日本語要約
日本カトリック司教協議会は、2026年11月15日から22日まで（日本標準時）聖書週間を実施します。10月28日の発表によると、今年のテーマは「もはや戦うことを学ばない」（イザヤ2・4）です。初日は年間第33主日で、教会全体の「貧しい人のための世界祈願日」でもあり、最終日は王であるキリストの祭日です。
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan will observe Bible Week from Sunday, 15 November to Sunday, 22 November 2026 (Japan Standard Time, UTC+9). In a notice published on 28 October, the Conference said this year’s theme is “they shall not learn war anymore” (Isaiah 2:4).
Bible Week was proposed in May 1976 and confirmed later that year by the bishops of Japan, as a nationwide effort to help the faithful become more familiar with Scripture and understand it more accurately. From 1977 it has been kept each year beginning on the third Sunday of November. After the former Biblical Commission was dissolved in 1998, the Standing Episcopal Commission continued the observance, including the leaflet Becoming Familiar with the Bible (『聖書に親しむ』) and an accompanying poster. These are distributed free of charge to parishes, religious houses, Catholic schools and other institutions, and may also be downloaded from the Conference website.
The week opens on the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, which the universal Church also marks as World Day of the Poor, and it closes on the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
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