All the Year Round

05/02/2024

"A person's own life is to look from himself to the Lord, but life from the Lord is to look from the Lord to the Lord, and yet as if from himself. When a person is in such life, he sees that he himself is nothing, but the Lord alone is all." (Apocalypse Revealed n. 56)

Today’s Scripture reading is Luke 1:26-35. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Revealed n. 56.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast ...

04/02/2024

"Olive oil was used for anointing and for lamps because it represented all that is celestial, and therefore all the good of love and of charity. For the oil is the very essence of the tree, and, as it were, its soul; just as the celestial, or the good of love and charity, is the very essence or soul of faith." (Arcana Coelestia n. 886)

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 17:1-8. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 886.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses the Ke...

03/02/2024

"When evil spirits are thus dispersed, the state of commotion and turbulence is followed by serenity, or silence." (Arcana Coelestia n. 842)

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 11:10-16. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 842.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses...

02/02/2024

"A little one, or little child, in the Word, signifies innocence, and also charity. For true innocence cannot exist without charity, nor true charity without innocence." (Arcana Coelestia n. 430)

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 11:1-9. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 430.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses the Ke...

01/02/2024

"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; they who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light given brightness. Thou hast multiplied the nation; for him Thou hast magnified the gladness; they are glad before Thee as with the gladness in the harvest, as they rejoice who part the spoil." (Isaiah 9:2-3)

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 9:1-7. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia nn. 1258-1259.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast ...

31/01/2024

"By meat and drink are signified all things that nourish and sustain the spiritual life, which in general are the knowledges of truth and good. The spiritual life has need of nourishment and support equally with the natural life. Wherefore when a person is deprived of these, or when they fail, or when they are unknown and yet are desired, that life is said to be in famine" (Apocalypse Explained n. 386).

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 8:19-22. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Explained n. 386.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast u...

30/01/2024

"The Word is said to be closed when it is understood only as to the sense of the letter, and all in this sense is taken for doctrine. It is still more closed when things are acknowledged as doctrinal which favour the lusts of self and the world. For these roll a great stone upon the mouth of the well, that is, close up the Word." (Arcana Coelestia n. 3769)

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 6:9-13. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 3769.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses ...

29/01/2024

"And one from the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was an ember, which he had taken with tongs from upon the altar, and he caused it to touch my mouth, and said, 'Lo! This has touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is removed, and thy sin is atoned for.'" (Isaiah 6:6-7)

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 6:1-8. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 10130.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses the K...

28/01/2024

"If he finds that he is inclined to commit these evils -- were it not for his fear of the law and of the loss of reputation -- and yet determines not to do so because they are sins, then he is truly and sincerely repentant. This is especially true if, when he feels their allurement and is subject to no outward restraint, he resists and abstains from those evils." (True Christian Religion n. 532)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 25:10-22. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is True Christian Religion n. 532.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast use...

27/01/2024

"Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore He will instruct sinners in the way. He will make the meek to tread in judgment, and He will teach the meek His way." (Psalm 25:8-9)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 25:1-9. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 9849.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast u...

26/01/2024

"By these words [of the 23rd Psalm] is meant, in the internal sense, that he who trusts in the Lord is led into all the goods and truths of heaven, and abounds in the delights thereof." (Apocalypse Explained n. 375)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 23. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Explained n. 375.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast us...

25/01/2024

"They who are in heaven are in the idea that all things of the Word in the internal sense treat of the Lord, and also that all things in the Word are from the Lord." (Arcana Coelestia n. 3382)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 19:8-14. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 3382.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses the K...

24/01/2024

"The glory of the Lord means to enlighten angels and men, to bestow intelligence and wisdom, to bless with happiness and delights, and also to make all things in the heavens magnificent. And it means that this glory is not from the love of glory, but from love towards the human race." (Apocalypse Explained n. 678)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 19:1-7. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Explained n. 678.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcas...

23/01/2024

"Thou wilt make me to know the path of life; in Thy presence is satisfaction of gladness; in Thy right hand there are pleasant things perpetually." (Psalm 16:11)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 16. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Heaven and Hell n. 412.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses the Kem...

22/01/2024

"It is attributed to God, that He is angry with the wicked, that He sharpens His sword, bends and directs His bow, prepares instruments of death, and makes His arrows burning. But in the spiritual sense it is understood that man acts thus to himself." (Apocalypse Explained n. 357)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 7:9-17. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Explained n. 357.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses the...

21/01/2024

"They who trust in the Lord continually receive good from Him. For whatsoever happens to them, whether it appears prosperous or not, is still good, because it conduces as a means to their eternal happiness." (Arcana Coelestia n. 8480)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 7:1-8. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 8480.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast us...

20/01/2024

"All those who confide in Thee will be glad; to eternity they will sing aloud." (Psalm 5:11)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 5. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 9013.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses t...

19/01/2024

"That innocence and peace are together, like good and its delight, may be seen in children, who, because they are in innocence, are also in peace. Because they are in peace, all things with them are full of play." (Heaven and Hell n. 288)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 4. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Heaven and Hell n. 288.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast use...

18/01/2024

"And he shall be as a tree planted by streams of waters,
That gives his fruit in its time,
And his leaf does not fade;
And all that he does shall prosper." (Psalm 1:3)

"A tree signifies a person, and then, whatever belongs to a tree signifies something pertaining to a person - as branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds." (Apocalypse Revealed n. 936)

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 1. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Revealed n. 936.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This podcast uses the Kempt...

17/01/2024

“The universal heaven resembles, as it were, one family derived from love and charity.” (Arcana Coelestia n. 2360)

Today’s Scripture reading is Deuteronomy 18:15-22; today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 2360.

Today’s Scripture reading is Deuteronomy 18:15-22. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 2360.Selections taken from Volume 4 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1936. (This p...

23/08/2022

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 54. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 10481.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast uses the Kempt...

11/08/2022

Today’s Scripture reading is Exodus 7:19-25. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 7318.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast uses the ...

10/08/2022

Today’s Scripture reading is Exodus 7:14-18. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 7318.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast uses the ...

06/08/2022

Today’s Scripture reading is Psalm 18:13-24. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Explained n. 273.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast uses t...

03/08/2022

Today’s Scripture reading is Matthew 15:10-20. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Explained n. 475.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast uses...

23/07/2022

Today’s Scripture reading is Matthew 13:1-12. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 1940.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast uses the...

22/07/2022

Today’s Scripture reading is Matthew 12:46-50. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is True Christian Religion n. 306.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast u...

17/07/2022

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 12. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Explained n. 102.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast uses the Ke...

16/07/2022

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 11:10-16. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Apocalypse Explained n. 331.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast uses ...

14/07/2022

Sorry for the delay in getting this up this morning!

Today’s Scripture reading is Isaiah 9:1-7. Today’s reading from the Heavenly Doctrine is Arcana Coelestia n. 2235.Selections taken from Volume 5 of All the Year Round: Daily Readings for the New Church, published in 1937. (This podcast uses the Ke...