Category Archives: Daily Devotionals

The circumcision of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Coming eight days after the birth of Christ, this feast commemorates his naming and his becoming a member of the Covenant of Moses.  Troparion O Jesus, although You are seated on a fiery throne with the eternal Father and Your divine Spirit, You were pleased […]

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  John 13:31-18:1 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition The New Commandment 31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of man glorified, and in him God is glorified; 32 if God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am […]

    Luke 22:1-39 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition The Plot to Kill Jesus 22 Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death; for they feared the people. 3 Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was […]

  John 12:17-50 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Laz′arus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 19 The Pharisees then said to one another, “You […]

  Matthew 22:15-23:39 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition The Question about Paying Taxes 15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Hero′di-ans, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for […]

  Matthew 21:18-43 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Jesus Curses the Fig Tree 18 In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come […]

  Philippians 4:4-9 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. 6 Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which passes […]

  Hebrews 12:28-13:8 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe; 29 for our God is a consuming fire. Service Well-Pleasing to God 13 [a]Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, […]

  N.B “Today ends the forty day fast before Pascha that runs from the Monday after Cheesefare Sunday until the day before Lazarus Saturday. In origin this fast seems to be an imitation of the forty-day fast Jesus made after his baptism in the Jordan. In Egypt, it prepared the catechumens for the reception of […]