mike Schmitz
https://media.ascensionpress.com/all-...
Fr Mike uses the RSV-CE but I used the NRSV which is a close enough translation to the narrated podcast. Cultural and Historical overviews are provided by Jeff Cavins, a Biblical scholar, which puts the readings into a time relevant context.
I liked it so much, I’m going to repeat in 2022.

[Debbie Hoskins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite Bible. Although I cherish my childhood Bible, but I don't read from it.
The cover is pretty, it has good devotional articles and other helpful articles. It has a topical index, biographies of article writers and a Lectionary that ended in 2006, but with some research I could probably update it since the readings rotate.

[soda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I refer to Catholic Bibles often, but this is my favorite because it has excerpts on the women in the Bible and how important they are (were). For anyone who thinks the Bible is "sexist", it's not, and this version proves it's not.

[Deborah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great devotionals.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the inclusive gender-neutral writing and the helps and biographies of the women of the Bible.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite bible. I love the daily devotions and the translation is fantastic.

[Ginger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well I haven't finished this of course but often read the daily liturgies. One of my goals is to read this entire Bible someday.

[Marci · Rating 4 out of 5]

ongoing read.