Daily Readings - 22/10/2026

^3:14 This, then, is what I pray, kneeling before the Father,

^3:15 from whom every family,[*a] whether spiritual or natural, takes its name:

^3:16 Out of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your hidden self to grow strong,

^3:17 so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love,

^3:18 you will with all the saints have strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth;

^3:19 until, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge, you are filled with the utter fullness of God.

^3:20 Glory be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine;

^3:21 glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.

^33:1 Shout for joy to Yahweh, all virtuous men, praise comes well from upright hearts;

^33:2 give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre, play to him on the ten-string harp;

^33:3 sing a new song in his honour, play with all your skill as you acclaim[*a] him!

^33:4 The word of Yahweh is integrity itself, all he does is done faithfully;

^33:5 he loves virtue and justice, Yahweh’s love fills the earth.

^33:6 By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, their whole array by the breath of his mouth;

^33:7 he collects the ocean waters as though in a wineskin, he stores the deeps in cellars.

^33:8 Let the whole world fear Yahweh, let all who live on earth revere him!

^33:9 He spoke, and it was created; he commanded, and there it stood.

^33:10 Yahweh thwarts the plans of nations, frustrates the intentions of peoples;

^33:11 but Yahweh’s plans hold good for ever, the intentions of his heart from age to age.

^33:12 Happy the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people he has chosen for his heritage.

^33:13 Yahweh looks down from heaven, he sees the whole human race;

^33:14 from where he sits he watches all who live on the earth,

^33:15 he who moulds every heart and takes note of all men do.

^33:16 A large army will not keep a king safe, nor does the hero escape by his great strength;

^33:17 it is delusion to rely on the horse for safety, for all its power, it cannot save.

^33:18 But see how the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear him, on those who rely on his love,

^33:19 to rescue their souls from death and keep them alive in famine.

^33:20 Our soul awaits Yahweh, he is our help and shield;

^33:21 our hearts rejoice in him, we trust in his holy name.

^33:22 Yahweh, let your love rest on us as our hope has rested in you.

^12:49 ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!

^12:50 There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over!

^12:51 ‘Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.

^12:52 For from now on a household of five will be divided: three against two and two against three;

^12:53 the father divided against the son, son against father, mother against daughter, daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’