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

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  • Gospel/Homily

    Tuesday 3th 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 do you think of this? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said to him: ‘Son, today go and wor...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 15 December 2020 Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent From "The Imitation of Christ"On humility and peace Do not worry about who is and is not on your side: simply make sure that God...
  • Office Readings

    Tuesday 15 December 2020 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 Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 15 December 2020 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. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 15 December 2020 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 15 December 2020 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 15 December 2020 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 15 December 2020 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. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 15 December 2020 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...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. John of the Cross St. John of the Cross (1542–1591) 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 was raised in pover...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "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...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church Lectionary: 187 Reading 1 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: The uttera...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Monday 3th of Advent Download   Gospel text (Mt 21,23-27): «What authority have you to act like this? Who gave you authority to do all this?».   Today the chief priests and the elders of the Temple of Jerusalem confront Jesus. Shortly before, the Lord has driven out ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 14 December 2020 Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor  on Monday 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 Can...
  • Office Readings

    Monday 14 December 2020 Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor  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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 14 December 2020 Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor  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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 14 December 2020 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 14 December 2020 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 14 December 2020 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 14 December 2020 Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor  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. ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 14 December 2020 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...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Lucy St. Lucy (Lucia) of Syracuse (283–304 A.D.) was born to a wealthy Christian family on the island of Sicily. Her father died when she was in her infancy. Lucy grew in piety, and at a young age secretly consecrated her vir...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "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  
  • Feast Day

      Today’s Feast Day Gaudete Sunday The Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete (Rejoice) Sunday. Advent is a penitential season of abstinence, sacrifice, and prayer in order to prepare our souls for the advent or coming of the Lord. On Gaudete ...
  • Lectionary

    Third Sunday of Advent Lectionary: 8 Reading 1 IS 61:1-2A, 10-11 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and relea...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Sunday 3rd (B) of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 1,6-8.19-28): A man came, sent by God; his name was John. He came to bear witness, as a witness to introduce the Light so that all might believe through him. He was not the Light but a w...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Sunday 13 December 2020 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 Readings

    Sunday 13 December 2020 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 13 December 2020 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 13 December 2020 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 13 December 2020 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 13 December 2020 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 13 December 2020 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 13 December 2020 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. ...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Our Lady of Guadalupe St. Juan Diego, a humble Aztec peasant, saw the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Hill of Tepeyac near present-day Mexico City on December 9, 1531, the feast of the Immaculate Conception at the time. After a request by t...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "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

    Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Lectionary: 690A Reading 1 ZEC 2:14-17 Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion!  See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD. Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they shall be his people, and he ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Saturday 2nd of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 17,10-13): As they were coming down the mountainside, the disciples then asked Jesus, «Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah must come first?». And Jesus answered, &la...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Saturday 12 December 2020 Our Lady of Guadalupe - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady of Guadalupe The tilma of St Juan Diego at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The traditional narrative called "Nican Mopohua"(16th century)Truly I...
  • Office Readings

    Saturday 12 December 2020 Our Lady of Guadalupe - 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.Glory be to the...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 12 December 2020 Our Lady of Guadalupe - 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 us.Glory be to...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 12 December 2020 Our Lady of Guadalupe - 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.Glory be to t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 12 December 2020 Our Lady of Guadalupe - 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 be to the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 12 December 2020 Our Lady of Guadalupe - 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.Glory be to the ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 12 December 2020 Our Lady of Guadalupe - Feast  (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 Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 12 December 2020 Our Lady of Guadalupe - Feast 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....
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Pope St. Damasus I Pope St. Damasus I (306-384 A.D.) was born into a Christian family in Rome. He became a deacon and served at the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Rome where his father served as priest. After the death of Pope Liberius, Dam...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "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 fo...
  • Lectionary

    Friday of the Second Week of Advent Lectionary: 185 Reading 1 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 on the way you should go.If you would hearken to my commandment...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday 2nd of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 11,16-19): Jesus spoke to the crowds: «Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the marketplace, about whom their companions complain: &lsqu...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Friday 11 December 2020 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Damasus I, Pope  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 cr...
  • Office Readings

    Friday 11 December 2020 Friday 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 haste...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 11 December 2020 Friday 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, make h...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 11 December 2020 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 11 December 2020 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 11 December 2020 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 11 December 2020 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Damasus I, Pope  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 11 December 2020 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...
  • Do We Truly Believe that God can Heal?

    December 10, 2020 Do We Truly Believe That God Can Heal and Strengthen Us? Constance T. Hull Frequently throughout the Gospels, Our Lord connects faith with healing or extraordinary events. He often says to those He heals that it is done according to their faith. He tells the hemorrhaging wom...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Our Lady of Loreto Our Lady of Loreto is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the house where Mary was born, the site of the Annunciation, and the dwelling place of the Holy Family. The tradition and history of the Holy H...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "For through the Spirit, by faith, we await the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus, neither...counts for anything, but only faith working through love." Galatians 5:5-6  
  • Lectionary

    Thursday of the Second Week of Advent Lectionary: 184 Reading 1 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, O maggot Israel; I will help you, says the...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday 2nd of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 11,11-15): Jesus said to the crowds, «No one greater than John the Baptist has come forward among the sons of women, and yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Fr...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 10 December 2020 Thursday 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 hast...
  • Office Readings

    Thursday 10 December 2020 Thursday 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 hast...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 December 2020 Thursday 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 December 2020 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 t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 December 2020 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 Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 December 2020 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 December 2020 Thursday 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, mak...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 10 December 2020 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 Fath...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Juan Diego St. Juan Diego (1474–1548) was a poor and humble peasant of the lowest class of Aztec Indians living in what is today Mexico. His native name was Cuauhtlatoatzin, meaning, "eagle that talks." He was baptized at the...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "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  
  • Lectionary

    Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent Lectionary: 183 Reading 1 Is 40:25-31 To whom can you liken me as an equal?says the Holy One.Lift up your eyes on highand see who has created these things:He leads out their army and numbers them,calling them all by name....
  • Gospel/Homily

    Wednesday 2nd of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 11,28-30): Jesus said, «Come to me, all you who work hard and who carry heavy burdens and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble of h...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Wednesday 9 December 2020 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent  or Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent A commentary of St Augustine on Psalm 109God's promises are given to us throu...
  • Office Readings

    Wednesday 9 December 2020 Wednesday 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 December 2020 Wednesday 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

    Wednesday 9 December 2020 Wednesday 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 ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 December 2020 Wednesday 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 Fa...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 December 2020 Wednesday 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

    Wednesday 9 December 2020 Wednesday 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 a...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 9 December 2020 Wednesday 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 Fat...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Patapios St. Patapios (4th c.) was born in Thebes, Egypt. His parents were prominent Christians, and his father was the governor of the region. Patapios was well-educated by the best tutors, and his learning awakened in him a desire ...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "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 hea...
  • Feast Day

      Today’s Feast Day Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 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 order...
  • Lectionary

    Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 689 Reading 1 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: Immaculate Conception listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 1,26-38): In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth. He was sent to a young virgin who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 8 December 2020 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 th...
  • Office Readings

    Tuesday 8 December 2020 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, make...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 December 2020 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

    Tuesday 8 December 2020 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, ma...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 December 2020 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 has...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 December 2020 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, make ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 December 2020 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 Lord...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 8 December 2020 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, and ...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Ambrose St. Ambrose of Milan (c. 340–397 A.D.) was born in Gaul (modern France) and became a successful lawyer and governor in Milan, Italy. When the bishop of Milan died in 374 A.D., a movement arose among the people to dema...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "...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 rans...
  • Meditation

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