Reflections Isaiah 51:1-6 51:1 Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness, you that seek the LORD. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. 51:2 Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 124 124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side — let Israel now say — 124:2 if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when our enemies attacked us, 124:3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Exodus 1:8-2:10 1:8 Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 1:9 He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. 1:10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Matthew 15:21-28 15:21 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 15:22 Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” 15:23 But he did not answer her … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Matthew 15:10-20 15:10 Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: 15:11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” 15:12 Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 11:1 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 11:2a God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 11:30 … Read more