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

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  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Casimir of Poland St. Casimir of Poland (1458-1484) was the second son of King Casimir IV and Queen Elizabeth of Austria, one of thirteen children born to them in the royal palace at Cracow. Casimir committed his life to God from a...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with e...
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "Christian life is a retreat. We are 'not of this world', just as Jesus Christ is 'not of this world' (John 17:14). What is the world? It is, as St. John said, the 'lust of the flesh', that is, sensuality and corruption in our desires and deeds; '...
  • Lectionary

    Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 233 Reading I Jer 17:5-10     Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings,     who seeks his strength in flesh,     whose heart turns away from th...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday 2nd of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 16,19-31): Jesus said to his disciples, «Once there was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and feasted every day. At his gate lay Lazarus, a poor man covered with sore...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent From a treatise on the psalms by Saint Hilary of PoitiersThe meaning of "the fear of the Lor...
  • Office Readings

    Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) 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

    Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) 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

    Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) 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

    Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) 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

    Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent 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. Katharine Drexel St. Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) was a wealthy heiress from a prominent family in Philadelphia. From a young age she felt called to serve the spiritual and temporal needs of the underprivileged, particularly the Af...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "But who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression." Psalm 19: 12-13  ...
  • Lectionary

    Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 232 Reading I Jer 18:18-20 The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem said, “Come, let us contrive a plot against Jeremiah. It will not mean the loss of instruction from the priests, nor of counsel ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Wednesday 2nd of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 20,17-28): As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve [disciples] aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusIsrael was learning rever...
  • Office Readings

    Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel) 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel) 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel) 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 o...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent 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 Blessed Charles the Good Blessed Charles the Good (1083–1127), also known as Charles I and the Count of Flanders, was born in Denmark, the only son of King Canute IV (St. Canute) and Adela of Flanders. He was five years old when hi...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "A slave of the Lord should not quarrel, but should be gentle with everyone, able to teach, tolerant, correcting opponents with kindness. It may be that God will grant them repentance that leads to knowledge of the truth, and that they may return to th...
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "Our Blessed Lord, bound like a thief, is conducted through the public streets of Jerusalem accompanied by a large body of soldiers who indulge their rage and hatred by ill-treating Him in every possible way, and surrounded by a multitude of peopl...
  • Lectionary

    Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 231 Reading I Is 1:10, 16-20 Hear the word of the LORD,     princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God,     people of Gomorrah!     Wash yourselves clean! ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Tuesday 2nd of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 23,1-12): Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, «The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees sat on the seat of Moses. So you shall do and observe all they say, but do not do...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent A commentary of St Augustine on Psalm 140The passion of the whole body of Christ Lord, I have cried to you, hear me. This is a pray...
  • Office Readings

    Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent  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

    Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent  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

    Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent  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

    Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent 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...
  • Devotion of the Month

      Devotion of the Month Month of St. Joseph The Church traditionally dedicates the month of March to the special veneration of St. Joseph, whose feast day is March 19th. "He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and protector of hi...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. David of Wales St. David of Wales (6th c.), also called Dewi Sant by the Welsh, was a missionary priest, Celtic monk, archbishop, miracle-worker, and the founder of many monasteries in Wales and western England. He was descended fr...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep his commandments. Whoever says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is ...
  • Lectionary

    Monday of the Second Week in Lent Lectionary: 230 Reading I Dn 9:4b-10 “Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Monday 2nd of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6,36-38): Jesus said to his disciples, «Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Don't be a judge of others and you will not be judged; do not condemn and you will not be condem...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of the 2nd week of Lent From the Catecheses by Saint John Chrysostom, bishopChrist and Moses The Israelites witnessed marvels; you also will witness marvels, great...
  • Office Readings

    Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent  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

    Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent  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

    Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent 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

    Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent  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

    Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent 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 to ...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Pope Saint Hilary Pope Saint Hilary (5th c.) was Bishop of Rome from 461 to 468. Not much is known of his early life other than that he was from Sardinia. He rose to prominence in the Church when he became archdeacon under Pope St. Leo t...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly, and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance but,...
  • Lectionary

    Second Sunday of Lent Lectionary: 26 Reading I Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 God put Abraham to the test. He called to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” he replied. Then God said: “Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Sunday 2nd (B) of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9,2-10): Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high moun­tain. There his appearance was changed before their eyes. Even his clothes shone, becoming as whi...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Sunday 28 February 2021 2nd Sunday of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 2nd Sunday of Lent From a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, popeThe Law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ The Lord reveals his glory in the presence...
  • Office Readings

    Sunday 28 February 2021 2nd Sunday of Lent  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 the...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 28 February 2021 2nd Sunday of Lent  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 to...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 28 February 2021 2nd Sunday of Lent 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 t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 28 February 2021 2nd Sunday of Lent 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 Son...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 28 February 2021 2nd Sunday of Lent 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 the ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 28 February 2021 2nd Sunday of Lent  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 and ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 28 February 2021 2nd Sunday of Lent 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. ________ E...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Gabriel Possenti St. Gabriel Possenti (1838-1862), also known as St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, was one of thirteen children born to a well-to-do Italian family in Assisi. As a young man he enjoyed the society and the worldly ...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is. So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary, beholding thy power and glory. Because thy steadfast love is better tha...
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "Jesus trembled and shuddered as He stood before the pillar, and took off His garments as quickly as He could, but His hands were bloody and swollen. The only return He made when His brutal executioners struck and abused Him was to pray for them i...
  • Spiritual Reading

    James 5,16, 19-20   Declare you sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may find healing. The fervent petition of a holy man is powerful indeed.  My brothers, the case may arise among you of someone straying from the Truth, and of another bringing him back.  Remember...
  • Lectionary

    Saturday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 229 Reading I Dt 26:16-19 Moses spoke to the people, saying: “This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees. Be careful, then, to observe them with all your heart and with a...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Saturday 1st of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,43-48): Jesus said to his disciples, «You have heard that it was said: ‘Love your neighbor and do not do good to your enemy’. But this I tell you: Love your enemies, ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Saturday 27 February 2021 Saturday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 1st week of Lent From the Second Vatican Council's pastoral cons...
  • Office Readings

    Saturday 27 February 2021 Saturday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church) Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psal...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 27 February 2021 Saturday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church) Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 27 February 2021 Saturday of the 1st week of Lent 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

    Saturday 27 February 2021 Saturday of the 1st week of Lent 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

    Saturday 27 February 2021 Saturday of the 1st week of Lent 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

    Saturday 27 February 2021 Saturday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church) (First Vespers of tomorrow, 2nd Sunday of Lent) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are r...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 27 February 2021 Saturday of the 1st week of Lent 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.Am...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Porphyry St. Porphyry (Porphyrius) of Gaza (c. 347-420 A.D.) was born in Thessalonica in present-day Greece. Although a wealthy man, at the age of 25 he went to live in Egypt as a desert hermit. He later moved to Palestine near the J...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three;  but the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:12-...
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "The Eucharist is alive. If a stranger who knew nothing about the Eucharist were to watch the way we receive, would he know this? When you and I approach the Eucharist, does it look like we believe we are about to take into our bodies the living p...
  • Lectionary

    Friday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 228 Reading I Ez 18:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed,      if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just,     ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday 1st of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,20-26): Jesus said to his disciples, «I tell you, then, that if you are not righteous in a much broader way than the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, you cannot enter the kin...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Friday 26 February 2021 Friday of the 1st week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 1st week of Lent From the Mirror of Love by Saint Aelred, abbotChrist, the model of brotherly love The perfection of brotherly love lies in the love of ...
  • Office Readings

    Friday 26 February 2021 Friday of the 1st week of Lent  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 Fathe...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 26 February 2021 Friday of the 1st week of Lent  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 F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 26 February 2021 Friday of the 1st week of Lent 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

    Friday 26 February 2021 Friday of the 1st week of Lent 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

    Friday 26 February 2021 Friday of the 1st week of Lent 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

    Friday 26 February 2021 Friday of the 1st week of Lent  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

    Friday 26 February 2021 Friday of the 1st week of Lent 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...
  • 30 Healing Saints for Common Ailments

    Share: 30 Healing Saints for Common Ailments Jun 03, 2014 by Mary Thierfelder   When it comes to concerns for our health and the health of our loved ones, we should always turn to prayer. We pray for disease prevention, for physical healing, and for...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Walburga St. Walburga (710-777 A.D.) was born near Devonshire, England, the daughter of St. Richard the Pilgrim (a Saxon king) and the sister of Sts. Willibald and Winebald. When she was eleven her father and brothers went on pilgr...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: “I am the Lord, I have called you in righteous...
  • Lectionary

    Thursday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 227 Reading I Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish, had recourse to the LORD. She lay prostrate upon the ground, together with her handmaids,  from morning until evening, and said: ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday 1st of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7,7-12): Jesus said to his disciples; “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 o...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 25 February 2021 Thursday of the 1st week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of the 1st week of Lent From a homily by Saint Asterius of Amasea, bishopBe shepherds like the Lord You were made in the image of God. If then you wish t...
  • Office Readings

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