The New American Bible is more than just another Catholic Bible. Additional features provide young Catholics with the background and key tools for making God's Word a vital part of a young person's spiritual life. Look for these features inside: youth-friendly introductions to all the books of the Bible and the Bible's main sections, as well as the standard NAB book and section introductions youth-oriented guides to interpreting, studying, and praying the Bible a reading plan with the Sunday readings for the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter--for all three lectionary cycles 7 additional reading plans that give young people starting places for studying the Bible 3 special indexes to help locate Bible stories and teachings, connections to the Catholic sacraments, and Bible passages related to life and faith issues 5 maps showing the locations of biblical events for different periods of salvation history