Scripture Reading(s) Isaiah 9:3-4 9:3 You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder. 9:4 For the yoke of their burden, and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as on the … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Isaiah 9:1-2 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan— 2 The people walking in darkness have … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Hebrews 2:14-18 2:14 Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 2:15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 84 84:1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! 84:2 My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. 84:3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Luke 4:21-30 4:21 Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 4:22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” 4:23 He said to them, “Doubtless you will quote … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 13:2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove … Read more