Daily Readings - 01/02/2026

^146:1 Alleluia! Praise Yahweh, my soul!

^146:2 I mean to praise Yahweh all my life, I mean to sing to my God as long as I live.

^146:3 Do not put your trust in men in power, or in any mortal man – he cannot save,

^146:4 he yields his breath and goes back to the earth he came from, and on that day all his schemes perish.

^146:5 Happy the man who has the God of Jacob to help him, whose hope is fixed on Yahweh his God,

^146:6 maker of heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that these hold! Yahweh, forever faithful,

^146:7 gives justice to those denied it, gives food to the hungry, gives liberty to prisoners.

^146:10 Yahweh reigns for ever, your God, Zion, from age to age.

^1:26 Take yourselves for instance, brothers, at the time when you were called: how many of you were wise in the ordinary sense of the word, how many were influential people, or came from noble families?

^1:27 No, it was to shame the wise that God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, and to shame what is strong that he chose what is weak by human reckoning;

^1:28 those whom the world thinks common and contemptible are the ones that God has chosen – those who are nothing at all to show up those who are everything.

^1:29 The human race has nothing to boast about to God,

^1:30 but you, God has made members of Christ Jesus and by God’s doing he has become our wisdom, and our virtue, and our holiness, and our freedom.

^1:31 As scripture says: if anyone wants to boast, let him boast about the Lord.[*d]

^5:1 Seeing the crowds, he went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples.

^5:2 Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:

^5:3 ‘How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

^5:4 Happy the gentle:[*b] they shall have the earth for their heritage.

^5:5 Happy those who mourn: they shall be comforted.

^5:6 Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right: they shall be satisfied.

^5:7 Happy the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them.

^5:8 Happy the pure in heart: they shall see God.

^5:9 Happy the peacemakers: they shall be called sons of God.

^5:10 Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right: theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

^5:11 ‘Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account.

^5:12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven; this is how they persecuted the prophets before you. Salt of the earth and light of the world