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.

^32:1 Happy the man whose fault is forgiven, whose sin is blotted out;

^32:2 happy the man whom Yahweh accuses of no guilt, whose spirit is incapable of deceit!

^32:3 All the time I kept silent, my bones were wasting away with groans, day in, day out;

^32:4 day and night your hand lay heavy on me; my heart grew parched as stubble in summer drought (Pause)

^32:5 At last I admitted to you I had sinned; no longer concealing my guilt, I said, ‘I will go to Yahweh and confess my fault’. And you, you have forgiven the wrong I did, have pardoned my sin. (Pause)

^32:6 That is why each of your servants prays to you in time of trouble; even if floods come rushing down, they will never reach him.

^32:7 You are a hiding place for me, you guard me when in trouble, you surround me with songs of deliverance. (Pause)

^32:8 I will instruct you, and teach you the way to go; I will watch over you and be your adviser.

^32:9 Do not be like senseless horse or mule that need bit and bridle to curb their spirit (to let you get near them).

^32:10 Many torments await the wicked, but grace enfolds the man who trusts in Yahweh.

^32:11 Rejoice in Yahweh, exult, you virtuous, shout for joy, all upright hearts.

^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.’