Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 32 32:1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 32:2 Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 32:3 While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. 32:4 For day and night … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 6:1 “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 6:2 “So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 5:20b We entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 6:1 As we work together with him, we urge you also not to … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Isaiah 58:1-12 58:1 Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. 58:2 Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, it is near- 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness spread upon … Read more