Daily Lectionary Readings for April 22, 2026

Daily Lectionary Readings (Two-Year Cycle)

Lectionary Readings for Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Morning Psalm 99 1   The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble!           He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! 2   The LORD is great in Zion;           he is exalted over all the peoples. 3   Let them praise your great and awesome name.           Holy is he! 4   Mighty King, lover of justice,           you have established equity;      you have executed justice           and righteousness in Jacob. 5   Extol the LORD our God;           worship at his footstool.           Holy is he! 6   Moses and Aaron were among his priests,           Samuel also was among those who called on his name.           They cried to the LORD, and he answered them. 7   He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;           they kept his decrees,           and the statutes that he gave them. 8   O LORD our God, you answered them;           you were a forgiving God to them,           but an avenger of their wrongdoings. 9   Extol the LORD our God,           and worship at his holy mountain;           for the LORD our God is holy. Morning Psalm 147:1-11 1   Praise the Lord!           How good it is to sing praises to our God;           for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. 2   The Lord builds up Jerusalem;           he gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3   He heals the brokenhearted,           and binds up their wounds. 4   He determines the number of the stars;           he gives to all of them their names. 5   Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;           his understanding is beyond measure. 6   The Lord lifts up the downtrodden;           he casts the wicked to the ground. 7   Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;           make melody to our God on the lyre. 8   He covers the heavens with clouds,           prepares rain for the earth,           makes grass grow on the hills. 9   He gives to the animals their food,           and to the young ravens when they cry. 10  His delight is not in the strength of the horse,           nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner; 11  but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,           in those who hope in his steadfast love. First Reading Exodus 19:16-25 16On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, as well as a thick cloud on the mountain, and a blast of a trumpet so loud that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God. They took their stand at the foot of the mountain. 18Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the LORD had descended upon it in fire; the smoke went up like the smoke of a kiln, while the whole mountain shook violently. 19As the blast of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses would speak and God would answer him in thunder. 20When the LORD descended upon Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. 21Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people not to break through to the LORD to look; otherwise many of them will perish. 22Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves or the LORD will break out against them." 23Moses said to the LORD, "The people are not permitted to come up to Mount Sinai; for you yourself warned us, saying, 'Set limits around the mountain and keep it holy.'" 24The LORD said to him, "Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you; but do not let either the priests or the people break through to come up to the LORD; otherwise he will break out against them." 25So Moses went down to the people and told them. Second Reading Colossians 1:15-23 15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers - all things have been created through him and for him. 17He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. 19For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. 21And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him - 23provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel. Gospel Reading Matthew 3:13-17 13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" 15But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfil all righteousness." Then he consented. 16And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased." Evening Psalm 9 1   I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;           I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. 2   I will be glad and exult in you;           I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 3   When my enemies turned back,           they stumbled and perished before you. 4   For you have maintained my just cause;           you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment. 5   You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked;           you have blotted out their name forever and ever. 6   The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins;           their cities you have rooted out;           the very memory of them has perished. 7   But the LORD sits enthroned forever,           he has established his throne for judgment. 8   He judges the world with righteousness;           he judges the peoples with equity. 9   The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed,           a stronghold in times of trouble. 10  And those who know your name put their trust in you,           for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. 11  Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion.           Declare his deeds among the peoples. 12  For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;           he does not forget the cry of the afflicted. 13  Be gracious to me, O LORD.           See what I suffer from those who hate me;           you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death, 14  so that I may recount all your praises,           and, in the gates of daughter Zion,           rejoice in your deliverance. 15  The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;           in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught. 16  The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment;           the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah 17  The wicked shall depart to Sheol,           all the nations that forget God. 18  For the needy shall not always be forgotten,           nor the hope of the poor perish forever. 19  Rise up, O LORD! Do not let mortals prevail;           let the nations be judged before you. 20  Put them in fear, O LORD;           let the nations know that they are only human. Selah Evening Psalm 118 1   O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;           his steadfast love endures forever! 2   Let Israel say,           “His steadfast love endures forever.” 3   Let the house of Aaron say,           “His steadfast love endures forever.” 4   Let those who fear the LORD say,           “His steadfast love endures forever.” 5   Out of my distress I called on the LORD;           the LORD answered me and set me in a broad place. 6   With the LORD on my side I do not fear.           What can mortals do to me? 7   The LORD is on my side to help me;           I shall look in triumph on those who hate me. 8   It is better to take refuge in the LORD           than to put confidence in mortals. 9   It is better to take refuge in the LORD           than to put confidence in princes. 10  All nations surrounded me;           in the name of the LORD I cut them off! 11  They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;           in the name of the LORD I cut them off! 12  They surrounded me like bees;           they blazed like a fire of thorns;           in the name of the LORD I cut them off! 13  I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,           but the LORD helped me. 14  The LORD is my strength and my might;           he has become my salvation. 15  There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:      “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly; 16       the right hand of the LORD is exalted;           the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.” 17  I shall not die, but I shall live,           and recount the deeds of the LORD. 18  The LORD has punished me severely,           but he did not give me over to death. 19  Open to me the gates of righteousness,           that I may enter through them           and give thanks to the LORD. 20  This is the gate of the LORD;           the righteous shall enter through it. 21  I thank you that you have answered me           and have become my salvation. 22  The stone that the builders rejected           has become the chief cornerstone. 23  This is the LORD’s doing;           it is marvelous in our eyes. 24  This is the day that the LORD has made;           let us rejoice and be glad in it. 25  Save us, we beseech you, O LORD!           O LORD, we beseech you, give us success! 26  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD.           We bless you from the house of the LORD. 27  The LORD is God,           and he has given us light.      Bind the festal procession with branches,           up to the horns of the altar. 28  You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;           you are my God, I will extol you. 29  O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,           for his steadfast love endures forever.

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