Sep 20, 2024

Our first reading is from Psalm 54

May the Lord bless you as you receive his word.

Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.

Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

 Arrogant foes are attacking me; ruthless people are trying to kill me--people without regard for God.

Surely God is...

Sep 19, 2024

Our first reading is from Judges 6:1-12

May the Lord bless you as you receive his word.

 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain...

Sep 18, 2024

Our first reading is from Isaiah 10:12-20

May the Lord bless you as you receive his word.

When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the wilful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes. For he says:

 “‘By...

Sep 17, 2024

Our first reading is from Psalm 73:21-28

May the Lord bless you as you receive his word.

When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,

      I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.

Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

        You guide me with your counsel, and...

Sep 16, 2024

The Gospel reading for this week is from Mark 8:27-38

May the Lord bless you as you receive his word.

Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” they replied, “Some say John the Baptist. Others say Elijah. Still others say one of...