Turning to God’s Word study groups
Des Moines, Iowa

There are two Catholic Bible studies associated with Turning to God’s Word in Des Moines, Iowa. On Saturday mornings, Christ the King parish hosts a study on the Sunday Mass readings. An additional long-standing study group meets in a private home on the near north side of the city to discuss You Shall Have No Other Gods: The Book of Exodus.

• • • • The Saturday morning study at Christ the King will meet at 9 a.m. on May 4 in the St. Raphael Room in the Pastoral Center. All are welcome.
      • The private Des Moines group studying You Shall Have No Other Gods: The Book of Exodus will meet at 7 p.m. on May 8 to discuss two lessons—Lesson 26 The People Begin Constructing the Tabernacle and Lesson 27 The Tabernacle Is Completed.

SUNDAY MASS READINGS for May 5
This free study meets at 9 a.m. on Saturdays at Christ the King Catholic Church, 5711 Southwest 9th Street, to discuss the weekend Mass readings. The study is led by Jennifer Phelps (left) with occasional appearances by Matthew Phelps (right). Drop-ins and interested participants, including members of other parishes, are welcome to join us.

At our next meeting, our Saturday morning group will discuss the following Scripture passages for the readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 5, 2024:

The Acts of the Apostles 10:25–26, 34–35, 44–48
Psalm 98:1–4
the First Letter of John 4:7–10
the Gospel According to John 15:9–17

The above readings link to the website of the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) and also can be found on the homepage of this website along with commentary by Matthew Phelps and a link to his most recent Lost in Translation, you are my friends. Information on the website homepage updates on Mondays. The weekend readings are in the lector workbook as well as on the USCCB website. You also can listen to this USCCB audio recordings of the Sunday readings.

The following links are to paragraphs listed in the Index of Citations in the Catechism of the Catholic Church that cite passages from the Sunday readings for May 5, the Sixth Sunday of Easter. There are no passages from Psalm 98 cited in individual paragraphs in the Catechism.

The Acts of the Apostles 10:35—paragraph 761
The Acts of the Apostles 10:48—paragraph 1226
the First Letter of John 4:1–21—paragraph 2822
the First Letter of John 4:8—paragraphs 214, 221, 733, 1604
the First Letter of John 4:9—paragraphs 458, 516
the First Letter of John 4:10—paragraphs 457, 604, 614, 620, 1428
the Gospel According to John 15:1–17—paragraph 1108
the Gospel According to John 15:9—paragraph 1823
the Gospel According to John 15:9–10—paragraph 1824
the Gospel According to John 15:12—paragraphs 459, 1823, 1970, 2074
the Gospel According to John 15:13—paragraphs 363, 609, 614
the Gospel According to John 15:15—paragraphs 1972, 2347
the Gospel According to John 15:16—paragraphs 434, 737, 2615, 2815
the Gospel According to John 15:16–17—paragraph 2745