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• Sunday Nov 17

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• Saint of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. 17 hours ago
    Saint of the Day Bl. Maria Fortunata Viti Blessed Maria Fortunata Viti (1827–1922) was born in Italy, the eldest daughter of nine children. Her father had a gambling and alcohol addiction, and her mother died when she was 14 years old. Maria then c...

• Verse of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. 17 hours ago
    Verse of the Day "For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully ple...

• Gospel/Homily

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. 17 hours ago
  Liturgical day: Wednesday 33rd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,11-28): Jesus was now near Jerusalem and the people with him thought that God's reign was about to appear. So as they were listening to him, Jesus went on to tell them a parable. He said, «A man...

• Lectionary Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. 17 hours ago
  USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 20 2019   « November 19  |  November 21 » Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 499 Reading 1 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31 ...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 11:19 PM
  Wednesday 20 November 2019Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 11:18 PM
  Wednesday 20 November 2019Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Gl...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 11:18 PM
  Wednesday 20 November 2019Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeAfternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glo...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 11:17 PM
  Wednesday 20 November 2019Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeMidday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory ...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 11:16 PM
  Wednesday 20 November 2019Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeMid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us....

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 11:16 PM
  Wednesday 20 November 2019Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glo...

• Office Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 11:15 PM
  Wednesday 20 November 2019Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introduction ...

• Saint of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:43 AM
    Saint of the Day St. Barlaam of Antioch St. Barlaam of Antioch (d. 304 A.D.) was an elderly, uneducated peasant laborer from a village near Antioch. He was arrested for his Christian faith under the persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian. He was detaine...

• Verse of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:42 AM
    Verse of the Day "A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God’s people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray." Isaiah 35:8  

• Gospel/Homily

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:41 AM
  Liturgical day: Tuesday 33rd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,1-10): When Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the city, a man named Zaccheus was there. He was a tax collector and a wealthy man. He wanted to see what Jesus was like, but he was a short man a...

• Lectionary Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:40 AM
  USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 19 2019   « November 18  |  November 20 » Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 498 Reading 1 2 Mc 6:18-31 Eleaz...

• Meditations

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:35 AM
    Meditation of the Day "These persons, when they [receive Holy Communion], strive with all their might for sensible sweetness, instead of worshipping in humility and praising God within themselves. So much are they given to this, that they think when they derive no sens...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:28 AM
  Tuesday 19 November 2019Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:28 AM
  Tuesday 19 November 2019Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory ...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:27 AM
  Tuesday 19 November 2019Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeAfternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory b...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:27 AM
  Tuesday 19 November 2019Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeMidday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:26 AM
  Tuesday 19 November 2019Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeMid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glor...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Tue at 12:26 AM
  Tuesday 19 November 2019Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory b...

• Office Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 11:42 PM
  Tuesday 19 November 2019Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introduction (wit...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:42 AM
  Compline (Night Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:42 AM
  Vespers (Evening Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world withou...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:41 AM
  None (Afternoon Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:41 AM
  Sext (Midday Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without en...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:40 AM
  Terce (Mid-Morning Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world with...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:39 AM
  Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy...

• Office Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:38 AM
  Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spi...

• Saint of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:38 AM
    Saint of the Day St. Rose Philippine Duchesne St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852) was born in Grenoble, France, to a wealthy and prominent family. At the age of 18 she joined the Visitation nuns against the wishes of her family, taking her r...

• Verse of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:37 AM
    Verse of the Day "I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Psalm 27:13-14  

• Gospel/Homily

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:37 AM
  Liturgical day: Monday 33rd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 18,35-43): When Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road, begging. As he heard the crowd passing by, he inquired what it was, and they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was going by. Th...

• Lectionary Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Mon at 12:36 AM
  USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 18 2019   « November 17  |  November 19 » Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 497 Reading 1 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43,...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
  Compline (Night Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
  Vespers (Evening Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world withou...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
  None (Afternoon Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
  Sext (Midday Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without en...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
  Terce (Mid-Morning Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world with...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
  Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy...

• Office Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
  Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spi...

• Saint of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
    Saint of the Day St. Elizabeth of Hungary St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) was born in Hungary, the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and his wife Gertrude. As a child she was sent to Thuringa (now Germany) to be brought up with Prince Lu...

• Verse of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
    Verse of the Day "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48  

• Gospel/Homily

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
  Liturgical day: Sunday 33rd (C) in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 21,5-19): While some people were talking about the Temple, remarking that it was adorned with fine stonework and rich gifts, Jesus said to them, «The days will come when there shall not be left on...

• Lectionary Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
  USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 17 2019   « November 16  |  November 18 » Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 159 Reading 1 Mal 3:19-20a Lo, the day is com...

• Meditations

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 17
    Meditation of the Day "The story of Christ’s life and ministry cannot be told without giving due space to Satan’s activity. The Gospel writers carefully distinguish between cases of mere physical ailments and cases of a demonic character (both of which Jesu...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
  Compline (Night Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
  Vespers (Evening Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world withou...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
  None (Afternoon Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
  Sext (Midday Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without en...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
  Terce (Mid-Morning Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world with...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
  Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy...

• Office Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
  Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spi...

• Saint of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
    Saint of the Day St. Gertrude the Great St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302), also known as Gertrude of Helfta, was born on the feast of Epiphany in Thuringia (modern Germany). She was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery in Helfta at the age...

• Verse of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
    Verse of the Day "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." John 6:51  

• Gospel/Homily

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
  Liturgical day: Saturday 32nd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 18,1-8): Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should pray continually and not lose heart. He said, «In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor people. In the...

• Lectionary Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
  USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 16 2019   « November 15  |  November 17 » Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 496 Reading 1 Wis 18:14-16; 19:...

• Meditations

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 16
    Meditation of the Day "The beatitude of the saints is immutable, like that of the Son of God. . . Add ages to ages; multiply them equal to the sand of the ocean or the stars of heaven; exhaust all numbers, if you can, beyond what the human intelligence can conceive, an...

• Time to Be Bold in Giving Our Testimony

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  November 15, 2019 Time to Be Bold in Giving Our Testimony Gayle Somers Jesus once overheard a conversation about the glory of the Temple in Jerusalem. He then made a startling prediction. What was it? Gospel (Read Lk 21:5-19) St. Luke tells us Jesus had a conversation with His disciples abo...

• Saint of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
    Saint of the Day St. Albert the Great St. Albert the Great (1206-1280) was born in Bavaria, Germany, the eldest son of a powerful military count. As a youth he was sent to study at the University of Padua where he encountered and entered the newly-foun...

• Verse of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
    Verse of the Day "All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth." Hebrews 11:13  

• Meditations

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
    Meditation of the Day "Prayer is more the work of the heart than of the head; it should, therefore, be simple, affective, and sincere. Let not the mind, then, weary itself in seeking for beautiful thoughts and sonorous phrases; we meditate not to prepare a finished ser...

• Daily Message

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  November 15, 2019 "When you sit down to eat, pray. When you eat bread, do so thanking Him for being so generous to you. If you drink wine, be mindful of Him who has given it to you for your pleasure and as a relief in sickness. When you dress, thank Him for His kindness in providi...

• Lectionary Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  Friday 15 November 2019Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor Liturgical Colour: Green.Readings at Mass________Entrance AntiphonCf. Ps 87: 3Let my prayer come into your presence.Incline your ear to my cry for help, O Lord.________CollectAlmighty and mercif...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  Friday 15 November 2019Friday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  Friday 15 November 2019Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. &nb...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  Friday 15 November 2019Friday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeAfternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be ...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  Friday 15 November 2019Friday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeMidday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  Friday 15 November 2019Friday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeMid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory ...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  Friday 15 November 2019Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. &nbs...

• Office Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 15
  Friday 15 November 2019Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use ...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
  Compline (Night Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
  Vespers (Evening Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world withou...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
  None (Afternoon Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
  Sext (Midday Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without en...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
  Terce (Mid-Morning Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world with...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
  Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy...

• Office Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
  Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spi...

• Saint of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
    Saint of the Day Blessed John Licci Blessed John Licci (1400-1511) was born to a poor peasant farmer near Palermo, Sicily. His mother died in childbirth, and his father was forced to leave his infant alone at home while he worked in the fields.&nb...

• Verse of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
    Verse of the Day "And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him." 1 John 5:14-15  

• Gospel/Homily

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
  Liturgical day: Thursday 32nd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 17,20-25): The Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was to come. He answered, «The kingdom of God is not like something you can observe and say of it: ‘Look, here it is! There it is!&...

• Lectionary Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 14
  USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 14 2019   « November 13  |  November 15 » Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 494 Reading 1 Wis 7:22b–8...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
  Compline (Night Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
  Vespers (Evening Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world withou...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
  None (Afternoon Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
  Sext (Midday Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without en...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
  Terce (Mid-Morning Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world with...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
  Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy...

• Office Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
  Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spi...

• Saint of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
    Saint of the Day St. Frances Xavier Cabrini St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850–1917) was the thirteenth child of a modest farming family born near Milan, Italy. Her father would often gather his children in the kitchen to hear him read from a book ...

• Verse of the Day

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
    Verse of the Day "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, yo...

• Gospel/Homily

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
  Liturgical day: Wednesday 32nd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 17,11-19): On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along the border between Samaria and Galilee, and as He entered a village, ten lepers came to meet him. Keeping their distance, they called to him, &...

• Lectionary Readings

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 13
  USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 13 2019   « November 12  |  November 14 » Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, VirginLectionary: 493 Reading 1 Wis 6:1-11 Hear, O ...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 12
  Compline (Night Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 12
  Vespers (Evening Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world withou...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 12
  None (Afternoon Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 12
  Sext (Midday Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world without en...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 12
  Terce (Mid-Morning Prayer) INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,   is now, and ever shall be,   world with...

• Liturgy of the Hours

  by Arch Bishop Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A. Nov 12
  Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION   O God, come to our aid.   O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son   and to the Holy...