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

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  • Spiritual Reading

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsDo what they say, not what they do Well then, shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!&r...
  • Office of Readings

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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 t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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 th...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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.Glor...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Matthew St. Matthew the Apostle (1st c.) was a Jew who also went by the name of Levi. He was from Galilee and served in Capernaum as a tax collector for Herod Antipas before becoming a disciple of Jesus. It was in the home of St. M...
  • Lectionary

    Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist Lectionary: 643 Reading I Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bear...
  • Gospel/Homily

    September 21st: Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9,9-13): As Jesus moved on, He saw a man named Matthew at his seat in the custom-house, and He said to him, «Follow me». And Matthew got up and follo...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist Saint Matthew and the Angel (1661) by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Musée du Louvre, Paris. A sermon by...
  • Office of Readings

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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.Gl...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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 u...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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....
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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.Glo...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast  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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast 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 b...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs Lectionary: 449 Reading I Ezr 1:1-6 In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord inspired King C...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,16-18): Jesus said to his disciples, «No one, after lighting a lamp covers it with a bowl or puts it under the bed; rather he puts it on a lamp-stand ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs  on Monday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Compan...
  • Office of Readings

    Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs  on Monday of week 25 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 Invitat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs  on Monday of week 25 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 Inv...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 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 th...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 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 Fath...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 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 F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs  on Monday of week 25 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 I...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 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 Fathe...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Januarius St. Januarius (d. 305 A.D.), also known as San Gennaro, was the Bishop of Benevento, Italy. Little is known of his early life. He was arrested and imprisoned for his faith while visiting other Christians in jail duri...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple." Psalm 27:4  
  • Lectionary

    Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 134 Reading I Wis 2:12, 17-20 The wicked say:     Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us;         he sets himself against our doings,    &...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9,30-37): After leaving the mountain, Jesus and his disciples made their way through Galilee; but Jesus did not want people to know where He was because He was teachi...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Sunday 19 September 2021 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsOn weak Christians You have failed to strengthen the weak, says the Lord. He is speaking to wicked shepher...
  • Office of Readings

    Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 Fa...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 Fath...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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. A...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Joseph of Cupertino St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663) was the son of a poor Italian carpenter. His father died before he was born, leaving his mother destitute. As a result Joseph was underfed and often sick. He was an intellectu...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerus...
  • Lectionary

    Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 448 Reading I 1 Tm 6:13-16 Beloved: I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession, to keep the co...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,4-15): As a great crowd gathered and people came to him from every town, Jesus began teaching them through stories, or parables, «The sower went ou...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsOffer the bandage of consolation Scripture says: God chastises every son whom he acknowl...
  • Office of Readings

    Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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, c...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today,...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 e...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Hildegard von Bingen St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) was born to a large and noble German family. She began to have mystical visions at the age of three which continued throughout her life. Her parents, promising her to ...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace." Numbers 6:24-26  
  • Lectionary

    Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 447 Reading I 1 Tm 6:2c-12 Beloved: Teach and urge these things. Whoever teaches something different and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the religious teaching is co...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,1-3): Jesus walked through towns and countryside, preaching and giving the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve followed him, and also some women wh...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor  or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On Pa...
  • Office of Readings

    Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor  or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor  or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wi...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 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 th...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 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 Fath...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 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 F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor  or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 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 Fathe...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Pope St. Cornelius Pope St. Cornelius (d. 253 A.D.) was a Roman citizen and a holy priest who became the twenty-first successor to the chair of St. Peter, following a fourteen-month vacancy when Pope St. Fabian was martyred by Rom...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because i...
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "Let us recognize with lively faith and with the help of the Holy Ghost the great evil of sin, which robs us of grace. Then we shall immediately detest it with all the power of our soul and banish it from our heart. We shall detest it because, in ...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lectionary: 445 Reading I 1 Tm 3:14-16 Beloved: I am writing you, although I hope to visit you soon. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the p...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 7,36-50): One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to share his meal, so He went to the Pharisee's home and as usual reclined on the sofa to eat. And it happened t...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs  on Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs A letter of St CyprianA faith that is eager and f...
  • Office of Readings

    Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs  on Thursday of week 24 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, com...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs  on Thursday of week 24 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,...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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 t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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 t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs  on Thursday of week 24 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 Go...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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 F...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Catherine of Genoa St. Catherine (1447–1510) was born into an aristocratic family in Genoa, Italy. She was a quiet, obedient, physically beautiful, and holy child who devoted herself to prayer and penance. At the ag...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.'" Isaiah 52:7
  • Feast Day

      Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa) Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa - Mother of Sorrows) became widespread in the Church around the 14th century. It was revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) that devo...
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "In this valley of tears, every man is born to weep, and all must suffer, by enduring the evils that take place every day. But how much greater would be the misery of life, if we also knew the future evils that await us! 'Unfortunate, indeed,...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lectionary: 445 Reading I 1 Tm 3:14-16 Beloved: I am writing you, although I hope to visit you soon. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the p...
  • Gospel/Homily

    September 15th: Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2:33-35): Jesus’ father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows  on Wednesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady of Sorrows From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxHis mother stood by the cross The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth b...
  • Office of Readings

    Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows  on Wednesday of week 24 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 hast...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows  on Wednesday of week 24 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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 th...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows  on Wednesday of week 24 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, mak...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Albert of Jerusalem St. Albert of Jerusalem (d. 1215) was born to a noble family in Italy, and was well educated in theology and law. He went on to become a priest and bishop and served in important posts as a peacemaker; he served a...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28  
  • Feast Day

      Today’s Feast Day Exaltation of the Cross September 14th is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (also known as the Triumph of the Cross). Early in the 4th century St. Helena, mother of Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in searc...
  • Lectionary

    Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Lectionary: 638 Reading I Nm 21:4b-9 With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    September 14th: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 3:13-17): Jesus said to Nicodemus: “No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Mose...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 'Christ of St John of the Cross' by Salvador Dalí. Image © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection. From a di...
  • Office of Readings

    Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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.Glor...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

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