Daily Readings - 27/08/2026

^1:1 I, Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle, together with brother Sosthenes, send greetings

^1:2 to the church of God in Corinth, to the holy people of Jesus Christ, who are called to take their place among all the saints everywhere who pray to our Lord Jesus Christ; for he is their Lord no less than ours.

^1:3 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send you grace and peace.

^1:4 I never stop thanking God for all the graces you have received through Jesus Christ.

^1:5 I thank him that you have been enriched in so many ways, especially in your teachers and preachers;

^1:6 the witness to Christ has indeed been strong among you

^1:7 so that you will not be without any of the gifts of the Spirit while you are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed;

^1:8 and he will keep you steady and without blame until the last day, the day of our Lord Jesus Christ,

^1:9 because God by calling you has joined you to his Son, Jesus Christ; and God is faithful.

^145:1 I sing your praises, God my King, I bless your name for ever and ever,

^145:2 blessing you day after day, and praising your name for ever and ever.

^145:3 Can anyone measure the magnificence of Yahweh the great, and his inexpressible grandeur?

^145:4 Celebrating your acts of power, one age shall praise your doings to another.

^145:5 Oh, the splendour of your glory, your renown! I tell myself the story of your marvellous deeds.

^145:6 Men will proclaim your fearful power and I shall assert your greatness;

^145:7 they will celebrate your generous kindness and joyfully acclaim your righteousness.

^145:8 He, Yahweh, is merciful, tenderhearted, slow to anger, very loving,

^145:9 and universally kind; Yahweh’s tenderness embraces all his creatures.

^145:10 Yahweh, all your creatures thank you, and your faithful bless you.

^145:11 Kingly and glorious they proclaim you, they affirm your might.

^145:12 Let mankind learn your acts of power, and the majestic glory of your sovereignty!

^145:13 Your sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty, your empire lasts from age to age.

^145:14 Only stumble, and Yahweh at once supports you, if others bow you down, he will raise you up.

^145:15 Patiently all creatures look to you to feed them throughout the year;

^145:16 quick to satisfy every need, you feed them all with a generous hand.

^145:17 Righteous in all that he does, Yahweh acts only out of love,

^145:18 standing close to all who invoke him, close to all who invoke Yahweh faithfully.

^145:19 Those who fear him need only to ask to be answered; he hears their cries for help and saves them.

^145:20 Under his protection the pious are safe, but Yahweh is destruction to the wicked.

^145:21 Yahweh’s praise be ever in my mouth, and let every creature bless his holy name for ever and ever!

^24:42 ‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming.

^24:43 You may be quite sure of this that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house.

^24:44 Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

^24:45 ‘What sort of servant, then, is faithful and wise enough for the master to place him over his household to give them their food at the proper time?

^24:46 Happy that servant if his master’s arrival finds him at this employment.

^24:47 I tell you solemnly, he will place him over everything he owns.

^24:48 But as for the dishonest servant who says to himself, “My master is taking his time”,

^24:49 and sets about beating his fellow servants and eating and drinking with drunkards,

^24:50 his master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.

^24:51 The master will cut him off and send him to the same fate as the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.