Poetry 1

Ecclesiastes

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Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”Ecclesiastes 12:1

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  1. How do generations compare to the earth cycle?
  2. What did the preacher communed with his heart?
  3. What great works did the preacher undertake?
  4. Why are two better than one? 
  5. “Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the well.” Explain.
  6. Vanity of vanities. The word vanity was repeated several times in this Book. Can you tell how many times and what is the essence of repeating it?

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  1. What is crooked cannot be made __________, and what is __________ cannot be numbered.
  2. For in much ___________ is much grief, and he who increases __________ increases sorrow.
  3. What did the preacher make for himself?
    a) gardens b) orchards c) water pools d) all of these
  4. What does God give to the man who is good in His sight?
    a) money b) kingdom c) wisdom d) knowledge
  5. To everything there is a _________, a _______ for every purpose under _________.
  6. "God shall _________ the righteous and the _______, for there is a time there for every ___________ and for every __________."
  7. Better a _______ and wise ________ than an old and foolish _________ who will be admonished no more
  8. Better is the sight of the _________ than the wandering of __________. This also is vanity and grasping for the _________.

Song of Songs

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Like a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters Song of Songs 2:2

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  1. In this Book there was no literal mention of God so, why was it included in the Holy Bible? What does this Book represent? What other Book in the Holy Bible did not mention a word about God?
  2. “I am dark, but lovely” Explain
  3. What do the foxes in verse 15 refer to?
  4. Why call a spouse “my sister”?

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  1. Who made the Shulamite keeper of the vineyards?
    a) the vinedresser b) the Lord c) her mother’s sons d) her mother
  2. What does the Shulamite have around her neck?
    a) a scarf b) chains of gold c) a cross d) chains of silver
  3. The Shulamite describes herself as:
    a) a rose b) a lily c) both
  4. My beloved is ________, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the _________

Wisdom of Solomon

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Key verse(s):

“For God loves none but those who dwell with wisdom Wisdom 7:28

Reading can be from OSB.

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  1. When did our Lord read the people's thoughts?
  2. Show a verse that is mentioned in the Divine Liturgy.
  3. Chapter 9: Show verses that mention God's Divinity

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  1. "For she is the breath of the ..... of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the .....: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her." Wisdom 7:25
  2. "And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon ........., and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in ........ who hath searched out?" Wisdom 9:16

Proverbs

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding Proverbs 9:10

Encourage the youth to read the rest of the Book.
One chapter a day = Finishing the Book in 1 month.

Activity along reading: Identify Synonyms and Antithetical Parallelism.

 
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  1. How are we to gain the understanding of the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God?
  2. Discuss and compare verse 6 with the Holy Book of St. James 1:5.
  3. Does trusting God mean ignoring our own common sense?
  4. What wisdom are we to draw from the ants?

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  1. What is the beginning of knowledge?
    a) The obedience of our parents. b) The fear of the Lord. c) The reading of the Holy Bible. d) The attendance of church.
  2. “My son, hear the _________ your father, and do not _________ the _____of your mother”_______.
  3. According to Proverbs 2, the Lord gives:
    a) treasures b) gold c) wisdom d) victory
  4. “So you may walk in the way of ________, and keep to the paths of _________."
  5. “My son, do not despise the ________ of the Lord, nor detest His ________; for whom the Lord _______ He _______, just as a father the son in whom he delights.”
  6. According to Proverbs 3, who are we to trust?
    a) friends b) God c) our understanding d) knowledge
  7. “For the ways of man are before the eyes of the ______, and He _______ all his paths."

Psalms

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Please read the Psalms in the order mentioned in the notes below.

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“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and he shall give you the desires of your heart” Psalm 34:4

Encourage the youth to read and memorize as many Psalms as they can.

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Job

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“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21

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  1. Who are the sons of God?
  2. What was Job’s response to the test and what do we learn from it?
  3. What do you think of Job’s response to his wife?
  4. What do you learn about Satan from chapters 1 and 2? 
  5. In his sorrow did Job consider suicide? Give proof.
  6. How had God lodged in Job? 
  7. Having heard God, what does Job now admit?
  8. Briefly tell how Job’s friends had misrepresented God.

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  1. Job had _______ sons.
    a) seven b) five c) three
  2. Job possessed:
    a) 7000 sheep b) 3000 camels c) 500 yoke of oxen d) all of these
  3. Job's wife wanted him to:
    a) worship God b) curse God c) fast
  4. Give the names of Job’s three friends. 
  5. What did Job curse?
    a) the day he was born b) his friends c) his luck
  6. Who said, “Why did I not die at birth?"
    a) Satan b) Leviathan c) Job
  7. What did Job do for his friends?
    a) give them money b) reproach them c) pray for them
  8. Job had _______ sons and ________ daughters.

Wisdom of Sirach

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Key verse(s):

“You that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail” Sirach 1:8


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