Daily Lectio, Sunday, October 18, 2026

Faith Daily Lectio Sunday, October 18, 2026

Sunday, October 18, 2026

The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24); St. Luke, Evangelist

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 lifts loaves of bread on a grassy hillside above a lake while his disciples sit beside baskets of bread and fish before a vast crowd.

Gospel, Matthew 14:1-21

A crowned king reads an open scroll by lamplight while a bearded priest stands beside him.

Old Testament, Deuteronomy 17:1-20

A lone shepherd stands on a hilltop as the sun rises over misty hills beneath a sky still full of stars.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 19

Musicians with trumpets, harps, and timbrels play while dancers move across a temple courtyard, with a lamb and a white dove nearby and birds overhead.

Morning Psalm, Psalm 150

A mother kneels on ground covered with manna and feeds her small child while the pillar of fire glows in the distance.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 81

The sun glows low on both sides of the sky over a hilltop village while people in the foreground lift their hands in praise.

Evening Psalm, Psalm 113

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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