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January 4 - 10

Second Sunday after Christmas

🌳 Psalm

Psalm 77:11-20


🎼 Hymn

LSB 385 “From East to West”

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📖 Readings

Sun 1/4

  1. Isaiah 63:15-65:2
  2. Luke 2:41-52

Mon 1/5

  1. Isaiah 65:8-25
  2. Luke 3:1-20

Tue 1/6

  1. Isaiah 66:1-20
  2. Luke 3:21-38

Wed 1/7

  1. Ezekiel 1:1-28
  2. Romans 1:1-17

Thu 1/8

  1. Ezekiel 2:1 - 3:11
  2. Romans 1:18-32

Fri 1/9

  1. Ezekiel 3:12-27
  2. Romans 2:1-16

Sat 1/10

  1. Ezekiel 18:1-32
  2. Romans 2:17-29


🏵️ Catechism

The Fourth Petition

Give us this day our daily bread.

What does this mean? God certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our prayers, even to all evil people, but we pray in this petition that God would lead us to realize this and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving.


What is meant by daily bread? Daily bread includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home, land, animals, money, goods, a devout husband or wife, devout children, devout workers, devout and faithful rulers, good government, good weather, peace, health, self-control, good reputation, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the like.


🙏 Prayer

Almighty God, You have poured into our hearts the true Light of Your incarnate Word. Grant that this Light may shine forth in our lives; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

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