2021-07-14 14:21 Sirach 2:12-18. "Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands, and to the sinner who walks along two ways!" Faint hearts have no trust, those who lose endurance will not be able to withstand God's punis...

2021-07-13 14:46 Ephesians 1:1-10. The opening of Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Paul greets them and reminds them that God has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing, because he chose us "before the ...

2021-07-12 13:49 Psalm 89:46-52. The psalmist asks "How long, O Lord?" How long will "thy wrath burn like fire"? Remember how long our lives are - and how vain we are. No one of us can escape death, we need God's ...

2021-07-11 19:36 2 Kings 11:4-8. The priest Jehoiada sends for the captains of the of the Carites and the guards. He has them come to the house of the Lord where he gives them strict instructions to protect the only s...

2021-07-10 11:53 Galatians 6:11-16. Paul says those insisting on circumcision for Christians are making a show of the flesh. They are only doing it because they fear persecution. Even those circumcised do not keep the...

2021-07-09 19:13 Deuteronomy 16:1-6. Some of God's instructions regarding the establishment and proper observance of Passover. God has told Moses, and Moses is telling the people, that they must observe Passover e...

2021-07-08 13:03 Job 5:26-27. Job's friends are trying to comfort Job in his misery and loss. Unfortunately, two of them do so by giving Job a long lecture on how he should turn to the Lord and follow his ways (wh...

2021-07-07 09:55 Luke 1:34-39. Mary questions Gabriel at the Annunciation - "How can this be, since I have no husband?" Gabriel explains that Jesus will be conceived by the Holy Spirit and will be holy, the Son of God...

2021-07-06 16:04 Judith 16:21-25. The end of the book of Judith. These verses tell of Judith's days after having saved Jerusalem from the Babylonian siege. She returned to her home, as did all the Jews - each to t...

2021-07-05 09:01 Matthew 1:1-17. The genealogy of Jesus. Matthew traces Jesus' lineage from Abraham, the first man called by God after the Fall, through David, and all the way to Joseph, Mary's husband. He poi...