Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 31:9-16 31:9 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also. 31:10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away. 31:11 I am … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Isaiah 50:4-9a 50:4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens– wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. 50:5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Matthew 21:1-11 21:1 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 21:2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 118:1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! 118:2 Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 118:20 This is the gate … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) John 12:1-8 12:1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 12:2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 12:3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Philippians 3:4b-14 3:4b If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: 3:5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 3:6 as to zeal, a persecutor of … Read more