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Devotional Reflection, Monday, March 16, 2026 The week of the fourth Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 26Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27He said to her, ‘Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.’ 28But she answered him, ‘Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s

Devotional Reflection, Friday, March 13, 2026 The week of the third Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them. . . . I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. 23I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings. You will find the full text of today’s

Daily Office Devotional, Thursday, March 12, 2026 The week of the third Sunday after Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 34As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. 35When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, ‘This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late; 36send them away so that they

Devotional Reflection, Wednesday, March 11, 2026 The week of the third Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 17 For Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because Herod had married her. 18For John had been telling Herod, ‘It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.’ 19And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted t

Daily Office Devotional, Tuesday, March 10, 2026 The week of the third Sunday after Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 4Then Jesus said to them, ‘Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house.’ 5And he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. 6And he was amazed at their unbelief. You will find the full text of t

Devotional Reflection, Monday, March 9, 2026 The week of the third Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 25Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. 26She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. 27She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28for she said, ‘If I

Devotional Reflection, Friday, March 6, 2026 The week of the second Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, ThD. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 37A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ 39He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!

Devotional Reflection, Thursday, March 5, 2026 The week of the second Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 26 He also said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. 28The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. 29But when the grain is ripe

Devotional Reflection, Wednesday, March 4, 2026 The week of the second Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 3‘Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up quickly, since it had no depth of soil. 6And when the sun rose, it was scorched; and since it had no root, it with

Devotional Reflection, Tuesday, March 3, 2026 The week of the second Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 5:1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father’s wife. 2And you are arrogant! Should you not rather have mourned, so that he who has done this would have been removed from among you? . . . 7Clean out the

Devotional Reflection, Monday, March 2, 2026 The week of the second Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 16So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); 17James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder). . . . You will find the full text of today’s Gospel at the end of this reflection. Daily Office Lectionary Readings  ( BCP , 953

Devotional Reflection, Friday, February 26. 2026 The week of the first Sunday after Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 21 ‘No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but one puts new wine into f

Devotional Reflection, Thursday,  February 22, 2024 The week of the first Sunday after Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 14Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny. 16‘For who has kno

Daily Office Devotional, Wednesday, February 26, 2025 The week of the first Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Ember Day Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 35In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. 36And Simon and his companions hunted for him. 37When they found him, they said to him, ‘Everyone is searching for you.’ 38He answered, ‘Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that

Daily Office Devotional, Tuesday, February 24, 2026 The week of the first Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phases for reflection in today’s reading: 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 15and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’ 16 As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea—

Devotional Reflection, Monday, February 23, 2026 The week of the first Sunday in Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. 11And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’ 12An

Devotional Reflection, Friday, February 20, 2026 The third day of Lent   Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. You will find the full text of today’s Gospel at the end of this reflection. Daily Office Lectionary Readings  ( BCP , 951) AM Psalm 95

Devotional Reflection, Thursday, February 19, 2026 The second day of Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 17:1After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, 2since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. . . . .6 ’I have made your name known to those whom you gave me fro

Devotional, Reflection Ash Wednesday, March 2 2022 The first day of Lent The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases from today’s reading for reflection: 10‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, “God, I thank you that I am not like other people . . . . 13But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, “God, be

Devotional Reflection, Tuesday, February 17, 2026 The week of the last Sunday after the Epiphany The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key phrases for reflection from today’s reading: 7Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. 8More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain C