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 April 27 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 April 24 to discuss Lesson 24 The Golden Calf. That study currently is full.

SUNDAY MASS READINGS for April 28
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 Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 28, 2024:

The Acts of the Apostles 9:26–31
Psalm 22:26–28, 30–32
the First Letter of John 3:18–24
the Gospel According to John 15:1–8

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, which is about the word root meaning of the word prune. Information on the website homepage updates on Mondays. The weekend readings are in the lector workbook as well as on the USCCB website.

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 April 28, the Fourth Sunday of Easter. There are no passages from The Acts of the Apostles 9:26–31 cited in individual paragraphs in the Catechism.

Psalm 22—paragraphs 304
Psalm 22:27—paragraph 716
the First Letter of John 3:19–20—paragraphs 208, 1781
the First Letter of John 3:19–24—paragraph 2845
the First Letter of John 3:21—paragraph 2778
the First Letter of John 3:22—paragraph 2631
the Gospel According to John 15:1–4—paragraph 1988
the Gospel According to John 15:1–5—paragraph 755
the Gospel According to John 15:1–17—paragraph 1108
the Gospel According to John 15:3—paragraph 517
the Gospel According to John 15:4–5—paragraph 787
the Gospel According to John 15:5—paragraphs 308, 737, 859, 864, 1694, 2074
the Gospel According to John 15:7—paragraph 2615
the Gospel According to John 15:8—paragraph 737