Daily Devotion for 25 May 2023 (Easter 7, Thursday)

• Psalm 80
• Psalm 91
• Numbers 16:41—17:13
• Luke 20:1–18
• Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration, XI, 38–44

Commemoration

Today we commemorate Bede the Venerable, Theologian. Bede was the last of the Early Church Fathers. Placed in a monastery at the age of seven, Bede rarely left his monastery home and devoted his life to teaching and writing. A prolific writer, Bede produced both histories and theological works — his commentaries are still used today. Bede’s most well-known disciple, Cuthbert, reported that Bede was working on translating the Gospel of John at the time of his death. Bede is buried in Durham Cathedral.