Daily Readings - 30/03/2026

^42:1 Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have endowed him with my spirit that he may bring true justice to the nations.

^42:2 He does not cry out or shout aloud, or make his voice heard in the streets.

^42:3 He does not break the crushed reed, nor quench the wavering flame. Faithfully he brings true justice;

^42:4 he will neither waver, nor be crushed until true justice is established on earth, for the islands are awaiting his law.

^42:5 Thus says God, Yahweh, he who created the heavens and spread them out, who gave shape to the earth and what comes from it, who gave breath to its people and life to the creatures that move in it:

^42:6 I, Yahweh, have called you to serve the cause of right; I have taken you by the hand and formed you; I have appointed you as covenant of the people and light of the nations,

^42:7 to open the eyes of the blind, to free captives from prison, and those who live in darkness from the dungeon.

^27:1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation, whom need I fear? Yahweh is the fortress of my life, of whom should I be afraid?

^27:2 When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, they, my opponents, my enemies, are the ones who stumble and fall.

^27:3 Though an army pitched camp against me, my heart would not fear; though war were waged against me, my trust would still be firm.

^27:4 One thing I ask of Yahweh, one thing I seek: to live in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to enjoy the sweetness of Yahweh and to consult him in his Temple.

^27:5 For he shelters me under his awning in times of trouble; he hides me deep in his tent, sets me high on a rock.

^27:6 And now my head is held high over the enemies who surround me, in his tent I will offer exultant sacrifice. I will sing, I will play for Yahweh!

^27:7 Yahweh, hear my voice as I cry! Pity me! Answer me!

^27:8 My heart has said of you, ‘Seek his face’. Yahweh, I do seek your face;

^27:9 do not hide your face from me. Do not repulse your servant in anger; you are my help. Never leave me, never desert me, God, my saviour!

^27:10 If my father and mother desert me, Yahweh will care for me still.

^27:11 Yahweh, teach me your way, lead me in the path of integrity because of my enemies;

^27:12 do not abandon me to the will of my foes – false witnesses have risen against me, and breathe out violence.

^27:13 This I believe: I shall see the goodness of Yahweh, in the land of the living.

^27:14 Put your hope in Yahweh, be strong, let your heart be bold, put your hope in Yahweh.

^12:1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead.

^12:2 They gave a dinner for him there; Martha waited on them and Lazarus was among those at table.

^12:3 Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair; the house was full of the scent of the ointment.

^12:4 Then Judas Iscariot – one of his disciples, the man who was to betray him – said,

^12:5 ‘Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor?’

^12:6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he was in charge of the common fund and used to help himself to the contributions.

^12:7 So Jesus said, ‘Leave her alone; she had to keep this scent for the day of my burial.

^12:8 You have the poor with you always, you will not always have me.’

^12:9 Meanwhile a large number of Jews heard that he was there and came not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

^12:10 Then the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus as well,

^12:11 since it was on his account that many of the Jews were leaving them and believing in Jesus.