Daily Lectio, Friday, October 16, 2026

Faith Daily Lectio Friday, October 16, 2026

Friday, October 16, 2026

Friday in the week of the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23)

LCMS Daily Lectionary (Lutheran Service Book)

Each reading below opens with a prayer (oratio), the reading for meditation (meditatio), and reflection/trial (tentatio). [in some practices include a reflection (contemplatio)]

Harvesters bind sheaves of wheat in a golden field at sunrise while a group of radiant figures stands among the grain.

Gospel, Matthew 13:24-43

An Israelite at his doorway sends a freed servant on his way with grain, a jar, and a lamb, while a pillar of fire glows over a distant column of people near the pyramids.

Old Testament, Deuteronomy 14:1-2, 22-23, 28-29; 15:1-15

A kneeling man with a crown set aside on the ground cups clear water from a spring at dawn, a white dove perched in a nearby tree.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 51

People on a rocky shore lift their hands in praise beneath sun, moon, and stars, with birds overhead, sea creatures in the waves, mountains, and fruit trees.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 148

A young man kneels in a dim cave, lifting his face and open hands toward a shaft of golden light at dusk.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 142

A river winds through golden grain fields and green pastures with grazing sheep and a loaded hay cart under a glowing sunset sky.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 65

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version.

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Sources

Lutheran Service Book (Concordia Publishing House)
Luther's Small Catechism (Concordia Publishing House)
The Large and Small Catechisms of Dr. Luther (LCMS)
About the Lutheran Daily Lectionary (lutherans.church)

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