Category: Daily Readings

  • May 18, 2025

    Acts 14: 21- 27

    14:21 strengthening the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them that they should remain always in the faith, and that it is necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.
    14:22 And when they had established priests for them in each church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
    14:23 And traveling by way of Pisidia, they arrived in Pamphylia.
    14:24 And having spoken the word of the Lord in Perga, they went down into Attalia.
    14:25 And from there, they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had now accomplished.
    14:26 And when they had arrived and had gathered together the church, they related what great things God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
    14:27 And they remained for no small amount of time with the disciples.

    Revelation 21: 1- 5

    21:1 I saw the new heaven and the new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more.
    21:2 And I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
    21:3 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: “Behold the tabernacle of God with men. And he will dwell with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be their God with them.
    21:4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And death shall be no more. And neither mourning, nor crying out, nor grief shall be anymore. For the first things have passed away.”
    21:5 And the One who was sitting upon the throne, said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And he said to me, “Write, for these words are entirely faithful and true.”

    John 13: 31- 35

    13:31 Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said: “Now the Son of man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
    13:32 If God has been glorified in him, then God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him without delay.
    13:33 Little sons, for a brief while, I am with you. You shall seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to go,’ so also I say to you now.
    13:34 I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.
    13:35 By this, all shall recognize that you are my disciples: if you will have love for one another.”

  • May 16, 2025

    Acts 13: 26- 33

    13:26 Noble brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, it is to you the Word of this salvation has been sent.
    13:27 For those who were living in Jerusalem, and its rulers, heeding neither him, nor the voices of the Prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled these by judging him.
    13:28 And although they found no case for death against him, they petitioned Pilate, so that they might put him to death.
    13:29 And when they had fulfilled everything that had been written about him, taking him down from the tree, they placed him in a tomb.
    13:30 Yet truly, God raised him up from the dead on the third day.
    13:31 And he was seen for many days by those who went up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who even now are his witnesses to the people.
    13:32 And we are announcing to you that the Promise, which was made to our fathers,
    13:33 has been fulfilled by God for our children by raising up Jesus, just as it has been written in the second Psalm also: ‘You are my Son. This day I have begotten you.’

    John 14: 1- 6

    14:1 “Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me also.
    14:2 In my Father’s house, there are many dwelling places. If there were not, I would have told you. For I go to prepare a place for you.
    14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.
    14:4 And you know where I am going. And you know the way.”
    14:5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
    14:6 Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

  • May 15, 2025

    Acts 13: 13- 25

    13:13 And when Paul and those who were with him had sailed from Paphos, they arrived at Perga in Pamphylia. Then John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
    13:14 Yet truly, they, traveling on from Perga, arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. And upon entering the synagogue on the Sabbath day, they sat down.
    13:15 Then, after the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent to them, saying: “Noble brothers, if there is in you any word of exhortation to the people, speak.”
    13:16 Then Paul, rising up and motioning for silence with his hand, said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen closely.
    13:17 The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people, when they were settlers in the land of Egypt. And with an exalted arm, he led them away from there.
    13:18 And throughout a time of forty years, he endured their behavior in the desert.
    13:19 And by destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land among them by lot,
    13:20 after about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, he gave them judges, even until the prophet Samuel.
    13:21 And later on, they petitioned for a king. And God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
    13:22 And having removed him, he raised up for them king David. And offering testimony about him, he said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man according to my own heart, who will accomplish all that I will.’
    13:23 From his offspring, according to the Promise, God has brought Jesus the Savior to Israel.
    13:24 John was preaching, before the face of his advent, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
    13:25 Then, when John completed his course, he was saying: ‘I am not the one you consider me to be. For behold, one arrives after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to loosen.’

    John 13: 16- 20

    13:16 Amen, amen, I say to you, the servant is not greater than his Lord, and the apostle is not greater than he who sent him.
    13:17 If you understand this, you shall be blessed if you will do it.
    13:18 I am not speaking about all of you. I know those whom I have chosen. But this is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me shall lift up his heel against me.’
    13:19 And I tell you this now, before it happens, so that when it has happened, you may believe that I am.
    13:20 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives anyone whom I send, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.”

  • May 14, 2025

    Acts 1: 15- 17, 20- 26

    1:15 In those days, Peter, rising up in the midst of the brothers, said (now the crowd of men altogether was about one hundred and twenty):
    1:16 “Noble brothers, the Scripture must be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit predicted by the mouth of David about Judas, who was the leader of those who apprehended Jesus.
    1:17 He had been numbered among us, and he was chosen by lot for this ministry.
    1:20 For it has been written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let their dwelling place be desolate and may there be no one who dwells within it,’ and ‘Let another take his episcopate.’
    1:21 Therefore, it is necessary that, out of these men who have been assembling with us throughout the entire time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
    1:22 beginning from the baptism of John, until the day when he was taken up from us, one of these be made a witness with us of his Resurrection.”
    1:23 And they appointed two: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
    1:24 And praying, they said: “May you, O Lord, who knows the heart of everyone, reveal which one of these two you have chosen,
    1:25 to take a place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas prevaricated, so that he might go to his own place.”
    1:26 And they cast lots concerning them, and the lot fell upon Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

    John 15: 9- 17

    15:9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Abide in my love.
    15:10 If you keep my precepts, you shall abide in my love, just as I also have kept my Father’s precepts and I abide in his love.
    15:11 These things I have spoken to you, so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be fulfilled.
    15:12 This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
    15:13 No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
    15:14 You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you.
    15:15 I will no longer call you servants, for the servant does not know what his Lord is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything whatsoever that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
    15:16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. And I have appointed you, so that you may go forth and bear fruit, and so that your fruit may last. Then whatever you have asked of the Father in my name, he shall give to you.
    15:17 This I command you: that you love one another.

  • May 12, 2025

    Acts 11: 1- 18

    11:1 Now the Apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the Word of God.
    11:2 Then, when Peter had gone up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision argued against him,
    11:3 saying, “Why did you enter to uncircumcised men, and why did you eat with them?”
    11:4 And Peter began to explain to them, in an orderly manner, saying:
    11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw, in an ecstasy of mind, a vision: a certain container descending, like a great linen sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners. And it drew near to me.
    11:6 And looking into it, I considered and saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the flying things of the air.
    11:7 Then I also heard a voice saying to me: ‘Rise up, Peter. Kill and eat.’
    11:8 But I said: ‘Never, lord! For what is common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.’
    11:9 Then the voice responded a second time from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, you shall not call common.’
    11:10 Now this was done three times. And then everything was taken up again into heaven.
    11:11 And behold, immediately there were three men standing near the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.
    11:12 Then the Spirit told me that I should go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers went with me also. And we entered into the house of the man.
    11:13 And he described for us how he had seen an Angel in his house, standing and saying to him: ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
    11:14 And he shall speak to you words, by which you shall be saved with your whole house.’
    11:15 And when I had begun to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as upon us also, in the beginning.
    11:16 Then I remembered the words of the Lord, just as he himself said: ‘John, indeed, baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
    11:17 Therefore, if God gave them the same grace, as also to us, who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I would be able to prohibit God?”
    11:18 Having heard these things, they were silent. And they glorified God, saying: “So has God also given to the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

    John 10: 1- 10

    10:1 “Amen, amen, I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up by another way, he is a thief and a robber.
    10:2 But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
    10:3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.
    10:4 And when he has sent out his sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
    10:5 But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
    10:6 Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
    10:7 Therefore, Jesus spoke to them again: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep.
    10:8 All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them.
    10:9 I am the door. If anyone has entered through me, he will be saved. And he shall go in and go out, and he shall find pastures.
    10:10 The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.

  • May 11, 2025

    Acts 13: 14, 43- 52

    13:14 Yet truly, they, traveling on from Perga, arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. And upon entering the synagogue on the Sabbath day, they sat down.
    13:43 And when the synagogue had been dismissed, many among the Jews and the new worshipers were following Paul and Barnabas. And they, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
    13:44 Yet truly, on the following Sabbath, nearly the entire city came together to hear the Word of God.
    13:45 Then the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and they, blaspheming, contradicted the things that were being said by Paul.
    13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas said firmly: “It was necessary to speak the Word of God first to you. But because you reject it, and so judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
    13:47 For so has the Lord instructed us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
    13:48 Then the Gentiles, upon hearing this, were gladdened, and they were glorifying the Word of the Lord. And as many as believed were preordained to eternal life.
    13:49 Now the word of the Lord was disseminated throughout the entire region.
    13:50 But the Jews incited some devout and honest women, and the leaders of the city. And they stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they drove them away from their parts.
    13:51 But they, shaking the dust from their feet against them, went on to Iconium.
    13:52 The disciples were likewise filled with gladness and with the Holy Spirit.

    Revelation 7: 9, 14- 17

    7:9 After these things, I saw a great crowd, which no one could number, from all the nations and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
    7:14 And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me: “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and have made them white by the blood of the Lamb.
    7:15 Therefore, they are before the throne of God, and they serve him, day and night, in his temple. And the One who sits upon the throne shall dwell over them.
    7:16 They shall not hunger, nor shall they thirst, anymore. Neither shall the sun beat down upon them, nor any heat.
    7:17 For the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will rule over them, and he will lead them to the fountains of the waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

    John 10: 27- 30

    10:27 My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.
    10:28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.
    10:29 What my Father gave to me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize from the hand of my Father.
    10:30 I and the Father are one.”

  • May 10, 2025

    Acts 9: 31- 42

    9:31 Certainly, the Church had peace throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and it was being built up, while walking in the fear of the Lord, and it was being filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.
    9:32 Then it happened that Peter, as he traveled around everywhere, came to the saints who were living at Lydda.
    9:33 But he found there a certain man, named Aeneas, who was a paralytic, who had lain in bed for eight years.
    9:34 And Peter said to him: “Aeneas, the Lord Jesus Christ heals you. Rise up and arrange your bed.” And immediately he rose up.
    9:35 And all who were living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they were converted to the Lord.
    9:36 Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which in translation is called Dorcas. She was filled with the good works and almsgiving that she was accomplishing.
    9:37 And it happened that, in those days, she became ill and died. And when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
    9:38 Now since Lydda was close to Joppa, the disciples, upon hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, asking him: “Do not be slow in coming to us.”
    9:39 Then Peter, rising up, went with them. And when he had arrived, they led him to an upper room. And all the widows were standing around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.
    9:40 And when they had all been sent outside, Peter, kneeling down, prayed. And turning to the body, he said: “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes and, upon seeing Peter, sat up again.
    9:41 And offering her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.
    9:42 Now this became known throughout all of Joppa. And many believed in the Lord.

    John 6: 60- 69

    6:60 He said these things when he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
    6:61 Therefore, many of his disciples, upon hearing this, said: “This saying is difficult,” and, “Who is able to listen to it?”
    6:62 But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, said to them: “Does this offend you?
    6:63 Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he was before?
    6:64 It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh does not offer anything of benefit. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
    6:65 But there are some among you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who were unbelieving and which one would betray him.
    6:66 And so he said, “For this reason, I said to you that no one is able to come to me, unless it has been given to him by my Father.”
    6:67 After this, many of his disciples went back, and they no longer walked with him.
    6:68 Therefore, Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
    6:69 Then Simon Peter answered him: “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

  • May 9, 2025

    Acts 9: 1- 20

    9:1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
    9:2 and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that, if he found any men or women belonging to this Way, he could lead them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
    9:3 And as he made the journey, it happened that he was approaching Damascus. And suddenly, a light from heaven shone around him.
    9:4 And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
    9:5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goad.”
    9:6 And he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do you want me to do?”
    9:7 And the Lord said to him, “Rise up and go into the city, and there you will be told what you ought to do.” Now the men who were accompanying him were standing stupefied, hearing indeed a voice, but seeing no one.
    9:8 Then Saul rose up from the ground. And upon opening his eyes, he saw nothing. So leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.
    9:9 And in that place, he was without sight for three days, and he neither ate nor drank.
    9:10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.”
    9:11 And the Lord said to him: “Rise up and go into the street that is called Straight, and seek, in the house of Judas, the one named Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying.”
    9:12 (And Paul saw a man named Ananias entering and imposing hands upon him, so that he might receive his sight.)
    9:13 But Ananias responded: “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem.
    9:14 And he has authority here from the leaders of the priests to bind all who invoke your name.”
    9:15 Then the Lord said to him: “Go, for this one is an instrument chosen by me to convey my name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.
    9:16 For I will reveal to him how much he must suffer on behalf of my name.”
    9:17 And Ananias departed. And he entered the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, he who appeared to you on the way by which you arrived, sent me so that you would receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
    9:18 And immediately, it was as if scales had fallen from his eyes, and he received his sight. And rising up, he was baptized.
    9:19 And when he had taken a meal, he was strengthened. Now he was with the disciples who were at Damascus for some days.
    9:20 And he was continuously preaching Jesus in the synagogues: that he is the Son of God.

    John 6: 52- 59

    6:52 If anyone eats from this bread, he shall live in eternity. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.”
    6:53 Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
    6:54 And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you.
    6:55 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
    6:56 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
    6:57 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
    6:58 Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so also whoever eats me, the same shall live because of me.
    6:59 This is the bread that descends from heaven. It is not like the manna that your fathers ate, for they died. Whoever eats this bread shall live forever.”

  • May 8, 2025

    Acts 8: 26- 40

    8:26 Now an Angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Rise up and go toward the south, to the way which descends from Jerusalem into Gaza, where there is a desert.”
    8:27 And rising up, he went. And behold, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, powerful under Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasures, had arrived in Jerusalem to worship.
    8:28 And while returning, he was sitting upon his chariot and reading from the prophet Isaiah.
    8:29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Draw near and join yourself to this chariot.”
    8:30 And Philip, hurrying, heard him reading from the prophet Isaiah, and he said, “Do you think that you understand what you are reading?”
    8:31 And he said, “But how can I, unless someone will have revealed it to me?” And he asked Philip to climb up and sit with him.
    8:32 Now the place in Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter. And like a lamb silent before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth.
    8:33 He endured his judgment with humility. Who of his generation shall describe how his life was taken away from the earth?”
    8:34 Then the eunuch responded to Philip, saying: “I beg you, about whom is the prophet saying this? About himself, or about someone else?”
    8:35 Then Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from this Scripture, evangelized Jesus to him.
    8:36 And while they were going along the way, they arrived at a certain water source. And the eunuch said: “There is water. What would prevent me from being baptized?”
    8:37 Then Philip said, “If you believe from your whole heart, it is permitted.” And he responded by saying, “I believe the Son of God to be Jesus the Christ.”
    8:38 And he ordered the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch descended into the water. And he baptized him.
    8:39 And when they had ascended from the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him anymore. Then he went on his way, rejoicing.
    8:40 Now Philip was found in Azotus. And continuing on, he evangelized all the cities, until he arrived in Caesarea.

    John 6: 44- 51

    6:44 No one is able to come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, has drawn him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
    6:45 It has been written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has listened and learned from the Father comes to me.
    6:46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God; this one has seen the Father.
    6:47 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me has eternal life.
    6:48 I am the bread of life.
    6:49 Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and they died.
    6:50 This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die.
    6:51 I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.

  • May 7, 2025

    Acts 8: 1- 8

    8:1 Now in those days, there occurred a great persecution against the Church at Jerusalem. And they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles.
    8:2 But God-fearing men arranged for Stephen’s funeral, and they made a great mourning over him.
    8:3 Then Saul was laying waste to the Church by entering throughout the houses, and dragging away men and women, and committing them to prison.
    8:4 Therefore, those who had been dispersed were traveling around, evangelizing the Word of God.
    8:5 Now Philip, descending to a city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them.
    8:6 And the crowd was listening intently and with one accord to those things which were being said by Philip, and they were watching the signs which he was accomplishing.
    8:7 For many of them had unclean spirits, and, crying out with a loud voice, these departed from them.
    8:8 And many of the paralytics and the lame were cured.

    John 6: 35- 40

    6:35 Then Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
    6:36 But I say to you, that even though you have seen me, you do not believe.
    6:37 All that the Father gives to me shall come to me. And whoever comes to me, I will not cast out.
    6:38 For I descended from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
    6:39 Yet this is the will of the Father who sent me: that I should lose nothing out of all that he has given to me, but that I should raise them up on the last day.
    6:40 So then, this is the will of my Father who sent me: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”