Daily Lectio, Thursday, October 29, 2026

Faith Daily Lectio Thursday, October 29, 2026

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Thursday in the week of the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25)

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 points to the light breaking through the clouds as his astonished disciples look up, with a laden camel beside a narrow town gate.

Gospel, Matthew 19:16-30

Aged Moses rests his hand on young Joshua's shoulder above the Jordan valley at sunrise, a column of light rising behind them over Israel's camp.

Old Testament, Deuteronomy 31:1-29

A grey-haired man kneels on a hillside at dawn with hands lifted, a lit path winding down through the misty valleys before him.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 143

Families harvest ripe golden wheat in peace below the walls of Jerusalem while a child carries bread and a dove flies overhead.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 147:12-20

Israelite families stand by their tents at twilight under a pillar of fire as manna falls and a child lifts open hands to receive it.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 81

A weary grey-haired traveler rests in the doorway of his lamplit stone home at dusk, bread, grapes, and a cup set beside him.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 116

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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