TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT FEBRUARY 14, 2021 2 Kings 2:1-12 Reading 1 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT FEBRUARY 7, 2021 Isaiah 40:21-31 Reading 21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JANUARY 31, 2021 Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Reading 15 Moses said: The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet. 16 This is what you requested of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JANUARY 24, 2021 Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Reading 1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JANUARY 17, 2021 1 Samuel 3:1-20 Reading 1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. 2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JANUARY 10, 2021 Genesis 1:1-5 Reading 1 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JANUARY 3, 2021 For this Sunday, congregations have a choice of three Gospel readings, two from Chapter 2 of the Gospel According to Matthew and one from the Gospel According to Luke. I have included the reading from Luke which is the reading chosen by my parish in Florida. Jeremiah 31:7-14 […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT DECEMBER 27, 2020 Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Reading 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT DECEMBER 25, 2020 CHRISTMAS II Isaiah 62:6-12 Reading 6 Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest, 7 and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it renowned throughout […]
2 Samuel 7:1-11,16 Reading 1 When the king was settled in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.” 3 Nathan […]