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Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Our Lady of Lourdes  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 ha...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Mid-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 be to the ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Midday 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 the Father...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Afternoon 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 to the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Our Lady of Lourdes  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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:24-30): Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. Soon a woman whose daughter ha...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin Lectionary: 332 Reading I 1 Kgs 11:4-13 When Solomon was old his wives had turned his heart to strange gods, and his heart was not entirely with the LORD, his God, as the heart of his father David had been. By adoring Asta...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin  on Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Scholastica, Virgin From an altarpiece (c.1453) by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) in the Brera Gallery, Milan. From the books o...
  • Office of Readings

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin  on Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings 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 ha...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin  on Thursday of week 5 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, mak...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Mid-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 be to ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Midday 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 the Fa...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Afternoon 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 to the...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin  on Thursday of week 5 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, m...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
  • Lectionary

    Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 331 Reading I 1 Kgs 10:1-10 The queen of Sheba, having heard of Solomon’s fame, came to test him with subtle questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very numerous retinue, and with camels bearin...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:14-23): Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a letter by Saint Ambrose, bishopWe are heirs of God, co-heirs with Christ The person who puts to death by the Spiri...
  • Office of Readings

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings 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 t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 be ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Mid-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 be to...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Midday 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 the F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Afternoon 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 to th...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 b...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
  • Lectionary

    Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 330 Reading I 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30 Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole community of Israel, and stretching forth his hands toward heaven, he said, “LORD, God of Is...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:1-13): When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with uncle...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Jerome Emilian  or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a homily on Genesis by OrigenThe sacrifice of Abraha...
  • Office of Readings

    Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Jerome Emilian  or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Jerome Emilian  or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instea...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Mid-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 be to the...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Midday 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 the Fathe...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Afternoon 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 to the Fa...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Jerome Emilian  or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm inst...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
  • Lectionary

    Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 329 Reading I 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13 The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel, came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6:53-56): After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From the 'Breviloquium' of St BonaventureFrom the knowledge of Jesus Christ flows the understanding of the whole of holy Scripture ...
  • Office of Readings

    Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings 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 the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 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 be to the...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Mid-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 be to the F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Midday 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 the Father ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Afternoon 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 to the Fath...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 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 be to t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
  • Lectionary

    Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 75 Reading I Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. Seraphim were stationed above. They cried one to the other,...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Sunday 5th (C) in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 5:1-11): While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the f...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Sunday 6 February 2022 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time From an explanation of Paul's letter to the Galatians by Saint Augustine, bishopLet us understand the workings of God's grace Paul writes to t...
  • Office of Readings

    Sunday 6 February 2022 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings 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 the Father an...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 6 February 2022 5th Sunday 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 be to the Fathe...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 6 February 2022 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mid-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 be to the Father ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 6 February 2022 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday 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 the Father and to...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 6 February 2022 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon 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 to the Father and...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 6 February 2022 5th Sunday 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 be to the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 6 February 2022 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time 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 end.Amen. Alle...
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain."–1 Corinthians 15:58
  • Meditation

    Today's Meditation “Man threw away everything he had—his right to speak freely, his communion with God, his time in Paradise, his unclouded life—and went out naked, like a survivor from a shipwreck. But God received him and immediately clothed him, and taking him by the hand gradu...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Lectionary: 328 Reading I 1 Kgs 3:4-13 Solomon went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, because that was the most renowned high place. Upon its altar Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings. In Gibeon the LORD appeared ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6:30-34): The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Saturday 5 February 2022 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr  on Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr St Peter Healing St Agatha (c.1614) by Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647). From a homily on Saint Agath...
  • Office of Readings

    Saturday 5 February 2022 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr  on Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 5 February 2022 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr  on Saturday of week 4 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, m...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 5 February 2022 Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Mid-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 be to t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 5 February 2022 Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Midday 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 the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 5 February 2022 Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Afternoon 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 to the ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 5 February 2022 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr  on Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 5th Sunday 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 5 February 2022 Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time 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 end....
  • Lectionary

    Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 327 Reading I Sir 47:2-11 Like the choice fat of the sacred offerings,             so was David in Israel. He made sport of lions as though they ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6:14-29): King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; that is w...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time From a homily by a spiritual writer of the fourth centuryMay you be filled to the complete fullness of Christ Those who have been ...
  • Office of Readings

    Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings 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 the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 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 be to the...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Mid-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 be to the F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Midday 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 the Father ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Afternoon 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 to the Fath...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 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 be to t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
  • Saint of the Day

    St. Blaise Saint of the Day St. Blaise (d. 316 A.D.) was born into a wealthy Christian family in Armenia. He was trained as a physician before becoming a priest, and was finally ordained a bishop. When a wave of Christian persecution began, God instructed St. Blaise to hide in a desert cave. Whi...
  • Lectionary

    Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 326 Reading I 1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12 When the time of David’s death drew near, he gave these instructions to his son Solomon: “I am going the way of all flesh. Take courage and be a man. Keep the...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6:7-13): Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 3 February 2022 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Ansgar (Oscar), Bishop  or Saint Blaise, Bishop, Martyr  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril ...
  • Office of Readings

    Thursday 3 February 2022 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Ansgar (Oscar), Bishop  or Saint Blaise, Bishop, Martyr  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm ins...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 3 February 2022 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Ansgar (Oscar), Bishop  or Saint Blaise, Bishop, Martyr  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 3 February 2022 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Mid-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 be to t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 3 February 2022 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Midday 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 the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 3 February 2022 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Afternoon 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 to the ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 3 February 2022 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Ansgar (Oscar), Bishop  or Saint Blaise, Bishop, Martyr  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psa...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 3 February 2022 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
  • Lectionary

    Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Lectionary: 524 Reading I Mal 3:1-4             Thus says the Lord GOD: Lo, I am sending my messenger           ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    February 2nd: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2:22-40): When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to t...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Wednesday 2 February 2022 The Presentation of the Lord - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Presentation of the Lord "Simeon's Song of Praise" (1669), probably Rembrandt's last painting. From a sermon by Saint Sophronius, bishopLet us receiv...
  • Office of Readings

    Wednesday 2 February 2022 The Presentation of the Lord - Feast  Office of Readings 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

    Wednesday 2 February 2022 The Presentation of the Lord - Feast  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.Glor...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 2 February 2022 The Presentation of the Lord - Feast Mid-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

    Wednesday 2 February 2022 The Presentation of the Lord - Feast Midday 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

    Wednesday 2 February 2022 The Presentation of the Lord - Feast Afternoon 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

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