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

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  • Lectionary

    Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 572 Reading I Zep 3:14-18a Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!     Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart,      O daughter Jerusalem! The LORD...
  • Gospel/Homily

    May 31st: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 1,39-56): Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabet...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary From Altarpiece of the Virgin by Jacques Daret c.1434. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. A sermon by St Bede t...
  • Office of Readings

    Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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

    Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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

    Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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

    Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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

    Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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

    Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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

    Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Joan of Arc St. Joan of Arc (1412-1431) was born in Domremy, France to peasant farmers during the Hundred Years War between France and England. She was a pious child, and from age 13 she received visions of saints, most notably St....
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "Yea, thou art my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness. Yea, by thee I can crush a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refug...
  • Feast Day

      Today’s Feast Day Holy Trinity Sunday On the first Sunday after Pentecost the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. This revealed doctrine of God's nature is that the eternal God is one in essence and being, yet three distinct p...
  • Lectionary

    The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Lectionary: 165 Reading I Dt 4:32-34, 39-40 Moses said to the people: "Ask now of the days of old, before your time, ever since God created man upon the earth; ask from one end of the sky to the other: Did anything so gre...
  • Gospel/Homily

    The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (B) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 28,16-20): The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus ap...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Sunday 30 May 2021 The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Most Holy Trinity "The Trinity in its Glory (Enthronement of the Virgin)", miniature (1450s) by Jean Fouquet (1420-), from the Hours of Etienne Chevalier. A le...
  • Office of Readings

    Sunday 30 May 2021 The Most Holy Trinity - 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, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 30 May 2021 The Most Holy Trinity - 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, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 30 May 2021 The Most Holy Trinity - 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, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 30 May 2021 The Most Holy Trinity - 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 haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 30 May 2021 The Most Holy Trinity - 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, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 30 May 2021 The Most Holy Trinity - 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 Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 30 May 2021 The Most Holy Trinity - 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, and ever shall be, world without end.Ame...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Bona of Pisa St. Bona (1156 - 1207 A.D.) was born in Pisa, Italy. She experienced visions at a young age which led her into an ascetical life of penance and fasting. She dedicated herself to God at the early age of ten and became an ...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other." Ecclesiastes 7:14a  
  • Lectionary

    Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 352 Reading I Sir 51:12cd-20 I thank the LORD and I praise him;     I bless the name of the LORD. When I was young and innocent,     I sought wisdom openly in my prayer I pr...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 11,27-33): Jesus and his disciples returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approache...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Saturday 29 May 2021 Saturday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Paul VI, Pope  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 8 in Ordinary Time A sermon of St Zeno of VeronaJob as a prefiguring of Christ My beloved brethren, the story of Job p...
  • Office of Readings

    Saturday 29 May 2021 Saturday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Paul VI, Pope  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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 29 May 2021 Saturday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Paul VI, Pope  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 Ps...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 29 May 2021 Saturday of week 8 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

    Saturday 29 May 2021 Saturday of week 8 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

    Saturday 29 May 2021 Saturday of week 8 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

    Saturday 29 May 2021 Saturday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Paul VI, Pope  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Most Holy Trinity) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 29 May 2021 Saturday of week 8 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...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Bernard Montjoux St. Bernard of Montjoux (c. 923–1008 A.D.), also known as St. Bernard of Menthon, was born to a wealthy and noble family in the Kingdom of Arles (present day France and Switzerland). As an adult he refused an...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life[a] and honor. A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust." Proverbs 21:21-22  
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "Teresa [of Avila] is as insistent as [St. John of the Cross] that there is no prayer development unless it be accompanied by purification from faults. Given what a love communion with utter Purity demands, one could not conceive the matter to be ...
  • Lectionary

    Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 351 Reading I Sir 44:1, 9-13 Now will I praise those godly men,     our ancestors, each in his own time. But of others there is no memory,     for when they ceased, they cease...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 11,11-25): Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with the Twelve...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Friday 28 May 2021 Friday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 8 in Ordinary Time The Moral Reflections on Job by Pope St Gregory the GreatThe interior witness He who is mocked by his friend as I am will call on God,...
  • Office of Readings

    Friday 28 May 2021 Friday of week 8 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

    Friday 28 May 2021 Friday of week 8 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 Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 28 May 2021 Friday of week 8 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 Fathe...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 28 May 2021 Friday of week 8 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

    Friday 28 May 2021 Friday of week 8 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 a...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 28 May 2021 Friday of week 8 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 F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 28 May 2021 Friday of week 8 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 and t...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Augustine of Canterbury St. Augustine of Canterbury (d. 604 A.D.), also known as St. Austin, was prior of a monastery in Rome before being called by Pope Gregory the Great to be a missionary to the British Isles. The Pope received ...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure." Isaiah 25:1  
  • Lectionary

    Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 350 Reading I Sir 42:15-25 Now will I recall God’s works;     what I have seen, I will describe. At God’s word were his works brought into being;     they do his...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 10,46-52): As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. On hear...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 27 May 2021 Thursday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 8 in Ordinary Time The Moral Reflections on Job by Pope St Gregory the GreatThe law of the Lord is ma...
  • Office of Readings

    Thursday 27 May 2021 Thursday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine of Canterbury, 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 27 May 2021 Thursday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine of Canterbury, 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 27 May 2021 Thursday of week 8 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

    Thursday 27 May 2021 Thursday of week 8 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

    Thursday 27 May 2021 Thursday of week 8 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

    Thursday 27 May 2021 Thursday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop  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 a...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 27 May 2021 Thursday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Philip Neri St. Philip Neri (1515–1595) was born in Florence, Italy, to the noble class. He was a dutiful child with a cheerful disposition, making him popular with all who knew him. At the age of 18 he was to begin...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ [Jesus] have crucified their flesh with its passions and des...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Priest Lectionary: 349 Reading I Sir 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17 Come to our aid, O God of the universe,     look upon us, show us the light of your mercies,     and put all the nations in dread of you! Thus t...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 10,32-45): The disciples were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead. The Twelve were anxious and those who followed were afraid. Once mo...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Wednesday 26 May 2021 Saint Philip Neri, Priest  on Wednesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Philip Neri, Priest A painting by Sebastiano Conca (1680-1764). From a sermon by Saint AugustineAlways rejoice in the Lord The...
  • Office Readings

    Wednesday 26 May 2021 Saint Philip Neri, Priest  on Wednesday of week 8 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

    Wednesday 26 May 2021 Saint Philip Neri, Priest  on Wednesday of week 8 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

    Wednesday 26 May 2021 Wednesday of week 8 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

    Wednesday 26 May 2021 Wednesday of week 8 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

    Wednesday 26 May 2021 Wednesday of week 8 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

    Wednesday 26 May 2021 Saint Philip Neri, Priest  on Wednesday of week 8 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

    Wednesday 26 May 2021 Wednesday of week 8 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...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Bede the Venerable St. Bede (672–735 A.D.), also known as the Venerable Bede, was born to a wealthy family in England. At the age of seven he was sent to the Benedictine monastery to be educated by the monks. He discerned a v...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'He who believes will not be in haste.'"" Isaiah 28:16  
  • Lectionary

    Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 348 Reading I Sir 35:1-12 To keep the law is a great oblation,     and he who observes the      commandments sacrifices a peace offering. In works of charity one offers ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 10,28-31): Peter began to say to Jesus, ‘We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Gregory VII, Pope  or Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, Virgin  or Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Ti...
  • Office Readings

    Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Gregory VII, Pope  or Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, Virgin  or Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are recitin...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Gregory VII, Pope  or Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, Virgin  or Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are rec...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 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 Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 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 an...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 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

    Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Gregory VII, Pope  or Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, Virgin  or Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are r...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 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 and...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Simeon Stylites the Younger St. Simeon Stylites the Younger (521-596 A.D.) was born in Antioch in ancient Syria (present-day Turkey). Like his namesake and predecessor, Simeon was drawn from a young age to a life of penance and aus...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8
  • Feast Day

      Today’s Feast Day Mary, Mother of the Church Mary, by virtue of being the mother of Jesus Christ, has always been recognized as the Mother of the Church, which Jesus established during His Passion. Before He expired on the Cross, Jesus gave His fin...
  • Lectionary/Gospel

    Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Lectionary: 572A Reading I Gn 3:9-15, 20 After Adam had eaten of the tree,     the LORD God called to him and asked him, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in th...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Monday after Pentecost) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 19,25-27): Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 24 May 2021 Mary, Mother of the Church  on Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Mary, Mother of the Church From an allocution by Pope Paul VI at the Second Vatican CouncilThe Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church M...
  • Office Readings

    Monday 24 May 2021 Mary, Mother of the Church  on Monday of week 8 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 h...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 24 May 2021 Mary, Mother of the Church  on Monday of week 8 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 24 May 2021 Monday of week 8 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 Fathe...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 24 May 2021 Monday of week 8 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

    Monday 24 May 2021 Monday of week 8 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 a...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 24 May 2021 Mary, Mother of the Church  on Monday of week 8 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 hast...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 24 May 2021 Monday of week 8 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 and t...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. William of Rochester St. William of Rochester (d. 1201), also known as St. William of Perth, was born in Perth, Scotland. He was a wild youth who matured into a devoted man of God. He became a baker, and out of his charity he would...
  • Verse of the Day

     Verse of the Day "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Ro...
  • Feast Day

      Today’s Feast Day Pentecost Sunday When Jesus ascended into heaven forty days after His resurrection, He instructed the Apostles to wait in Jerusalem for the sending of the Holy Spirit. Ten days later the eleven Apostles, together with the Blessed ...