2021-10-27 09:01 John 18:19-22. After Jesus' arrest, the high priest asks him about his disciples and his teaching. Jesus answers "I have spoken openly to the world ... I have said nothing secretly. Why do you ask...

2021-10-26 12:59 Tobit 12:6-10. At the end of the book of Tobit, the angel (Raphael) who has been Tobias' companion on his journey, calls Tobias and his father, Tobit, to him and gives them some advice. They both ...

2021-10-25 09:14 Jeremiah 47. The prophecy of Jeremiah prior to Pharaoh's defeat of the Philistines. Jeremiah is prophesying that waters are rising in the north to overflow the lands of the Philistines and to cut ...

2021-10-24 08:30 1 Samuel 30:21-25. As David and his men return from successful battle, they come to the men who were too exhausted to continue into that battle and who had therefore been left to guard the provisions....

2021-10-23 12:01 Sirach 9:8-9. More wisdom of Sirach for his son. Here he says to turn your eyes away from a shapely woman and do not look too intently at beauty belonging to another. Passion is kindled by beauty and ...

2021-10-22 19:24 Sirach 29:21-28. "The essentials for life are water and bread and clothing and a house... Better is the life of a poor man under the shelter of his roof then sumptuous food in another man's house....

2021-10-21 15:36 1 Kings 3:23-28. This is the famous judgment of Solomon when confronted with two women both claiming a child was theirs. These women lived in the same house and had given birth at the same time. One&#...

2021-10-20 19:30 Judith 16:13-17. A beautiful part of Judith's song of praise to God after her victory for her people. Judith had put herself in a very dangerous situation, going alone into the enemy camp in order...

2021-10-19 15:26 Isaiah 63:15-19. Isaiah is pleading with God to look down from heaven and see that his people sorely need his zeal and his might; his yearning heart and his compassion. "For thou art our Father ... wh...

2021-10-18 08:09 Hosea 3. God tells Hosea to go and love a woman (his wife, in other translations) who is an adulteress, for that is how God loves the people of Israel even though they turn to other gods "and love cak...