Daily Readings for Monday December 04,2017

Season of Annunciation

9	So then, those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith.
10	For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, and do them."
11	Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law; for "He who through faith is righteous shall live";
12	but the law does not rest on faith, for "He who does them shall live by them."
13	Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us -- for it is written, "Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree" --
14	that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

37	On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
38	And behold, a man from the crowd cried, "Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son, for he is my only child;
39	and behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him till he foams, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.
40	And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."
41	Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
42	While he was coming, the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
43	And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he did, he said to his disciples,