Daily Readings - 01/03/2026

^12:1 Yahweh said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you.

^12:2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing.

^12:3 ‘I will bless those who bless you: I will curse those who slight you. All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you.’

^12:4 So Abram went as Yahweh told him, and Lot went with him.

^32:1 Happy the man whose fault is forgiven, whose sin is blotted out;

^32:2 happy the man whom Yahweh accuses of no guilt, whose spirit is incapable of deceit!

^32:3 All the time I kept silent, my bones were wasting away with groans, day in, day out;

^32:4 day and night your hand lay heavy on me; my heart grew parched as stubble in summer drought (Pause)

^32:5 At last I admitted to you I had sinned; no longer concealing my guilt, I said, ‘I will go to Yahweh and confess my fault’. And you, you have forgiven the wrong I did, have pardoned my sin. (Pause)

^32:6 That is why each of your servants prays to you in time of trouble; even if floods come rushing down, they will never reach him.

^32:7 You are a hiding place for me, you guard me when in trouble, you surround me with songs of deliverance. (Pause)

^32:8 I will instruct you, and teach you the way to go; I will watch over you and be your adviser.

^32:9 Do not be like senseless horse or mule that need bit and bridle to curb their spirit (to let you get near them).

^32:10 Many torments await the wicked, but grace enfolds the man who trusts in Yahweh.

^32:11 Rejoice in Yahweh, exult, you virtuous, shout for joy, all upright hearts.

^17:1 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone.

^17:2 There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light.

^17:3 Suddenly Moses and Elijah[*a] appeared to them; they were talking with him.

^17:4 Then Peter spoke to Jesus. ‘Lord,’ he said ‘it is wonderful for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’

^17:5 He was still speaking when suddenly a bright cloud covered them with shadow, and from the cloud there came a voice which said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.’

^17:6 When they heard this the disciples fell on their faces overcome with fear.

^17:7 But Jesus came up and touched them. ‘Stand up,’ he said ‘do not be afraid.’

^17:8 And when they raised their eyes they saw no one but only Jesus.

^17:9 As they came down from the mountain Jesus gave them this order, ‘Tell no one about the vision until the Son of Man has risen from the dead’.