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...

2021-10-17 09:53 Exodus 38:17-20. Part of the description of the work of Bezalel who was overseeing the construction of the sanctuary at Moses' command. Here we learn that the bases of the pillars were bronze, wit...

2021-10-16 17:54 Isaiah 41:14-16. God tells Israel, "you worm Jacob," not to worry or fear - he will help them. Their Redeemer is the Holy one of Israel, so they need not fear anything. He will make them a threshing s...

2021-10-15 16:26 Tobit 10:6-7. Tobias' mother, Anna, is frantic with worry over him, but her husband Tobit says "Be still and stop worrying; he is well." She answers rather snippily and says "Be still and stop dec...