Daily Lectio, Thursday, October 22, 2026

Faith Daily Lectio Thursday, October 22, 2026

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Thursday in the week of the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24)

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)]

Jesus sits in a beached fishing boat questioning His puzzled disciples, an empty bread basket on the shore in front.

Gospel, Matthew 16:1-12

Elders wash their hands over a running stream in a rough valley while white-robed priests stand with them in prayer.

Old Testament, Deuteronomy 21:1-23

A mother holds her two children on a hillside as vast wings of golden light spread across the sky above them.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 36

Harvesters gather ripe wheat and children play in the field beneath a peaceful walled town and an unguarded watchtower.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 147:12-20

A vinedresser looks up as golden evening light breaks through the clouds onto a laden grapevine on a terraced hillside.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 80

A shepherd with a lantern stands unafraid at the edge of a dark canyon at dusk, a beam of light on him and his flock resting behind.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 27

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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