How did the “Come and See” Bible study David and the Psalms come about?
About two year s ago, I was presented with the opportunity to produce a pastoral Bible study book on the Psalter. Because there is so very little available for Catholic Bible studies in general, and for the Book of Psalms in particular, it is my hope that such a book will prove helpful to many people. Fr. Ponessa, you lead several Bible studies in local churches, and also in your ministry to prisoners. Tell us how you use the “Come and See” Bible study series. I teach the high school CC D students in my parish using the “Come and See” series. This year were studying The Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The daughter of a local minister recently visited the class, and I was pleased to see that the teens in my parish would invite one of their Protestant friends to visit our Bible study. Also, the inmates in the penitentiary that I visit are currently using the same “Come and See” study. They watch videotaped wrap-up lectures after reading the scripture and commentary and complet