2022-06-05 11:02 Sirach 26:1-4. Sirach is proclaiming the benefits of a good wife. Happy is the husband who has one - his days will be doubled. He will complete his years in peace and "Whether rich or poor, his heart ...

2022-06-04 10:32 Sirach 7:29-31. Sirach reminds us to honor God's priests. "With all your might, love your Maker, and do not forsake his ministers. Fear the Lord and honor the priest, and give him his portion, as ...

2022-06-03 08:29 Daniel 2:36-39. Daniel is interpreting one of Nebuchadnezzar's dreams. He begins here by saying "You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the god of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the...

2022-06-02 06:50 Ezekiel 3:1-3. The Lord is sending Ezekiel to the people of Israel to prophesy to them, for they are "a nation of rebels." (Ezekiel 2:3). Before he is sent, however, Ezekiel is given a scroll to eat. ...

2022-06-01 08:49 Hosea 6:4-11. God asks what shall He do with Ephraim and Judah? Their love of Him is like a morning dew, a morning cloud that burns away. He desires steadfast love, not sacrifice; knowledge of God, ra...

2022-05-31 11:48 Acts 17:1-5. When he arrives in Thessalonia, Paul goes first to the Jewish synagogue, as his custom, to proclaim Jesus as the Christ. "[F]or three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures...." So...

2022-05-30 07:11 Job 14:7-12. Job is lamenting death. He says trees have hope, even when they have been cut to a stump and have lain dormant they can regrow at the mere scent of water. But not so man, who "dies and is...

2022-05-28 18:02 Matthew 9:32-34. As Jesus is leaving town, a dumb demonic is brought to Him and when the demon is cast out, the man speaks. The crowds are amazed, but the Pharisees say that Jesus must be able to cast...

2022-05-27 09:47 Ezekiel 34:25-27. God is promising to make a new covenant of peace with his people. He will banish the wild beasts from the land so they can dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. He...

2022-05-26 09:23 1 Maccabees 5:35-39. Timothy and his army have just delivered a heavy blow to Judas Maccabeus' forces and Timothy turns to the city of Alema which he takes, kills every male there, plunders, and b...