Our God is a God who saves;     from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death. The post Psalm of the Day: Psalm 68:20 appeared first on NOVENA PRAYER ..read more

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. The post Verse of the Day: Acts 1:8 appeared first on NOVENA PRAYER ..read more

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. -Acts 1:8 The post Have a Blessed Friday from Jerusalem appeared first on NOVENA PRAYER ..read more

Link to today’s readings: Daily Bible Reading – April 26, 2024 | USCCB Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 283 Reading I Acts 13:26-33 When Paul came to Antioch in Pisidia, he said in the synagogue:  “My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those others among you who are God-fearing, to us this word of salvation has been sent. The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders failed to recognize him, and by condemning him they fulfilled the oracles of the prophets that are read sabbath after sabbath. For even though they found no grounds for a death sentence, the ..read more

Link to today’s readings: Daily Bible Reading – April 25, 2024 | USCCB Feast of Saint Mark, evangelist Lectionary: 555 Reading 1 1 Pt 5:5b-14 Beloved:     Clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble. So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you. Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in faith, knowin ..read more

May God be gracious to us and bless us     and make his face shine on us—  so that your ways may be known on earth,     your salvation among all nations. The post Psalm of the Day: Psalm 67:1-2 appeared first on NOVENA PRAYER ..read more

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth. The post Verse of the Day: John 4:23-24 appeared first on NOVENA PRAYER ..read more

Link to today’s readings: Daily Bible Reading – April 23, 2024 | USCCB Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 280 Reading 1 Acts 11:19-26 Those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but Jews. There were some Cypriots and Cyrenians among them, however, who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the Lord Jesus. The hand of the Lord was with them and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. The news about them reached the ears of the Ch ..read more

Link to today’s readings: Daily Bible Reading – April 22, 2024 | USCCB Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 279 Reading 1 Acts 11:1-18 The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers confronted him, saying, ‘You entered the house of uncircumcised people and ate with them.” Peter began and explained it to them step by step, saying, “I was at prayer in the city of Joppa when in a trance I had a vision, something resembling a large sheet coming down, lowered from ..read more

Link to today’s readings: Daily Bible Reading – April 21, 2024 | USCCB Fourth Sunday of Easter Lectionary: 50 Reading 1 Acts 4:8-12 Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said: “Leaders of the people and elders: If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved, then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed. He is the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the corner ..read more