Scripture Reading(s) Luke 15:1-10 15:1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 15:2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 15:3 So he told them this parable: 15:4 “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) 1 Timothy 1:12-17 1:12 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, 1:13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 51:1-10 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 51:4 Against you, you … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Exodus 32:7-14 32:7 The LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; 32:8 they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 14 14:1 Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good. 14:2 The LORD looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God. 14:3 They have all gone … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 4:11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A hot wind comes from me out of the bare heights in the desert toward my poor people, not to winnow or cleanse– 4:12 a wind too strong for that. Now it is I who speak … Read more