Daily Word, Light, and Hope

Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son.
(See Acts 16:14)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.
(James 1:27)
NABRE, New American Bible, Revised Edition)

The Lord God gave the man this order: You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it, you shall die.
(Genesis 2:16-17)
(NABRE, New American Bible, Revised Edition)

God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
(Genesis 1:27)
(NABRE, New American Bible, Revised Edition)

So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
(NABRE, New American Bible, Revised Edition)

For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.
(2 Timothy 1:7)
(NABRE, New American Bible, Revised Edition)

Therefore, he [Jesus] is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to make intercession for them.
(See Hebrews 7:25)
(NABRE, New American Bible, Revised Edition)

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The Lord is my life's refuge; of whom should I be afraid?
(Psalms 27:1)
(NABRE, New American Bible, Revised Edition)

The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.
(Mark 1:15)
(NABRE, New American Bible, Revised Edition)

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrong doing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
(See 1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
(NABRE, New American Bible, Revised Edition)