Monthly Web Picks

This month let's look at the Bible online.

Catholicfirst.com has a Bible Names Dictionary containing 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their meanings at catholicfirst.com/TheFaith/Bible/BibleNames/b iblenames.htm. You may want to look up your name's meaning out of curiosity. On the “Catholic First” main page, you will find a link to the Douay-Rheims Bible and a biblical search engine as well for this version.

Looking for a different version of the Bible? Head over to the bishops' site for the New American Bible at nccbuscc.org/nab/bible.

St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Picayune, Miss., has an online Bible study based on the Liturgical Calendar at scborromeo.org/bible. htm.

A Catholic quick-reference doctrinal concordance can be found at infpage.com/concordance. It is not a comprehensive concordance, but it is helpful in researching aspects of the faith on which Catholics and other Christians disagree. It's available in French and Spanish, also.

It's always a good idea to check with the Catechism of the Catholic Church on Sacred Scripture at scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c2a3.htm. I would recommend reading the whole section on Divine Revelation beginning at scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c 2a1.htm.

There are many more links concerning various biblical topics found in my online directory Bible category at monksofadoration.org/Bibletxt.html.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis