Reflections

May 22, 2026 Today's Reading: Introit for Pentecost - Psalm 68:1, 4a, c, 11a, 33b, 35a; antiphon: Liturgical Text; Psalm 68:3 Daily Lectionary: Numbers 20:1-21 ; Luke 20:19-44 “God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!” (Psalm 68:1) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Have you ever done one of those eating challenges? “Finish this 144oz steak in 5 min...

May 21, 2026 Today's Reading: Catechism: The Lord's Prayer - 1st Petition Daily Lectionary: Numbers 16:41-17:13 ; Numbers 18:1-19:22 ; Luke 20:1-18 “God’s name is certainly holy in itself, but we pray in this petition that it may be kept holy among us also.” (The Small Catechism, The Lord’s Prayer- First Petition) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. What’s in a name? What is a name? It’s a label. It’s t...

May 20, 2026 Today's Reading: Numbers 16:23-40 Daily Lectionary: Numbers 16:23-40 ; Luke 19:29-48 “If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me. But if the Lord creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that thes...

May 19, 2026 Today's Reading: 1 Peter 4:7-11 (12-14) Daily Lectionary: Numbers 16:1-22 ; Luke 19:11-28   “‘All shall be done,’ said Aslan. ‘But it may be harder than you think.’” –C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe   In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.   “The end of all things is at hand.” (1 Peter 4:7). Peter knew the trials involved with living as God’s child in this world, and he sough...

May 18, 2026 Today's Reading: Ezekiel 36:22-28 Daily Lectionary: Numbers 14:26-45 ; Numbers 15:1-41 ; Luke 18:35-19:10 "O Lord, command what you will and grant what you command." (Confessions, St. Augustine of Hippo)   In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.   People often put their names on valuable belongings, even items they treasure solely for sentimental reasons that are unfathomable to others. One’s n...

May 17, 2026 Today's Reading: John 15:26-16:4 Daily Lectionary: Numbers 14:1-25 ; Luke 18:18-34 “…now we cultivate the fear of God, justice, kindness, faith, and the expectation of the future given us through the Crucified One… The more we are persecuted and martyred, the more do others in ever increasing numbers become believers.”  ~Justin the Martyr (100AD – 165AD)   In the Name + of Jesus. Amen...

May 16, 2026 Today's Reading: Introit for Easter 7 - Psalm 27:1, 11a , 12 ; antiphon: Psalm 27:7a , 8b , 9a Daily Lectionary: Numbers 13:1-3 , 17-33 ; Luke 18:1-17 “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Some of our favorite stories are filled with majestic, mighty, and m...

May 15, 2026 Today's Reading: Catechism: The Lord's Prayer - Introduction Daily Lectionary: Numbers 11:24-29 ; 12:1-16 ; Luke 17:20-37 Our Father who art in heaven. What does this mean? With these words God tenderly invites us to believe that He is our true Father and that we are His true children, so that with all boldness and confidence we may ask Him as dear children ask their dear father. (Lor...

May 14, 2026 Today's Reading: Mark 16:14-20 or Luke 24:44-53 Daily Lectionary: Numbers 11:1-23 , 31-35 ; Luke 17:1-19 “And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.” (Luke 24:50-51) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. If your hands could talk, what story would they tell? They might tell a story...

May 13, 2026 Today's Reading: Numbers 10:11-36 Daily Lectionary: Numbers 10:11-36 ; Luke 16:19-31   “And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, ‘Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.’ And when it rested, he said, ‘Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.’” (Numbers 10:35-36) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. In the Scriptures, God...

May 12, 2026 Today's Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-6 or James 1:22-27 Daily Lectionary: Numbers 9:1-23 ; Luke 16:1-18 “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.” (1 Timothy 2:5-6) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. In Genesis 18, Abraham made intercession to Yahweh. He petiti...

May 11, 2026 Today's Reading: Numbers 21:4-9 Daily Lectionary: Numbers 8:5-26 ; Luke 15:11-32 “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.’ So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.” (Numbers 21:8-9) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen....

May 10, 2026 Today's Reading: John 16:23-30 (31-33) Daily Lectionary: Numbers 3:1-16, 39-48 ; Numbers 4:1-8:4 ; Luke 14:25-15:10 “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance up...

May 9, 2026 Today's Reading: Introit for Easter 6 - Psalm 66:1-2a , 17 , 19-20 ; antiphon: Isaiah 48:20b Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 26:21-33 , 39-44 ; Numbers 1:1-2:34 ; Luke 14:1-24 “Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!” (Psalm 66:20) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Amen. Our God is a God who wants t...

May 8, 2026 Today's Reading: Luke 13:29-30 Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 26:1-20 ; Luke 13:18-35 “... And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God. And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”(Luke 13:29-30) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Amen. Jesus teache...

May 7, 2026 Today's Reading: Catechism: The Lord's Prayer Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 24:1-23 ; Leviticus 25:1-55 ; Luke 12:54-13:17 The Second Petition. Thy Kingdom come. What does this mean? The kingdom of God certainly comes by itself without our prayer, but we pray in this petition that it may come to us also.  How does God’s kingdom come? God’s kingdom comes when our heavenly Father gives us...

May 6, 2026 Today's Reading: Luke 12:35-53 Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 23:23-44 ; Luke 12:35-53 “ ‘Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.” (Luke 12:35-36) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Allelui...

May 5, 2026 Today's Reading: James 1:16-21 Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 23:1-22 ; Luke 12:13-34 “Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” (James 1:16-17) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Amen. The epistle of Ja...

May 4, 2026 Today's Reading: Isaiah 12:1-6 Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 21:1-24 ; Luke 12:1-12 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” (Isaiah 12:2) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Amen. The people of Judah were in a precarious position. They had watched...

May 3, 2026 Today's Reading: John 16:5-15 Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 20:1-16, 22-27 ; Luke 11:37-54 “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.” (John 16:7) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Amen. Jesus’ words to the disciples are i...

May 2, 2026 Today's Reading: Introit for Easter 5 - Psalm 98:1b, 3-4; antiphon: Psalm 98:1a, 2b Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 19:9-18, 26-37 ; Luke 11:14-36 “Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.” (Psalm 98:1-...

May 1, 2026 Today's Reading: John 14:1-14 Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 18:1-7, 20-19:8; Luke 11:1-13 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” (John 14:1) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. From the disciples’ point of view, they had plenty of good reasons why their hearts were troubled. They had seen, or rather, smelled the formerly dead man known as Lazarus walk out of his...

April 30, 2026 Today's Reading:   Catechism: Creed Third Article Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 17:1-16 ; Luke 10:23-42 “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.” (3rd Article of the Apostles’ Creed) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. “So the Holy Spirit is like the Bat-signal,” said a confirmation stude...

April 29, 2026 Today's Reading: Leviticus 16:1-24 Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 16:1-24 ; Luke 10:1-22 “And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness...

April 28, 2026 Today's Reading: 1 Peter 2:11-20 or 1 John 3:1-3 Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 10:1-20 ; Leviticus 11:1-15:33 ; Luke 9:37-62 “For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground. For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall t...