Daily Devotion for 24 August 2026 (14th Monday after Pentecost)

• Psalm 27
• 1 Kings 5:1–18
• 2 Corinthians 1:23—2:17
• Apology of the Augsburg Confession V:160–166

Festival

Today we celebrate the Festival of St. Bartholomew, Apostle. Called by Christ in Galilee (in the town of Cana, where Christ performed His first miracle), Bartholomew would become one of the first of Jesus’ twelve disciples. According to Church tradition, Bartholomew brought the Gospel to Armenia, where he was martyred.