THE WEEK OF TRINITY XXV – MONDAY  LESSON: LUKE 19:41‒44  Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and that temple you are. 1 Corinthians 3:16‒17  When Christ ascended into heaven, He did not…

THE WEEK OF TRINITY XXV – SUNDAY  LESSON: MATTHEW 24:15‒28  “When you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; let him who is on the housetop not go down to take what is…

THE WEEK OF TRINITY XXIV – SATURDAY LESSON: TITUS 2:11‒14 He saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of His own mercy, . . . through Jesus Christ our Savior. Titus 3:5‒6 He who wants to have a cheerful conscience which does not fear sin, death, hell, or…

THE WEEK OF TRINITY XXIV – FRIDAY LESSON: GALATIANS 1:6‒9 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8 This week’s Gospel (Matthew 9:18‒26) teaches us that Christ is elevated as the greatest and highest person in the whole…

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….