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

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  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 1 February 2022 Tuesday of week 4 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 4 in Ordinary Time From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusIn Christ are the first-fruits of the Resurrection The Word of God becam...
  • Office of Readings

    Tuesday 1 February 2022 Tuesday 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 F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 1 February 2022 Tuesday 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 t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 1 February 2022 Tuesday 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 1 February 2022 Tuesday 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 Fathe...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 1 February 2022 Tuesday 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 Fa...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 1 February 2022 Tuesday 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 1 February 2022 Tuesday 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...
  • Lectionary

    Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 72 Reading I Jer 1:4-5, 17-19 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:             Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,      ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 5:1-20): Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 31 January 2022 Saint John Bosco, Priest  on Monday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint John Bosco, Priest A photograph of Don Bosco taken in 1880. From a letter by Saint John Bosco, priestI have always laboured out of...
  • Office of Readings

    Monday 31 January 2022 Saint John Bosco, Priest  on Monday 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 31 January 2022 Saint John Bosco, Priest  on Monday 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 hast...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 31 January 2022 Monday 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

    Monday 31 January 2022 Monday 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

    Monday 31 January 2022 Monday 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

    Monday 31 January 2022 Saint John Bosco, Priest  on Monday 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 ha...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 31 January 2022 Monday 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...
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near."–1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
  • Meditation

    Today's Meditation “What is time, with regard to myself? It is my present and actual existence. Past time, or my past existence, is no longer anything, as far as I am concerned; I can neither recall it, nor change anything in it. The time to come, or my future existence, has not yet arrived, ...
  • Lectionary

    Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 72 Reading I Jer 1:4-5, 17-19 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:             Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,      ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk Lk 4:21-30): Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying: “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke highly of him and were am...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Sunday 30 January 2022 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time From St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the Church of SmyrnaChrist has called us to his kingdom and glory From Ignatius, known as Theopho...
  • Office of Readings

    Sunday 30 January 2022 4th 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 30 January 2022 4th 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 30 January 2022 4th 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 30 January 2022 4th 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 30 January 2022 4th 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 30 January 2022 4th 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 30 January 2022 4th 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...
  • Lectionary

    Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 322 Reading I 2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17 The LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he came to him, Nathan said: “Judge this case for me! In a certain town there were two men, one rich, the other poor. The ri...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 4:35-41): On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Saturday 29 January 2022 Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time From the Second Vatican Council's pastoral constitution "Gaudium et spes" on the Church in the modern worldThe mystery of dea...
  • Office of Readings

    Saturday 29 January 2022 Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 29 January 2022 Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 29 January 2022 Saturday of week 3 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 29 January 2022 Saturday of week 3 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 29 January 2022 Saturday of week 3 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 29 January 2022 Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 29 January 2022 Saturday of week 3 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

    Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 321 Reading I 2 Sm 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17 At the turn of the year, when kings go out on campaign, David sent out Joab along with his officers and the army of Israel,  and they ra...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk Mk 4:26-34): Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk Mk 4:26-34): Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Friday 28 January 2022 Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor  on Friday of week 3 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, m...
  • Office of Readings

    Friday 28 January 2022 Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor  on Friday of week 3 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, m...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 28 January 2022 Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor  on Friday of week 3 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 Lor...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 28 January 2022 Friday of week 3 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 28 January 2022 Friday of week 3 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 28 January 2022 Friday of week 3 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 28 January 2022 Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor  on Friday of week 3 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 L...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 28 January 2022 Friday of week 3 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...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 317 Reading I 2 Sm 5:1-7, 10 All the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said: “Here we are, your bone and your flesh. In days past, when Saul was our king,  it...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 3:22-30): The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.” S...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 24 January 2022 Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor  on Monday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor A painting by Francisco Bayeu y Subias (1734-1795). From The Introduction to the De...
  • Office of Readings

    Monday 24 January 2022 Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor  on Monday of week 3 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,...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 24 January 2022 Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor  on Monday of week 3 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 L...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 24 January 2022 Monday of week 3 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 24 January 2022 Monday of week 3 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 24 January 2022 Monday of week 3 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 24 January 2022 Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor  on Monday of week 3 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 24 January 2022 Monday of week 3 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...
  • Lectionary

      Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 69 Reading I Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, which consisted of men, women, and those children old enough to understand. Standing at one end of the open place that was...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21): Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Sunday 23 January 2022 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God)  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God) From the constitution on the sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican CouncilChrist is pres...
  • Office of Readings

    Sunday 23 January 2022 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God)  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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 23 January 2022 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God)  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 h...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 23 January 2022 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God) 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 hel...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 23 January 2022 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God) 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.G...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 23 January 2022 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God) 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 u...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 23 January 2022 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God)  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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 23 January 2022 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God) 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, ...
  • Spiritual Reading

      Ezekiel 36:26 26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Isaiah 6:7 7 And he touched my mouth, and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt...
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well; my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written,...
  • Meditation

    Today's Meditation “Now surely I do see what an immense effect such a doctrine [of the Holy Trinity] must have upon life. It is no mere question for theologians, but one that concerns every living soul. Whatever is allowed by God’s power must be guided by His wisdom and urged on by His ...
  • Lectionary

    Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Lectionary: 316 Reading I 2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 David returned from his defeat of the Amalekites  and spent two days in Ziklag. On the third day a man came from Saul’s camp,  with...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 3:20-21): Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Saturday 22 January 2022 Saturday of week 2 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 2 in Ordinary Time From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusThe pure offering made by the Church The Lord taught the Church to ma...
  • Office of Readings

    Saturday 22 January 2022 Saturday of week 2 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 22 January 2022 Saturday of week 2 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 22 January 2022 Saturday of week 2 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 22 January 2022 Saturday of week 2 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 22 January 2022 Saturday of week 2 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 22 January 2022 Saturday of week 2 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God)) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 22 January 2022 Saturday of week 2 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....
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."–Joshua 1:9
  • Meditation

    Today's Meditation “There was much in the Magdalen that she had never used, perhaps never dreamed of, until she came to our Lord. He revealed to her the secret of true self-development, which is another word for sanctity. And she found under His guidance that everything in her had henceforth ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday 2nd in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 3:13-19): Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him. He appointed twelve [whom he also named apostles] that they might be with him and he ...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr Lectionary: 315 Reading I 1 Sm 24:3-21 Saul took three thousand picked men from all Israel  and went in search of David and his men  in the direction of the wild goat crags. When he came to the sheepfolds al...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Friday 21 January 2022 Saint Agnes, Virgin, Martyr  on Friday of week 2 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Agnes, Virgin, Martyr A painting (c.1620) by Domenichino (1581-1641) in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. From a treatise...
  • Office of Readings

    Friday 21 January 2022 Saint Agnes, Virgin, Martyr  on Friday of week 2 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 21 January 2022 Saint Agnes, Virgin, Martyr  on Friday of week 2 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 h...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 21 January 2022 Friday of week 2 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 21 January 2022 Friday of week 2 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 21 January 2022 Friday of week 2 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 21 January 2022 Saint Agnes, Virgin, Martyr  on Friday of week 2 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 21 January 2022 Friday of week 2 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...
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him."–Proverbs 30:5
  • Meditation

    Today's Meditation “That which our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did and suffered for all men, He did and suffered for each one in particular; and He would not have thought it too much to do if it had been a question of saving only a single soul. The salvation of a soul is, then, the price of ...
  • Lectionary

    Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 314 Reading I 1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7 When David and Saul approached (on David’s return after slaying the Philistine),  women came out from each of the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday 2nd in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 3:7-12): Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea. Hearing what he was doing, a large number of people cam...