Daily Readings - 23/07/2026

^2:19 In other words, through the Law I am dead to the Law, so that now I can live for God. I have been crucified with Christ,

^2:20 and I live now not with my own life but with the life of Christ who lives in me. The life I now live in this body I live in faith: faith in the Son of God who loved me and who sacrificed himself for my sake.

^34:1 I will bless Yahweh at all times, his praise shall be on my lips continually;

^34:2 my soul glories in Yahweh, let the humble hear and rejoice.

^34:3 Proclaim with me the greatness of Yahweh, together let us extol his name.

^34:4 I seek Yahweh, and he answers me and frees me from all my fears.

^34:5 Every face turned to him grows brighter and is never ashamed.

^34:6 A cry goes up from the poor man, and Yahweh hears, and helps him in all his troubles.

^34:7 The angel of Yahweh pitches camp round those who fear him; and he keeps them safe.

^34:8 How good Yahweh is – only taste and see! Happy the man who takes shelter in him.

^34:9 Fear Yahweh, you his holy ones: those who fear him want for nothing.

^34:10 The young lion may go empty and hungry, but those who seek Yahweh lack nothing good.

^34:11 Come, my sons, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

^34:12 Which of you wants to live to the full, who loves long life and enjoyment of prosperity?

^34:13 Malice must be banished from your tongue, deceitful conversation from your lips;

^34:14 never yield to evil, practise good, seek peace, pursue it.

^34:16 The face of Yahweh frowns on evil men, to wipe their memory from the earth;

^34:15 the eyes of Yahweh are turned towards the virtuous, his ears to their cry.

^34:17 They cry for help and Yahweh hears and rescues them from all their troubles;

^34:18 Yahweh is near to the broken-hearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed.

^34:19 Hardships in plenty beset the virtuous man, but Yahweh rescues him from them all;

^34:20 taking care of every bone, Yahweh will not let one be broken.

^34:21 Evil will bring death to the wicked, those who hate the virtuous will have to pay;

^34:22 while Yahweh himself ransoms the souls of his servants, and those who take shelter in him have nothing to pay.

^15:1 ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

^15:2 Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more.

^15:3 You are pruned already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you.

^15:4 Make your home in me, as I make mine in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, but must remain part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

^15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing.

^15:6 Anyone who does not remain in me is like a branch that has been thrown away – he withers; these branches are collected and thrown on the fire, and they are burnt.

^15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask what you will and you shall get it.

^15:8 It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit, and then you will be my disciples.