Ordinary Time · Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B
Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24
God Did Not Make Death
June 27, 2027
Overview & Insights
"God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living." (Wisdom 1:13)
This reading from the Book of Wisdom teaches that God created all things for life and fashioned humanity in his own image for incorruption. Death entered the world through the envy of the devil, not from the hand of the Creator.
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Take it further: Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24
Commentary
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B): Readings Agape Bible Study
A Catholic reading study for the Sunday, opening the Wisdom passage on God as the author of life.
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Dr. Brant Pitre situates the first reading within the day, connecting death, envy, and the promise of incorruption.
Background & Word Study
The Book of Wisdom (Douay-Rheims)The Book of Wis (Douay-Rheims) New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia
The Douay-Rheims text of Wisdom chapter 1 for a deuterocanonical book absent from many Protestant Bibles.
The Book of WisdomThe Book of Wis New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia
The standard Catholic introduction to the book: how it was written, in what language, and how it came to stand where it does.
Wisdom 1 (NABRE, with footnotes)Wis 1 (NABRE, with footnotes) USCCB
The text as the Church reads it, with the notes that set the passage in its own moment.
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