Daily Reading for August 9-15

Daily Lectionary

August 9 1 Samuel 25:1–22; 1 Corinthians 3:1–23

August 10 (St. Lawrence) 1 Samuel 25:23–44; 1 Corinthians 4:1–21

August 11 1 Samuel 26:1–25; 1 Corinthians 5:1–13

August 12 1 Samuel 28:3–25; 1 Corinthians 6:1–20

August 13 1 Samuel 31:1–13; 1 Corinthians 7:1–24

August 14 2 Samuel 1:1–27; 1 Corinthians 7:25–40

August 15 (St Mary, Mother of Our Lord) 2 Samuel 5:1–25; 1 Corinthians 8:1–13

NEXT WEEKS LESSONS: The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

Our Lord wept over Jerusalem for the destruction that would soon come upon her. For she did not recognize the time of God’s visitation in Christ, who had come to bring her peace (Luke 19:41–48). Through His prophets God had consistently called His people to turn from their deceit and false worship. “But My people do not know the judgment of the Lord” (Jeremiah 7:1–11; 8:4–12). They sought to establish their own righteousness rather than receive Christ’s righteousness through faith (Romans 9:30–10:4). So it was that God was in His temple to cleanse it, a precursor to the once–for–all cleansing from sin which He would accomplish in the temple of His own body on the cross. God grant us to know the things that make for our peace—His visitation in the Word and Sacraments—that by the Holy Spirit we may penitently confess “Jesus is Lord” (1 Corinthians 12:1–11).

Collect

O God, as You declare Your almighty power above all in showing mercy and pity, mercifully grant unto us such a measure of Your grace that we may obtain Your gracious promises and be made partakers of Your heavenly treasures; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord . . .

Old Testament Jeremiah 8:4–12

Epistle 1 Corinthians 12:1–11

Holy Gospel: Luke 19:41–48