Daily Readings - 22/07/2026

^62:1 In God alone there is rest for my soul, from him comes my safety;

^62:2 with him alone for my rock, my safety, my fortress, I can never fall.

^62:3 How many times will you come rushing at a man, all of you, to bring him down like a wall already leaning over, like a rampart undermined?

^62:4 Deceit their sole intention, their delight is to mislead; with lies on their lips they bless aloud, while cursing inwardly. (pause)

^62:5 Rest in God alone, my soul! He is the source of my hope;

^62:6 with him alone for my rock, my safety, my fortress, I can never fall;

^62:7 rest in God, my safety, my glory, the rock of my strength. In God, I find shelter;

^62:8 rely on him people, at all times; unburden your hearts to him, God is a shelter for us (pause)

^62:9 Ordinary men are only a puff of wind, important men[*a] delusion; put both in the scales and up they go, lighter than a puff of wind.

^62:10 Put no reliance on extortion, no empty hopes in robbery; though riches may increase, keep your heart detached.

^62:11 God has spoken once, twice I have heard this: it is for God to be strong, for you,

^62:12 Lord, to be loving; and you yourself repay man as his works deserve.

^20:1 It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb

^20:2 and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’

^20:11 Meanwhile Mary stayed outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, still weeping, she stooped to look inside,

^20:12 and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet.

^20:13 They said, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ ‘They have taken my Lord away’ she replied ‘and I don’t know where they have put him.’

^20:14 As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not recognise him.

^20:15 Jesus said, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him’.

^20:16 Jesus said, ‘Mary!’ She knew him then and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbuni!’ – which means Master.

^20:17 Jesus said to her, ‘Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and find the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’

^20:18 So Mary of Magdala went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.