DAILY, WEEKEND, AND HOLIDAY INTERNET EVANGELIZE TO THE WORLD MINISTRY

Read:  Isaiah 25:1–5  | Bible in a Year:  Zechariah 9–12; Revelation 20

Friday, December 28, 2018 | Feast Holy Innocents, Martyrs Years 1 & 2 | Roman Missal | Lectionary First Reading 1 John 1:5–2:2 Response Psalm 124:7 Psalm Psalm 124:2–5 , 7c–8 Gospel Acclamation Text Gospel Matthew 2:13–18   Catholic Daily Readings . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Saturday, December 29, 2018 | Commemoration David Index of Readings   Lutheran Service Book Three Year Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Concordia Publishing House, 2009. Print. Saturday, December 29, 2018 | Commemoration Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170 Index of Readings   Episcopal Church (USA) Revised Common Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2016. Print. Saturday, December 29, 2018 | Christmas December  29 Year 1 Psalms ( Morning ) Psalm 18:1–19 Psalms ( Evening ) Psalm 18:20–50 or Psalm 23 , 27 (If today is Saturday) Ol...

December 29: The Grace of God Shines Through Lamentations 1:1–2:22 ; Romans 15:8–21 ; Proverbs 30:1–33 I was once asked why the Bible is so brutal—why it depicts things like babies being killed and war. It’s true, the Bible has many moments of darkness and violence. But these depictions of the rawness of humanity—in all its ungratefulness and depravity—demonstrate how much people need God . And more than that, through these moments, the Bible shows how much people need a savior. The book of Lamentations is brimming with sorrow and gnashing of teeth. Little hope can be found in this book. The prophet weeps and moans over his fallen nation, over watching Jerusalem crumble. In this poetic work, we see people who don’t follow the God who loves them dearly and so badly yearns to see them return to Him . “How desolate the city sits that was full of people! She has become like a widow, once great among the nations! Like a woman of nobility in the provinces, she has become a fo...

Read:  Psalm 103:1–12  | Bible in a Year:  Zechariah 5–8; Revelation 19

Friday, December 28, 2018 | Christmas December 28 Year C Psalm Psalm 148 First Reading Isaiah 54:1–13 Second Reading Revelation 21:1–7   Consultation on Common Texts. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2011. Print. Friday, December 28, 2018 | Octoechos Thirty-Second Friday after Pentecost Bright Vestments Epistle 1 Peter 1:1 , 2 , 10–12 , 2:6–10 Gospel Mark 12:1–12   Byzantine Lectionary (Gregorian) . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2015. Print. Fri, Dec 28, 2018 (Dec 15, 2018) | Octoechos Thirty-First Friday after Pentecost Dark Vestments Epistle James 2:1–13 Gospel Mark 9:33–41 (30th Friday)   Byzantine Lectionary (Julian) . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2016. Print. Friday, December 28, 2018 | Octoechos Thirty-First Friday after Pentecost Bright Vestments Epistle James 2:1–13 Gospel ...

Friday, December 28, 2018 | Feast Holy Innocents, Martyrs Years 1 & 2 | Roman Missal | Lectionary First Reading 1 John 1:5–2:2 Response Psalm 124:7 Psalm Psalm 124:2–5 , 7c–8 Gospel Acclamation Text Gospel Matthew 2:13–18   Catholic Daily Readings . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Friday, December 28, 2018 | Feast Holy Innocents, Martyrs Years ABC Old Testament Jeremiah 31:15–17 Psalm Psalm 54 Epistle Revelation 14:1–5 Gospel Matthew 2:13–18   Lutheran Service Book Three Year Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Concordia Publishing House, 2009. Print. Friday, December 28, 2018 | Holy Day Holy Innocents Years ABC First Reading Jeremiah 31:15–17 Psalm Psalm 124 Second Reading Revelation 21:1–7 Gospel Matthew 2:13–18   Episcopal Church (USA) Revised Common Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2016. Print. ...

December 28: Unity Jeremiah 52:1–34 ; Romans 14:13–15:7 ; Proverbs 29:1–27 Paul calls us to refrain from judging others ( Rom 14:3 ). That’s easy enough to do when the people in our communities are the people we’d want to have over for dinner. What happens when those in our community don’t value (or disvalue) the things we value (or disvalue)? “Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you to be in agreement with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus , so that with one mind you may glorify with one mouth the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . Therefore accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, to the glory of God” ( Rom 15:5–7 ). In this portion of his letter, Paul asks the Roman believers to stretch themselves. For the Roman believers, judgment might have centered on the issue of eating the meat of unclean animals or the observance of Jewish holidays. Paul asks them to withhold judgment of one another because only God h...