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

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  • Advent Assures Us That We Can Survive the End Times

    Advent Assures Us That We Can Survive the End Times Part of the message of Advent is that we are given the strength, as Christians, to survive the end of the world. That’s quite a feat. Here’s a reminder of just how bad it will get, from one of the Advent readings last year: ...
  • Saint of the Day

    St. John of the Cross Saint of the Day St. John of the Cross (1542–1591) – also known as San Juan de la Cruz – was born to a poor family in Old Castile, Spain. His father married below his rank and was disinherited as a result. After his father’s early death, John...
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am He, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save."–Isaiah 46:3-4
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 188 Reading I Zep 3:1-2, 9-13 Thus says the LORD: Woe to the city, rebellious and polluted,     to the tyrannical city! She hears no voice,     accep...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 21:28-32): Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people, “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 14 December 2021 Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor  on Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor St John of the Cross, by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1656. From a Spiritual C...
  • Office of Readings

    Tuesday 14 December 2021 Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor  on Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent 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 Lo...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 14 December 2021 Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor  on Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent 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. ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 14 December 2021 Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent 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 14 December 2021 Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent 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 14 December 2021 Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent 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 14 December 2021 Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor  on Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 14 December 2021 Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent 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...
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly."–John 10:10
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr Lectionary: 187 Reading I Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a When Balaam raised his eyes and saw Israel encamped, tribe by tribe,     the spirit of God came upon him,     and he gave voice to his oracle: ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Monday of the Third Week of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 21:23-27): When he had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are yo...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 13 December 2021 Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr  on Monday of the 3rd week of Advent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr A painting from an altarpiece by Niccolò di Segna, c.1340. A book on virginity, by St AmbroseYou lig...
  • Office of Readings

    Monday 13 December 2021 Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr  on Monday of the 3rd week of Advent 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

    Monday 13 December 2021 Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr  on Monday of the 3rd week of Advent 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

    Monday 13 December 2021 Monday of the 3rd week of Advent 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 13 December 2021 Monday of the 3rd week of Advent 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 13 December 2021 Monday of the 3rd week of Advent 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 13 December 2021 Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr  on Monday of the 3rd week of Advent 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

    Monday 13 December 2021 Monday of the 3rd week of Advent 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 "By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible."–Hebrews 11:3
  • Lectionary

    Third Sunday of Advent Lectionary: 92 Reading I Zep 3:14-18a     Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!         Sing joyfully, O Israel!     Be glad and exult with all your heart,      &n...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Third Sunday of Advent (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 3:10-18): The people asked John, “What then should we do?” He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two tunics should share with the person who has none. And whoeve...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Sunday 12 December 2021 3rd Sunday of Advent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 3rd Sunday of Advent From a sermon by Saint AugustineJohn is the voice, and Christ is the Word John is the voice, but the Lord is the Word who was in the beginning. John is the...
  • Office of Readings

    Sunday 12 December 2021 3rd Sunday of Advent  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 and to t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 12 December 2021 3rd Sunday of Advent  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 Father and ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 12 December 2021 3rd Sunday of Advent 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 and to...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 12 December 2021 3rd Sunday of Advent 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 the S...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 12 December 2021 3rd Sunday of Advent 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 to th...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 12 December 2021 3rd Sunday of Advent  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 Father an...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 12 December 2021 3rd Sunday of Advent 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. Alleluia. ...
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "To the one who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished and exultant, in the presence of his glory, to the only God, our savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord be glory, majesty, power, and authority from ages past, now, and for ages to come. Amen."–Jude...
  • Lectionary

    Saturday of the Second Week of Advent Lectionary: 186 Reading I Sir 48:1-4, 9-11     In those days,     like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah         whose words were as a flaming furnace. &nb...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Saturday of the Second Week of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 17:10-13): As they were coming down from the mountain, the disciples then asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He said in reply...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Saturday 11 December 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Damasus I, Pope  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent From a sermon by Blessed Isaac of Stella, abbotMary and the Church The Son of God is the first...
  • Office of Readings

    Saturday 11 December 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Damasus I, Pope  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 h...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 11 December 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Damasus I, Pope  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, ma...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 11 December 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 11 December 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 11 December 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 11 December 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Damasus I, Pope  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 3rd Sunday of Advent) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitato...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 11 December 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 Second Week of Advent Lectionary: 185 Reading I Is 48:17-19 Thus says the LORD, your redeemer,     the Holy One of Israel: I, the LORD, your God,     teach you what is for your good,     and lead you o...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday of the Second Week of Advent Podcast Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 11:16-19): Jesus spoke to the crowds: “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, ‘We played the flute f...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Friday 10 December 2021 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Our Lady of Loreto  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 2nd week of Advent From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusEve and Mary The Lord, coming into his own creat...
  • Office of Readings

    Friday 10 December 2021 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Our Lady of Loreto  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

    Friday 10 December 2021 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Our Lady of Loreto  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

    Friday 10 December 2021 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 10 December 2021 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 10 December 2021 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 10 December 2021 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Our Lady of Loreto  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

    Friday 10 December 2021 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 "The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord, they flourish in the courts of our God." Psalm 92:12-13–Psalm 92:12-13
  • Lectionary

    Thursday of the Second Week of Advent Lectionary: 184 Reading I Is 41:13-20 I am the LORD, your God,     who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, “Fear not,     I will help you.” Fear not, O worm Jacob,  ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday of the Second Week of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 11,11-15): Jesus said to the crowds, “Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 9 December 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishopLove desires to see God When God saw...
  • Office of Readings

    Thursday 9 December 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin  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 Lo...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 9 December 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin  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. ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 9 December 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 th...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 9 December 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 Fath...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 9 December 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 9 December 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin  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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 9 December 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 Fathe...
  • Feast Day

    Immaculate Conception Daily Feast The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the infallibly defined dogma of the Catholic Church that "God freely chose Mary from all eternity to be the Mother of his Son. In or...
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "Beloved, do not look for revenge but leave room for the wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." Rather, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head." D...
  • Lectionary

    Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 689 Reading I Gn 3:9-15, 20 After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, the LORD God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    December 8th: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 1:26-38): The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Wednesday 8 December 2021 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Detail from The Immaculate Conception, by Francisco Rizi, second half of ...
  • Office of Readings

    Wednesday 8 December 2021 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity  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, ma...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 8 December 2021 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity  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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 8 December 2021 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity 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, ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 8 December 2021 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity 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 h...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 8 December 2021 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity 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, mak...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 8 December 2021 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity  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 Lo...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 8 December 2021 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity 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, an...
  • TV/Netflix

    There is a movie on Netflix called Lucifer.  I clicked into it to see how Hollywood portrays him.  A tall man named Lucifer Morningstar becomes a Police Detective to help solve crimes. To Hollywood they are trying to portray that After the Rapture that Satin has 1000 year reign before he g...
  • Verse of the Day

    Daily Verse "...it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."–Mark 10:43b-4...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 182 Reading I Is 40:1-11     Comfort, give comfort to my people,         says your God.     Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proc...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 18:12-14): Jesus said to his disciples, “What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hi...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 7 December 2021 Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor  on Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor A late antique mosaic of Saint Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan. This could be an ac...
  • Office of Readings

    Tuesday 7 December 2021 Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor  on Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent 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

    Tuesday 7 December 2021 Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor  on Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent 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

    Tuesday 7 December 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 7 December 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent 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

    Tuesday 7 December 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent 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

    Tuesday 7 December 2021 Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor  on Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent (First Vespers of tomorrow, Immaculate Conception) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitato...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 7 December 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent 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.Ame...
  • Meditation

    St. Nicholas Saint of the Day St. Nicholas of Myra (270 – 343 A.D.) was the only child of a wealthy Greek Christian couple living in what is today the country of Turkey. He was a pious child, and upon the death of his parents Nicholas was raised by an uncle who was a bishop. St. Nicho...
  • Lectionary

    Monday of the Second Week of Advent Lectionary: 181 Reading I Is 35:1-10     The desert and the parched land will exult;         the steppe will rejoice and bloom.     They will bloom with abundant fl...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Monday of the Second Week of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 5:17-26): One day as Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem, and the p...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 6 December 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Nicholas, Bishop  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of the 2nd week of Advent From The Ascent of Mount Carmel, by St John of the CrossIn Christ, God has spoken to us The principa...
  • Office of Readings

    Monday 6 December 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Nicholas, Bishop  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

    Monday 6 December 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Nicholas, Bishop  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

    Monday 6 December 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Advent 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 Fa...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

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