TRINITY – WEEK 12 – THURSDAY LESSON: LUKE 12:35‒40 “Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise replied, ‘perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to…

TRINITY – WEEK 12 – WEDNESDAY LESSON: MATTHEW 9:18‒22 He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Luke 7:50 This Gospel (Mark 7:31‒37) suggests discussion on the part played by another’s faith in our salvation. These men brought the deaf man to Jesus as a fruit of their faith in…

TRINITY – WEEK 12 – TUESDAY LESSON: GALATIANS 3:23‒29 In Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. Galatians 3:26 You know now that man is accounted righteous before God and becomes acceptable to God on no other ground but on the basis of faith alone. Hence it is nothing but a false…

TRINITY – WEEK 12 – MONDAY LESSON: PSALM 57:1‒3 Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 The Gospel for this week (Mark 7:31‒37) describes works of love. These men seize the initiative and go to the poor, deaf man with speech troubles to lend him a hand. Without their…

TRINITY – WEEK 12 – SUNDAY LESSON: MARK 7:31‒37 How are men to call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? Romans 10:14 The external history of this Gospel or the…

TRINITY – WEEK 11 – SATURDAY LESSON: LUKE 7:36‒50 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. 2 Thessalonians 2:16 The tax collector (Luke 18:9‒14) stands there…

TRINITY – WEEK 11 – FRIDAY LESSON: LUKE 14:7‒11 “Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 18:14 We must take a look here at the foolish hypocrite, the Pharisee. He is adorned with the most beautiful works. First, he gives thanks to God, fasts twice in…

TRINITY – WEEK 11 – THURSDAY LESSON: PSALM 9:7‒12 “The tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast.” Luke 18:13 We are urged to produce works as evidence of faith, not that we should pile up merits by them. Doing works freely and gratuitously for…

TRINITY – WEEK 11 – WEDNESDAY LESSON: 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1‒5 By God’s power [we] are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:5 The reason why St. Luke and St. James put considerable emphasis on works is to prevent men from laboring under the false delusion…

TRINITY – WEEK 11 – TUESDAY LESSON: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:13‒15 “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other.” Luke 18:14 The tax collector’s faith certainly proves itself by its fruits. How do we explain Christ’s statement here that he “went down to his house justified rather than the…