Daily Devotion for 11 June 2026 (3rd Thursday after Pentecost)

• Psalm 34
• Psalm 109
• Proverbs 9:1–18
• John 13:21–38
• Small Catechism VI

Festival

Today we celebrate the Festival of St. Barnabas, Apostle. A Levite from Cyprus, Barnabas sold some land that he owned and donated the proceeds to the early Christian community in Jerusalem. Sent to oversee the Church in Antioch, Barnabas retrieved Paul from Tarsus and accompanied him back to Antioch, and from there to Paul’s first missionary journey. Tradition holds that Barnabas was martyred in Cyprus, by being stoned.