Articles:
2026-03-10
March 9, 2026
First Reading: Daniel 3:25, 34-43 25 Then Azariʹah stood and offered this prayer; in the midst of the fire he opened his mouth and said: 34 "For thy name’s sake do not give us up utterly, and do not break...
2026-03-09
March 8, 2026
First Reading: 2 Kings 5:1-15 1 Naʹaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was a...
2026-03-08
March 7, 2026
First Reading: Exodus 17:3-7 3 But the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”...
2026-03-07
March 7, 2026
First Reading: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 14 Shepherd thy people with thy staff, the flock of thy inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the...
2026-03-06
March 6, 2026
First Reading: Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long robe with sleeves. 4 But when his...
2026-03-05
March 5, 2026
First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-10 5 Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall...
2026-03-04
March 4, 2026
First Reading: Jeremiah 18:18-20 18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him...
2026-03-03
March 3, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 10, 16-20 10 "Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorʹrah! 16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings...
2026-03-02
March 3, 2026
First Reading: Daniel 9:4-10 4 I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and terrible God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 we...
2026-03-01
March 3, 2026
First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4 1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation,...
2026-02-28
February 28, 2026
First Reading: Deuteronomy 26:16-19 16 “This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 You have declared...
2026-02-27
February 27, 2026
First Reading: Ezekiel 18:21-28 21 “But if a wicked man turns away from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die....
2026-02-26
February 26, 2026
First Reading: Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 1 And Esther the queen, seized with deathly anxiety, fled to the Lord; 3 And she prayed to the Lord God of Israel, and said: “O my Lord, thou only art our King; help...
2026-02-25
February 24, 2026
First Reading: Jonah 3:1-10 1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Ninʹeveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose...
2026-02-24
February 23, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 55:10-11 10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,...
2026-02-23
February 23, 2026
First Reading: Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18 1 And the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy. 11 You shall not steal,...
2026-02-22
February 21, 2026
First Reading: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden...
2026-02-21
February 20, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 58:9-14 9 “Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger,...
2026-02-20
February 20, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 58:1-9 1 “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my...
2026-02-19
February 19, 2026
First Reading: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15 “See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil. 16 If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you this day, by loving the LORD...
2026-02-18
February 18, 2026
First Reading: Joel 2:12-18 12 “Yet even now,” says the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; 13 and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the LORD, your God,...
2026-02-17
February 16, 2026
First Reading: James 1:12-18 12 Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say...
2026-02-16
February 16, 2026
First Reading: James 1:1-11 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting. 2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, 3 for you know...
2026-02-15
February 15, 2026
First Reading: Sirach 15:15-20 15 If you will, you can keep the commandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice. 16 He has placed before you fire and water: stretch out your hand for whichever you...
2026-02-14
February 13, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34 26 And Jeroboʹam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David; 27 if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at...
2026-02-13
February 12, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19 29 And at that time, when Jeroboʹam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahiʹjah the Shiʹlonite found him on the road. Now Ahiʹjah had clad himself with a new garment; and the two of...
2026-02-12
February 12, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 11:4-13 4 For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father....
2026-02-11
February 11, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 10:1-10 1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very...
2026-02-10
February 9, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30 22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven; 23 and said, “O LORD, God of Israel,...
2026-02-09
February 8, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up...
2026-02-08
February 8, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 58:7-10 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?...
2026-02-07
February 7, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 3:4-13 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings upon that altar. 5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to...
2026-02-06
February 6, 2026
First Reading: Sirach 47:2-11 2 As the fat is selected from the peace offering, so David was selected from the sons of Israel. 3 He played with lions as with young goats, and with bears as with lambs of the...
2026-02-05
February 5, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 1 When David’s time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man, 3...
2026-02-04
February 4, 2026
First Reading: 2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17 2 So the king said to Joʹab and the commanders of the army, who were with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and number the people, that I...
2026-02-03
February 3, 2026
First Reading: 2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 30 -- 19:3 9 And Abʹsalom chanced to meet the servants of David. Abʹsalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his...
2026-02-02
February 2, 2026
First Reading: Malachi 3:1-4 1 “Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is...
2026-02-01
February 1, 2026
First Reading: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his commands; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the wrath of the LORD. 12 For I...
2026-01-31
January 31, 2026
First Reading: 2 Samuel 12:1-7, 10-17 1 And the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich...
2026-01-30
January 30, 2026
First Reading: 2 Samuel 11:1-10, 13-17 1 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go forth to battle, David sent Joʹab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah....
2026-01-29
January 28, 2026
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29 18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? 19 And yet...
2026-01-28
January 27, 2026
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:4-17 4 But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, 5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in? 6 I...
2026-01-27
January 27, 2026
First Reading: 2 Samuel 6:12-15, 17-19 12 And it was told King David, “The LORD has blessed the household of Oʹbed-eʹdom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the...
2026-01-26
January 25, 2026
First Reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-8 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from...
2026-01-25
January 24, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 8:23--9:3 1 But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebʹulun and the land of Naphʹtali, but in the latter time he...
2026-01-24
January 24, 2026
First Reading: 2 Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalʹekites, David remained two days in Ziklag; 2 and on the third day, behold, a man came...
2026-01-23
January 22, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 24:3-21 3 And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the...
2026-01-22
January 22, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7 6 As they were coming home, when David returned from slaying the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with timbrels, with songs...
2026-01-21
January 20, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 32 And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able...
2026-01-20
January 19, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 1 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to...
2026-01-19
January 19, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 15:16-23 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the LORD said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Say on.” 17 And Samuel said, “Though you are little in...
2026-01-18
January 18, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 3 And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” 5 And now the LORD says, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring...
2026-01-17
January 15, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1 1 There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiʹel, son of Zeror, son of Becoʹrath, son of Aphiʹah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth; 2 and he...
2026-01-16
January 15, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, 5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways; now...
2026-01-15
January 15, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 4:1-11 1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines; they encamped at Ebeneʹzer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines drew up in...
2026-01-14
January 14, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20 1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. 2 At that time Eli, whose...
2026-01-13
January 13, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 1:9-20 9 After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the LORD. 10 She was deeply distressed and...
2026-01-12
January 12, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 1:1-8 1 There was a certain man of Ramathaʹim-zoʹphim of the hill country of Eʹphraim, whose name was Elkaʹnah the son of Jeroʹham, son of Eliʹhu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Eʹphraimite. 2 He had...
2026-01-11
January 11, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 He will not cry or...
2026-01-10
January 10, 2026
First Reading: 1 John 5:14-21 14 And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we...
2026-01-09
January 9, 2026
First Reading: 1 John 5:5-13 5 Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water...
2026-01-08
January 8, 2026
First Reading: 1 John 4:19--5:4 19 We love, because he first loved us. 20 If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has...
2026-01-07
January 7, 2026
First Reading: 1 John 4:11-18 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected...
2026-01-06
January 5, 2026
First Reading: 1 John 4:7-10 7 Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God; for God...
2026-01-05
January 5, 2026
First Reading: 1 John 3:22--4:6 22 And we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son...
2026-01-04
January 4, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 60:1-6 1 Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise...
2026-01-03
January 3, 2026
First Reading: Philippians 2:5-11 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself,...
2026-01-02
January 2, 2026
First Reading: 1 John 2:22-28 22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the...
2026-01-01
January 1, 2026
First Reading: Numbers 6:22-27 22 The LORD said to Moses, 23 “Say to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, 24 The LORD bless you and keep you: 25 he...
2025-12-31
December 31, 2025
First Reading: 1 John 2:18-21 18 Children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from...
2025-12-30
December 30, 2025
First Reading: 1 John 2:12-17 12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to...
2025-12-29
December 29, 2025
First Reading: 1 John 2:3-11 3 And by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not...
2025-12-28
December 28, 2025
First Reading: Sirach 3:2-7, 12-14 2 For the Lord honored the father above the children, and he confirmed the right of the mother over her sons. 3 Whoever honors his father atones for sins, 4 and whoever glorifies his mother is like...
2025-12-27
December 27, 2025
First Reading: 1 John 1:1-4 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—2 the life...
2025-12-26
December 26, 2025
First Reading: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 6:8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of...
2025-12-25
December 25, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 9:1-6 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased its joy;...
2025-12-24
December 24, 2025
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 1 Now when the king dwelt in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about, 2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I...
2025-12-23
December 23, 2025
First Reading: Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is...
2025-12-22
December 22, 2025
First Reading: 1 Samuel 1:24-28 24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine; and she brought him to the house of...
2025-12-21
December 21, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 7:10-14 10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not...
2025-12-20
December 20, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 7:10-14 10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not...
2025-12-19
December 19, 2025
First Reading: Judges 13:2-7, 24-25 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoʹah; and his wife was barren and had no children. 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared...
2025-12-18
December 18, 2025
First Reading: Jeremiah 23:5-8 5 “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the...
2025-12-17
December 17, 2025
First Reading: Genesis 49:2, 8-10 2 Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father. 8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow...
2025-12-16
December 16, 2025
First Reading: Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 1 Woe to her that is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city! 2 She listens to no voice, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her...
2025-12-15
December 15, 2025
First Reading: Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and saw Israel encamping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him, 3 and he took up his discourse, and said, “The oracle of Balaam the...
2025-12-14
December 14, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus 2 it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be...
2025-12-13
December 13, 2025
First Reading: Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11 1 Then the prophet Eliʹjah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch. 2 He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few in number. 3 By the word...
2025-12-12
December 12, 2025
First Reading: Zechariah 2:14-17 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD. 11 And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day,...
2025-12-11
December 11, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 41:13-20 13 For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I will help you.” 14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help...
2025-12-10
December 10, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 40:25-31 25 To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by...
2025-12-09
December 9, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 40:1-11 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for...
2025-12-08
December 8, 2025
First Reading: Genesis 3:9-15, 20 9 But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was...
2025-12-07
December 7, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and...
2025-12-06
December 6, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 19 Yea, O people in Zion who dwell at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer...
2025-12-05
December 5, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 29:17-24 17 Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? 18 In that day the deaf shall hear the...
2025-12-04
December 4, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 26:1-6 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. 2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps...
2025-12-03
December 3, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-10 6 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees...
2025-12-02
December 2, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and...
2025-12-01
December 1, 2025
First Reading: Isaiah 4:2-6 2 In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel. 3 And he who is left in...