by RQue Royal Design | Nov 23, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Wisdom 3:1-9 1 But the souls of the upright are in the hands of God, and no torment can touch them.2 To the unenlightened, they appeared to die, their departure was regarded as disaster,3 their leaving us like annihilation; but they are at peace.4 If, as it...
by RQue Royal Design | Nov 22, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Samuel 5:1-3 1 All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron and said, ‘Look, we are your own flesh and bone.2 In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel on its campaigns, and to you it was that Yahweh promised,...
by RQue Royal Design | Nov 21, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Maccabees 6:1-13 1 King Antiochus, meanwhile, was making his way through the Upper Provinces; he had heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais, renowned for its riches, its silver and gold,2 and its very wealthy temple containing golden...
by RQue Royal Design | Nov 20, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 36 Judas and his brothers then said, ‘Now that our enemies have been defeated, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and dedicate it.’37 So they marshalled the whole army, and went up to Mount Zion.52 On the...
by RQue Royal Design | Nov 19, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Maccabees 2:15-29 15 The king’s commissioners who were enforcing the apostasy came to the town of Modein for the sacrifices.16 Many Israelites gathered round them, but Mattathias and his sons drew apart.17 The king’s commissioners then...
by RQue Royal Design | Nov 18, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Maccabees 7:1, 20-31 1 It also happened that seven brothers were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste some pork, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and scourges.20 But the mother was especially admirable...
