Daily Bible Reading

Romans 8:14-17, 22-27

05/18/2024

Vigil of Pentecost

¹⁴For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. ¹⁵For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" ¹⁶it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ — if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

²²We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; ²³and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. ²⁴For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

²⁶Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. ²⁷And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

1 Corinthians 15:50-57

05/17/2024

⁵⁰What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. ⁵¹Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, ⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. ⁵⁴When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:
"Death has been swallowed up in victory."
⁵⁵"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"

⁵⁶The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 33:12-22

05/16/2024

¹²Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage.
¹³The LORD looks down from heaven;
he sees all humankind.
¹⁴From where he sits enthroned he watches
all the inhabitants of the earth —
¹⁵he who fashions the hearts of them all,
and observes all their deeds.
¹⁶A king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
¹⁷The war horse is a vain hope for victory,
and by its great might it cannot save.
¹⁸Truly the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
¹⁹to deliver their soul from death,
and to keep them alive in famine.
²⁰Our soul waits for the LORD;
he is our help and shield.
²¹Our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
²²Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.

John 16:16-24

05/15/2024

¹⁶A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me. ¹⁷Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by saying to us, 'A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and 'Because I am going to the Father'?" ¹⁸They said, "What does he mean by this 'a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about." ¹⁹Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, 'A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'? ²⁰Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy. ²¹When a woman is in labor, she has pain, because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world. ²²So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. ²³On that day you will ask nothing of me. Very truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. ²⁴Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Luke 6:12-16

05/14/2024

Matthias, Apostle

¹²Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. ¹³And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: ¹⁴Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, ¹⁵and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, ¹⁶and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Psalm 115

05/13/2024

¹Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory,
for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.
²Why should the nations say,
"Where is their God?"
³Our God is in the heavens;
he does whatever he pleases.
⁴Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
⁵They have mouths, but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
⁶They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
⁷They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
they make no sound in their throats.
⁸Those who make them are like them;
so are all who trust in them.
⁹O Israel, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and their shield.
¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and their shield.
¹¹You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and their shield.
¹²The LORD has been mindful of us; he will bless us;
he will bless the house of Israel;
he will bless the house of Aaron;
¹³he will bless those who fear the LORD,
both small and great.
¹⁴May the LORD give you increase,
both you and your children.
¹⁵May you be blessed by the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
¹⁶The heavens are the LORD's heavens,
but the earth he has given to human beings.
¹⁷The dead do not praise the LORD,
nor do any that go down into silence.
¹⁸But we will bless the LORD
from this time on and forevermore.
Praise the LORD!