THE WEEK OF TRINITY XXIV – THURSDAY LESSON: GALATIANS 3:23‒29 To all who received Him, who believed in His name, He gave power to become children of God. John 1:12 If one takes the word in its strict meaning, we should always recognize a Christian from the fact that he receives from Christ alone and…

THE WEEK OF TRINITY XXIV – WEDNESDAY LESSON: EPHESIANS 4:11‒16 “Abide in Me, and I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in…

THE WEEK OF TRINITY XXIV – TUESDAY LESSON: PSALM 145:8‒13 When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them. Matthew 9:36 In this Gospel (Matthew 9:18‒26), Christ is pictured to us as mingling with the people and drawing all men to Himself by His sweet doctrine. They could really have clung to Him with…

THE WEEK OF TRINITY XXIV – MONDAY LESSON: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:1‒6 We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1:23‒24 God has determined it as His will that…

THE WEEK OF TRINITY XXIV – SUNDAY LESSON: MATTHEW 9:18‒26 The gospel of God which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, the gospel concerning His Son. Romans 1:1‒3 You know that the Gospel is nothing else but the proclamation of the one single person who is called Christ. Although at various…

The Week of Epiphany – Wednesday LESSON: MATTHEW 2:1-12  Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1   The admonition to “arise” is without doubt spoken to one who has not arisen, that is, to one who is lying asleep, or is dead. I think St….