Daily Devotion for 19 August 2023 (12th Saturday after Pentecost)
Readings
- Psalm 12
- Psalm 22
- 2 Samuel 11:1–27
- 1 Corinthians 11:17–34
- Apology of the Augsburg Confession, V, 137–139
Commemoration
Today we commemorate Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian. Born into wealth, Bernard abandoned a life of affluence and entered a monastery at twenty-two. Eventually he was sent to start a new monastery, which monastery would go on to found many daughter houses, but he is best known for his preaching and hymn-writing.