What’s up with the ‘b?’ I base my Sunday gospel ‘homilies’ on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ reading calendar, which is synchronized with that of the Catholic Church. Today’s reading lists the reading with the ‘b’, which is unusual, as scripture verses are typically not divided into English letter parts. Upon cracking open your Bible, you will notice that the beginning of John 17:11 on the webpage does not exist in the actual verse. Instead, it has apparently been adapted from John 17:1 as a proper beginning to the reading, since it is only part of Jesus’s entire “prayer” and would be confusing without the addition. Since I would also like to focus on only verses 11-19, I chose to keep the ‘b’ in my post title. So, with that cleared up, onto the reading!
