Daily Devotion for 19 August 2026 (13th Wednesday after Pentecost)

• 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.