Daily Lectio, Sunday, October 25, 2026

Faith Daily Lectio Sunday, October 25, 2026

Sunday, October 25, 2026

The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25), kept as Reformation Sunday; Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women

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 on a rocky outcrop teaching his disciples, with a jagged mountain rising behind them under a hazy sky.

Gospel, Matthew 17:14-27

Moses stands on a hill with the Levite priests, arms raised, addressing a vast crowd of Israel in a sunlit valley.

Old Testament, Deuteronomy 27:1-26

A crowd looks up as light breaks through the clouds, with a faint face and open hands appearing in the glow.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 67

People, birds, an elephant, a lion and a lamb lift their faces toward a bright sunburst under a golden sky.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 150

A stone fortress stands on a rocky island in a stormy sea as a beam of light breaks through the dark clouds.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 46

A regal figure with a white beard sits on a golden throne above the clouds, holding a scepter over the earth below.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 93

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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