Daily Lectio, Saturday, October 31, 2026

Faith Daily Lectio Saturday, October 31, 2026

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Reformation Day

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 kneels on the road outside Jericho and touches the eyes of a blind beggar while a second blind man waits with open hands, and a small cross stands on a distant hill.

Gospel, Matthew 20:17-34

Aged Moses stands with his staff on the summit of Mount Nebo, looking out over the promised land as beams of light break through the clouds.

Old Testament, Deuteronomy 32:28-52

Glad families of pilgrims with baskets, palm branches, and a lamb walk up a stone road in the morning toward the walls and temple of Jerusalem.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 122

A joyful congregation sings on a hillside under streaming light as a young woman dances with a timbrel, an elder plays a harp, and a boy plays a lyre.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 149

A grey-bearded man lifts his hands in prayer on a stone terrace at dusk as incense smoke rises from a bronze bowl into the starry sky.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 141

Aged Moses sits on a rock with a scroll and staff in a meadow of evening grass and flowers, gazing toward ancient mountains at sunset.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 90

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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