Day 1 Judith 2.1-28 King Nebuchadnezzar Plan His Attack

Day 2 Judith 4.1-15 The Israelites Plan To Defend Themselves

Day 3 Judith 5.1-24 General Holofernes Learns about the Israelites' Plan

Day 4 Judith 8.1-36 Judith Tells Her Plan to the Israelite Leaders

Day 5 Judith 10.1-23 Judith Goes to the Assyrian Camp

Day 6 Judith 11.1-23 Judith Meets with Holofernes

Day 7 Judith 12.1-20 Judith Eats with Holofernes

Day 8 Judith 13.1-20 Judith Kills Holofernes

Day 9 Judith 16 1-17 Judith's Song of Praise

Day 10 Esther 14.1-19 Esther's Prayer

Day 11 Sirach 1.1-30 Only God Gives Wisdom

Day 12 Sirach 7.1-17 Advice for Right Living

Day 13 Sirach 17.1-24 God's Wisdom in Creation

Day 14 Sirach 44.1-15 Israel's Wise Leaders

Day 15 Letter of Jeremiah 1-73 Jeremiah Encourages the Exiles in Babylonia

Day 16 Prayer of Azariah 1-68 The Three Hebrew Men Pray in the Furnace

Day 17 Susanna 1-64 Daniel Rescues Susanna

Day 18 1 Maccabees 1.1-28 Antiochus Epiphanes Robs the Jerusalem Temple

Day 19 1 Maccabees 1.29-64 Antiochus Attacks the Jews

Day 20 1 Maccabees 2.1-28 Mattathias Plans To Rebel Against the Greeks

Day 21 1 Maccabees 3.1-37 Judas Maccabeus Defeats the Greek Rulers

Day 22 1 Maccabees 3.38-60 Judas and His Brothers Plan To Save Jerusalem

Day 23 1 Maccabees 4.1-35 Judas Defeats the Armies around Jerusalem

Day 24 1 Maccabees 4.36-61 The Jerusalem Temple Is Rededicated

Day 25 4 Maccabees 1.1-35 Clear Thinking Keeps Us from Doing Wrong

Day 26 4 Maccabees 8.1-14 Seven Brave Brothers

Day 27 4 Maccabees 8.15—9.9 The Brothers Face Torture

Day 28 4 Maccabees 13.1-18 The Brothers Control Their Fear

Day 29 4 Maccabees 14.11—15.10 The Courage of the Brothers' Mother

Day 30 1 Esdras 3.1—4.63 Zerubbabel Beats the Persian King at a Contest