TRINITY – WEEK 16 – SUNDAY LESSON: LUKE 7:11-17 It depends not upon man’s will or exertion, but upon God’s mercy. Romans 9:16 In this Gospel the evangelist once again sets before us a divine miracle. In it he wants to encourage us to direct our hearts to God if we find ourselves in a…

TRINITY – WEEK 15 – SATURDAY LESSON: JAMES 5:1-6 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasure on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.” Matthew 6:19-20…

TRINITY – WEEK 15 – FRIDAY LESSON: LUKE 12:13-21 “A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Luke 12:15 How does it come about that the Gospel and St. Paul single out greed and call it idolatry? They do not do this in the case of other gross sins like impurity,…

TRINITY – WEEK 15 – THURSDAY LESSON: PSALM 49:16-20 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” Matthew 13:44 The world cannot hide its unbelief in its gross…

TRINITY – WEEK 15 –  WEDNESDAY  LESSON: COLOSSIANS 3:5-11  Be sure of this, that no immoral or impure man, or one who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Ephesians 5:5  Where are these people who love God and have no hankering at all after…

TRINITY – WEEK 15 – TUESDAY LESSON: PSALM 37:1-11 “Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.” Matthew 6:24 You will find very few people who do not sin against this Gospel (Matthew 6:24-34). The Lord pronounces a very strict judgement…

TRINITY – WEEK 15 – MONDAY LESSON: MATTHEW 15:1-9 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” Matthew 6:24 The man who wants to serve two masters will always…

TRINITY – WEEK 15 – SUNDAY LESSON: MATTHEW 6:24-34 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22 In this Gospel we see how God separates the Christians from the heathen. The Lord does not offer this doctrine to the heathen because they do not accept it; this doctrine is given…

THE WEEK OF TRINITY XIV – SATURDAY LESSON: 1 THESSALONIANS 2:11‒13 As the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead. James 2:26 We prove the genuineness of our love as Christians by works of love. Jesus said, “By this all men will know that you are My disciples,…

TRINITY – WEEK 14 – FRIDAY LESSON: 1 PETER 2:13‒17 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2:4 The lepers teach us faith; Christ teaches us love. Love deals with the neighbor in the manner in which it discovers that Christ has dealt…