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daily reading 18.3 (Romans 10:5–10)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:      “I am the Vine; my Father is the Gardener.      Each branch that bears no fruit, he cuts away;      While every branch that yields good fruit, he trims and cleans,      So that it will produce more every day.      Now you are clean because of all to you I spoke.      Remain in me; I will remain in you.      Just as a branch without the vine will yield no grapes,      So keep abiding in me, that you bear fruit too.       “I am the Vine; if you, like branches, stay in me      And I in you, you will yield much, in turn.      Apart from me, you will accomplish not a thing,      But be a branch that withers and is burned.      If you remain in me, and my words stay within,    ...

daily reading 18.2 (Romans 10:1–4)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:      “I am the Vine; my Father is the Gardener.      Each branch that bears no fruit, he cuts away;      While every branch that yields good fruit, he trims and cleans,      So that it will produce more every day.      Now you are clean because of all to you I spoke.      Remain in me; I will remain in you.      Just as a branch without the vine will yield no grapes,      So keep abiding in me, that you bear fruit too.       “I am the Vine; if you, like branches, stay in me      And I in you, you will yield much, in turn.      Apart from me, you will accomplish not a thing,      But be a branch that withers and is burned.      If you remain in me, and my words stay within,    ...

daily reading 18.1 (Romans 9:30–33)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:      “I am the Vine; my Father is the Gardener.      Each branch that bears no fruit, he cuts away;      While every branch that yields good fruit, he trims and cleans,      So that it will produce more every day.      Now you are clean because of all to you I spoke.      Remain in me; I will remain in you.      Just as a branch without the vine will yield no grapes,      So keep abiding in me, that you bear fruit too.      “I am the Vine; if you, like branches, stay in me      And I in you, you will yield much, in turn.      Apart from me, you will accomplish not a thing,      But be a branch that withers and is burned.      If you remain in me, and my words stay within,      A...

daily reading 17.5 (Romans 9:27–29)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Jesus, shepherd of the sheep,      Who your Father’s flock does keep,      Safe we wake, and safe we sleep,      Guarded still by you.      In your promise firm we stand;      None can take us from your hand.      Speak— we hear— at your command,      We will follow you.      By your blood our souls were bought;       By your life salvation wrought;       By your light our feet are taught,      Lord, to follow you.       Father, draw us to your Son;       We with joy will follow on       Till the work of grace is done,       There to live with You.      We, in robes of glory dressed,    ...

daily reading 17.4 (Romans 9:25–26)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Jesus, shepherd of the sheep,      Who your Father’s flock does keep,      Safe we wake, and safe we sleep,      Guarded still by you.      In your promise firm we stand;      None can take us from your hand.      Speak— we hear— at your command,      We will follow you.      By your blood our souls were bought;       By your life salvation wrought;       By your light our feet are taught,      Lord, to follow you.       Father, draw us to your Son;       We with joy will follow on       Till the work of grace is done,       There to live with You.      We, in robes of glory dressed,    ...

daily reading 17.3 (Romans 9:19–24)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Jesus, shepherd of the sheep,      Who your Father’s flock does keep,      Safe we wake, and safe we sleep,      Guarded still by you.      In your promise firm we stand;      None can take us from your hand.      Speak— we hear— at your command,      We will follow you.      By your blood our souls were bought;       By your life salvation wrought;       By your light our feet are taught,      Lord, to follow you.       Father, draw us to your Son;       We with joy will follow on       Till the work of grace is done,       There to live with You.      We, in robes of glory dressed,    ...

daily reading 17.2 (Romans 9:17–18)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Jesus, shepherd of the sheep,      Who your Father’s flock does keep,      Safe we wake, and safe we sleep,      Guarded still by you.      In your promise firm we stand;      None can take us from your hand.      Speak— we hear— at your command,      We will follow you.      By your blood our souls were bought;       By your life salvation wrought;       By your light our feet are taught,      Lord, to follow you.       Father, draw us to your Son;       We with joy will follow on       Till the work of grace is done,       There to live with You.      We, in robes of glory dressed,    ...

daily reading 17.1 (Romans 9:14–16)

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  5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Jesus, shepherd of the sheep,      Who your Father’s flock does keep,      Safe we wake, and safe we sleep,      Guarded still by you.      In your promise firm we stand;      None can take us from your hand.      Speak— we hear— at your command,      We will follow you.      By your blood our souls were bought;       By your life salvation wrought;       By your light our feet are taught,      Lord, to follow you.       Father, draw us to your Son;       We with joy will follow on       Till the work of grace is done,       There to live with You.      We, in robes of glory dressed,  ...

daily reading 16.5 (Romans 9:10–13)

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  5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!      The strife is o’er, the battle done;       Now is the victor’s triumph won;      Now be the song of praise begun.  Alleluia!      Death’s mightiest powers have done their worst,      And Jesus has his foes dispersed;      Let shouts of praise and joy outburst.  Alleluia!      On the third morn he rose again      Glorious in majesty to reign;      Oh, let us swell the joyful strain!  Alleluia!      He closed the yawning gates of hell;      The bars from heav’n’s high portals fell.      Let songs of praise his triumph tell.  Alleluia!      Lord, by the stripes which wounded you,      From death...

daily reading 16.4 (Romans 9:6–9)

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  5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!      The strife is o’er, the battle done;       Now is the victor’s triumph won;      Now be the song of praise begun.  Alleluia!      Death’s mightiest powers have done their worst,      And Jesus has his foes dispersed;      Let shouts of praise and joy outburst.  Alleluia!      On the third morn he rose again      Glorious in majesty to reign;      Oh, let us swell the joyful strain!  Alleluia!      He closed the yawning gates of hell;      The bars from heav’n’s high portals fell.      Let songs of praise his triumph tell.  Alleluia!      Lord, by the stripes which wounded you,      From death...

daily reading 16.3 (Romans 9:1–5)

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  5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!      The strife is o’er, the battle done;       Now is the victor’s triumph won;      Now be the song of praise begun.  Alleluia!      Death’s mightiest powers have done their worst,      And Jesus has his foes dispersed;      Let shouts of praise and joy outburst.  Alleluia!      On the third morn he rose again      Glorious in majesty to reign;      Oh, let us swell the joyful strain!  Alleluia!      He closed the yawning gates of hell;      The bars from heav’n’s high portals fell.      Let songs of praise his triumph tell.  Alleluia!      Lord, by the stripes which wounded you,      From death...

daily reading 16.2 (Romans 8:37–39)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!      The strife is o’er, the battle done;       Now is the victor’s triumph won;      Now be the song of praise begun.  Alleluia!      Death’s mightiest powers have done their worst,      And Jesus has his foes dispersed;      Let shouts of praise and joy outburst.  Alleluia!      On the third morn he rose again      Glorious in majesty to reign;      Oh, let us swell the joyful strain!  Alleluia!      He closed the yawning gates of hell;      The bars from heav’n’s high portals fell.      Let songs of praise his triumph tell.  Alleluia!      Lord, by the stripes which wounded you,      From death’s stin...

daily reading 16.1 (Romans 8:35–36)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!      The strife is o’er, the battle done;       Now is the victor’s triumph won;      Now be the song of praise begun.  Alleluia!      Death’s mightiest powers have done their worst,      And Jesus has his foes dispersed;      Let shouts of praise and joy outburst.  Alleluia!      On the third morn he rose again      Glorious in majesty to reign;      Oh, let us swell the joyful strain!  Alleluia!      He closed the yawning gates of hell;      The bars from heav’n’s high portals fell.      Let songs of praise his triumph tell.  Alleluia!      Lord, by the stripes which wounded you,      From death’s stin...

daily reading 15.5 (Romans 8:31–34)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       At the Lamb’s high feast we sing      Praise to our victorious King,      Who has washed us in the tide      Flowing from his pierced side.      Alleluia!      Mighty victim from on high,      Hell’s fierce powers beneath you lie;      You have conquered in the fight,      You have brought us life and light:      Alleluia!      Now no more can death appall,      Now no more the grave entrall;      You have opened paradise,      And your saints in you shall rise.      Alleluia!      Easter triumph, Easter joy,      This alone can sin destroy;      From sin’s power, Lord, set us free,      Newbor...

daily reading 15.4 (Romans 8:28–30)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       At the Lamb’s high feast we sing      Praise to our victorious King,      Who has washed us in the tide      Flowing from his pierced side.      Alleluia!      Mighty victim from on high,      Hell’s fierce powers beneath you lie;      You have conquered in the fight,      You have brought us life and light:      Alleluia!      Now no more can death appall,      Now no more the grave entrall;      You have opened paradise,      And your saints in you shall rise.      Alleluia!      Easter triumph, Easter joy,      This alone can sin destroy;      From sin’s power, Lord, set us free,      Newbor...

daily reading 15.3 (Romans 8:26–27)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:       At the Lamb’s high feast we sing      Praise to our victorious King,      Who has washed us in the tide      Flowing from his pierced side.      Alleluia!      Mighty victim from on high,      Hell’s fierce powers beneath you lie;      You have conquered in the fight,      You have brought us life and light:      Alleluia!      Now no more can death appall,      Now no more the grave entrall;      You have opened paradise,      And your saints in you shall rise.      Alleluia!      Easter triumph, Easter joy,      This alone can sin destroy;      From sin’s power, Lord, set us free,      Newbor...

daily reading 15.2 (Romans 8:24–25)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for today:         At the Lamb’s high feast we sing      Praise to our victorious King,      Who has washed us in the tide      Flowing from his pierced side.      Alleluia!      Mighty victim from on high,      Hell’s fierce powers beneath you lie;      You have conquered in the fight,      You have brought us life and light:      Alleluia!      Now no more can death appall,      Now no more the grave entrall;      You have opened paradise,      And your saints in you shall rise.      Alleluia!      Easter triumph, Easter joy,      This alone can sin destroy;      From sin’s power, Lord, set us free,     ...