Haggai 1:15b-2:9 In the sixth year of King Darius,  in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying:  2  “Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, and say:  3  Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Is it not in your sight as nothing?  4  Yet now take coura

Gospel Luke 6:20-31   Then he looked up at his disciples and said:   “Blessed are you who are poor,     for yours is the kingdom of God.  “Blessed are you who are hungry now,     for you will be filled. “Blessed are you who weep now,     for you will laugh.    “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you[d] on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven, for that is h

October 26, 2025, Sermon   Gospel Reading” Luke 18:9-14   To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.   I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax

The Gospel                  Luke 14:25-33 Now large crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and said to them,  26  “Whoever comes...

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