Daily Bible

Read Today’s Readings As the liturgical year draws to a close, the readings encourage us to think about the final days, the second coming of Jesus, and the General Judgment. The first reading from Daniel 12:1-3 describes a message Daniel received from God, foretelling a time of great distress when the Archangel Michael shall reise…

Read Today’s Readings Saint John addresses his second letter (2 John 4-9) to the “chosen Lady.” While there seems to be a bit of debate about whether Saint John was addressing a specific lady (a title used for Roman citizens) or to a local church that he was bishop over. Either way, his message is…

Read Today’s Readings In our first reading from Revelation 4:1-11 Saint John has a vision of entering the throne room of God. The 24 elders represent the 12 tribe of Israel and the 12 Apostles – the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. When they worship God they throw down their crowns, indicating that they…

Read Today’s Readings If anyone is looking for Scriptural evidence for the Catholic understanding of grace and works, today’s first reading from Philippians 2:12-18 is one great place to look. Saint Paul exhorts us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, but he also says, “For God is the one who, for his…

Read Today’s Readings Today’s first reading from Revelation 3:1-6,14-22 continues Jesus’ messages to seven Churches (dioceses). He tells the Church in Sardis that they have a reputation for being alive, but in the eyes of God they are really dead. Their appearance of piety is not matched by the love of their hearts. The Christians…

Read Today’s Readings Saint Paul valued his relationship with Jesus above all things. In Philippians 3:3-8 he  explains how secure he was in the Covenant as a faithful Jew. But even though the Old Covenant made him “confident in the flesh,” Saint Paul counted it all as loss compared to what he gained in Jesus.…

Read Today’s Readings Today’s first reading is one of my favorite Scripture verses, Philippians 2:5-11. Yesterday we heard Saint Paul encourage the Christians in Philippi to live for others rather than living in pride. In today’s reading he offers Jesus as the perfect example of humility. Notice how Saint Paul describes Jesus’ humility as pouring…

Read Today’s Readings In today’s first reading from Revelation 1:1-4,2:1-5 we hear Jesus’ message to the Church (diocese) in Ephesus. Jesus praises them for the faithfulness they showed in the past, but he then criticizes them: Yet I hold this against you: you have lost the love you had at first. Realize how far you have…

Read Today’s Readings In 3John 5-8 Saint John celebrates another local church that is showing its love by supporting others. I think it shows a lot about how we need conversion of heart when we see how parishes and dioceses tend to compete with each other rather than loving and supporting each other for the…

Read Today’s Readings What would your life be like if you could imitate Saint Paul as he describes himself in Philippians 4:10-19, content in all circumstances because of faith in Jesus? The eternal perspective given to us by faith should be an anchor for us in any life circumstance. Note how Saint Paul encourages the…