The Bible in Time...

Saint Peter as Pope  by  Rubens Wiki Commons Images Read the Bible in a Year | My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Come join us at any time!  Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. Isaiah 45:8, NRSV (Enriching Our Worship 1) Today’s Reading - 12/15/2019     Day 349 1 Peter 1:1 – 2:25 12/16/2019     Day 350 1 Peter 3:1 – 5:14 Reflection | Today - Chapter 1 - a thanksgiving to God for giving us, Jesus. Rejoice no matter the trials. You are elect and holy people in Christ. Although We are as brief as grass, the Word of the Lord lasts forever. Chapter 2 - Rid yourself of all evil and be nurtured as a mother to child by what God can feed you. You have been bought and now are Pure. You are chosen, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people. You were not a people but now you are God’s...

Crucifixion, Agnolo Gaddi [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Daily Office Readings and Brief Reflections Opening Sentence Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Click here Today's Readings Friday | 25 March 2016 | Good Friday Ps. 95 22; Ps. 40:1–14 (15–19) 54; Lam. 3:1–9 19–33; 1 Pet. 1:10–20; John 13:36–38 or John 19:38–42 Psalm 22 God why have you forsaken me? I cry to you. You are the holy one! My ancestors trusted in the Lord; I trust you; I am surrounded by my enemies; Be not far away and  hasten  to help me; Give glory to the Lord for he does not hide his face even to the poor; All the earth will come to the Lord; I will live for the Lord and God's salvation. Lamentations 3 | Background | Click here 25  The  Lord  is good to those who wait for him,      to the soul that seeks him. 26  It is good that one should wait quietly      for the salvation of the  Lord...

Opening Sentence In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 Read | Monday, 21 December 2015 - St Thomas Ps. 23 121; Job 42:1–6; 1 Peter 1:3–9; Ps. 27; John 14:1–7 Episcopal Church Foundation Facebook posting Reflection | Psalm 23 -  Literary type | Song of confidence and trust  |  click here The Lord is the head of my life and gives me everything, at all times and all places, even when I walk with death; God's generosity knows no bounds for all people; Life is good with God. Job 42- Job acknowledges, after arguing with God, the Lord's goodness and greatness, and is humbled. 1 Peter -    In faith everlasting, you rejoice,   even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials,   so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor...