Jerusalem Bible - help needed to find readings

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I need to find the following readings for my Father’s funeral this week. I can’t find the Jerusalem bible online. I gather from a previous post on these forums that the Jerusalem bible is copyrighted and not available in lon-line form.

If anyone who has a copy could send the readings to me or post them here, I would be very grateful. Please help!

Issiah 25: 6-9
2 Corinthians 5: verse 1 and verses 6 to 10 inclusive.

Thank you 🙂

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Caroline
 
I found a link for the New Jerusalem Bible if that is helpful to you at all, here it is: catholic.org/bible/

In our home, we currently only own copies of the NAB and Ignatius Bible.
 
can some wise person here tell me in which countries is the JB approved for liturgical use currently? I still have liturgical and RCIA resources from the late 70s early 80s in which scriptures are JB (1966 version) as well as some with RSV, so both must have been approved at some point in the USA. In fact a list of lectionaries by country and their approved translation would be great. CAFers know all, see all, hear all, link all, so I am confident of an answer.
 
Isaiah 25: 6-9: On this mountain / Yahweh Sabaoth will prepare for all peoples/ a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines/ of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines. / On this mountain he will remove/ the mourning veil covering all peoples,/ and the shroud enwrapping all nations, / [and] will destroy Death for ever./ The Lord Yahweh will wipe away/ the tears from every cheek;/ he will take away his people’s shame/ everywhere on earth,/ for Yahweh has said so. / That day, it will be said: See, this is our God/ in whom we hoped for salvation; Yahweh is the one in whom we hoped.

(n.b. - the word in brackets actually reads “the” in my copy, which is obviously a misprint)

ICor.5: 1, 6-10: For we know that when the tent that we live in on earth is folded up, there is a house built by God for us, and everlasting home not made by human hands, in the heavens… We are always full of confidence, then, when we remember that to live in the body means to be exiled from the Lord, going as we do by faith and not by sight – we are full of confidence, I say, and actually want to be exiled from the body and make our home with the Lord. Whether we are living in the body or exiled from it, we are intent on pleasing him. For all the truth about us will be brought out in the law court of Christ, and each of us will get what he deserves for the things he did in the body, good or bad.

Both passages are from the original Jerusalem Bible, copyright 1966, and not from the New JB

My prayers are with you on the death of your father.

KGH
 
puzzleannie said:
can some wise person here tell me in which countries is the JB approved for liturgical use currently? I still have liturgical and RCIA resources from the late 70s early 80s in which scriptures are JB (1966 version) as well as some with RSV, so both must have been approved at some point in the USA. In fact a list of lectionaries by country and their approved translation would be great. CAFers know all, see all, hear all, link all, so I am confident of an answer.
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Believe it or not, the USCCB has the answer:
Liturgical Books in the English-Speaking World.

I believe that at one point the USCCB allowed the NAB, the JB, and the RSV. They have since decided to only permit the NAB-based Lectionary in the US.

James
 
who knew?
bummed they get to use the JB in most of the English speaking world, but we no longer do. ratz
why does the fact most countries are moving to ICEL for sacramental rites give me the willies?
 
puzzleannie said:
who knew?
bummed they get to use the JB in most of the English speaking world, but we no longer do. ratz
why does the fact most countries are moving to ICEL for sacramental rites give me the willies?
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I had the same reaction at first.

But, it seems that todays ICEL is an entirely different organization. They seem - I know this is gonna sound a little far-fetched - Catholic! It seems like they are actually interested in producing a faithful English translation of the Missal.

Things are certainly improving under Pope Benedict.

James
 
blessed_wife said:
I found a link for the New Jerusalem Bible if that is helpful to you at all, here it is: catholic.org/bible/

In our home, we currently only own copies of the NAB and Ignatius Bible.
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blessed_wife,

Blessed are you indeed!

Your link above to the NJB is quite a find! I’ve sampled it in a few places and it seems to be the “real deal”, in contrast to the one at the KofC site; that one is some weird hybrid of the NJB and RSV and is missing a few books. But the one you have here looks to be good.

Thank you!
 
puzzleannie said:
who knew?
bummed they get to use the JB in most of the English speaking world, but we no longer do. ratz
why does the fact most countries are moving to ICEL for sacramental rites give me the willies?
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Since the somewhat excessive inclusive language in both the RNAB and the NRSV is admired by many US and Canadian bishops, and even got approval from the Vatican for liturgical use, then I’m bummed that no one in any English-speaking country tried to put forth the New Jerusalem Bible (1985).

I have both the 1966 JB and the NJB and definitely prefer the latter to the former hands down! It’s much less colloquial than, and not so dynamic-equivalent as, its better-known predecessor. Even its inclusive language is quite restrained compared to the RNAB or NRSV.
 
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