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Luke 4:24 εἶπεν δέ Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς προφήτης δεκτός ἐστιν ἐν τῇ πατρίδι &a...
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Jesus: Captain For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Hebrews 2:10 Jesus is the Captain of your salvation. Archegos, the Greek word from which this ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You that You have loved me with Your everlasting love. You have always loved me and You will always love me. I want to love you in return and to live my life as a testimony of your goodness. Are there any areas in m...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
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Saint of the Day St. Albert the Great St. Albert the Great (1206-1280) was born in Bavaria, Germany, the eldest son of a powerful military count. As a youth he was sent to study at the University of Padua where he encountered and entered the newly-foun...
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Verse of the Day "All these died in faith. They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth." Hebrews 11:13
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Meditation of the Day "Prayer is more the work of the heart than of the head; it should, therefore, be simple, affective, and sincere. Let not the mind, then, weary itself in seeking for beautiful thoughts and sonorous phrases; we meditate not to prepare a finished ser...
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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 157 Reading 1 PRV 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 When one finds a worthy wife,her value is far beyond pearls.Her husband, entrusting his heart to her,has an unfailing prize.She brings him good, and not evil,all the days ...
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Sunday 33rd (A) in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 25,14-30): Imagine someone who, before going abroad, summoned his servants to entrust his property to them. He gave five talents of silver to one, then two to another, and one to...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time A commentary of St Augustine on Psalm 95Let us not resist the first advent, and the second will not terrify us Then all the trees of the fo...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 ...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 Fat...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 Fathe...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 ...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 a...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 F...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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. Al...
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Jesus: A Flag In that day the offspring of Jessie (Jesus) will be a flag to which the people will rally. Isaiah 11:10 (author's translation) Jesus is your Flag; rally to Him. The King James Version of the Bible calls Jesus an ensign; newer versions call Him a banner (Isaiah 11:10)....
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord, I am aware of how the devil picks at me and tries to trap me all the time. Please help me to stand strong against the schemes of the devil... Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7
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Saint of the Day Blessed John Licci Blessed John Licci (1400-1511) was born to a poor peasant farmer near Palermo, Sicily. His mother died in childbirth, and his father was forced to leave his infant alone at home while he worked in the fields.&nb...
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Verse of the Day "And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours." 1 John 5:14-15
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Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 496 Reading 1 3 JN 5-8 Beloved, you are faithful in all you do for the brothers and sisters, especially for strangers; they have testified to your love before the Church. Please help them in a way...
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Saturday 32nd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 18,1-8): Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should pray continually and not lose heart. He said, «In a certain town there was a judge who neither feare...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time A sermon of the second centuryLet us seek righteousness so that in the end we are saved Let us therefore find ourselves a...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 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 t...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 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, co...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 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...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 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 F...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 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 th...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, ...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 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 en...
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Saint of the Day St. Frances Xavier Cabrini St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850–1917) was the thirteenth child of a modest farming family born near Milan, Italy. Her father would often gather his children in the kitchen to hear him read from a book ...
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Verse of the Day "When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, you...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The High Priest Yeshua Friday, November 13, 2020 The high priest of Israel could never wear a kingly crown, nor could the king ever wear the high priestly robe. The kingship and the priesthood were two separate houses, two blood lines, two tribes - and they could never be joi...
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The Holy Spirit: My Witness Surely even now my witness is in heaven, and my evidence is on high. Job 16:19 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us. Hebrews 10:15 The Holy Spirit is the Father’s Witness to your heart. When you don&rsquo...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for Your Holy Spirit. Thank You for filling me with Your Holy Spirit, for speaking to my heart and for guiding me. Please help me to follow Your direction, to be strong enough to d...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” 1 Samuel 3:10
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Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin Lectionary: 495 Reading 1 2 JN 4-9 [Chosen Lady:] I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth just as we were commanded by the Father. But now, Lady, I ask you, not as though I were wr...
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Friday 32nd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 17,26-37): Jesus said to his disciples, «As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be on the day the Son of Man comes. Then people ate and drank; they took husbands and wives. ...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini St. Frances Xavier Cabrini in a stained-glass window at the saint’s shrine chapel in New York Ci...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Friday of week 32 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 ha...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Friday of week 32 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, mak...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Friday of week 32 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...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Friday of week 32 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...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Friday of week 32 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...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Friday of week 32 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, m...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Friday of week 32 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...
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Saint of the Day St. Josaphat St. Josaphat (1580-1623) was born to a devout religious family of Ruthenian ancestry in what is now Ukraine, and was baptized in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He devoted his virginity to the Virgin Mary and grew in his revere...
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Verse of the Day "For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent, he will set me high upon a rock. And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with...
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Meditation of the Day "The Devil didn't deal out temptations to Our Lord only. He brings these evil schemes of his to bear on each of Jesus' servants—and not just on the mountain or in the wilderness or when we're by ourselves. No, he comes after us in the city a...
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In a Backyard Near Bethlehem Thursday, November 12, 2020 It was the last day of our tour to Israel. I had it all planned that we would end up on the road to Emmaus and a very special conclusion. But they want to first take us to this place near Bethlehem. So we go there. It's...
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Jesus: The Son of Abraham The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. Matthew 1:1 Jesus is the Son of Abraham. Just as every Jewish person is a son or daughter of Abraham because Abraham was the first Hebrew, the father of all, ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray to You and ask that You will abundantly bless my family and me, as Jabez prayed... And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God g...
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Get Daily Readings E-mails All Daily Readings Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 494 Reading 1 PHMN 7-20 Beloved: I have experienced much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the holy one...
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Thursday 32nd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 17,20-25): The Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was to come. He answered, «The kingdom of God is not like something you can observe and say of it: ‘Look, h...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr on Thursday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr Pope Pius XI's encyclical "Ecclesiam Dei"He gave his life for the unity of the Church In desi...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr on Thursday of week 32 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, m...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr on Thursday of week 32 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 Lor...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Thursday of week 32 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...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Thursday of week 32 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 F...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Thursday of week 32 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 th...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr on Thursday of week 32 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 L...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Thursday of week 32 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 Fa...
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John 14:26 - But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 16:13 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth,...
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The Great Mystery - The age as a Hebrew Year Wednesday, November 11, 2020 The Hebrew year began in the spring with the Holy Days of Passover, First Fruits, and Shavuot (Pentecost). After that, the Hebrews would reap the summer harvest. In the fall, the trumpets of the Feast o...
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Jesus: The Son of God With Flaming Eyes and Feet Like Brass And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, "These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass." Revelation 2:18 Jesus is the Son of God, wh...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, You are the Almighty One. Your Word tells me... The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, b...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is r...
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Saint of the Day St. Martin of Tours St. Martin of Tours (c. 316-397 A.D.) was born into a pagan family in what is now Hungary. He was raised in Italy where his father, a senior officer in the Roman army, was stationed. At the age of ten Martin joined ...
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Verse of the Day "Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment. Tell them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, ready to sh...
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Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop Lectionary: 493 Reading 1 Ti 3:1-7 Beloved:Remind them to be under the control of magistrates and authorities,to be obedient, to be open to every good enterprise.They are to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate...
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Wednesday 32nd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 17,11-19): On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along the border between Samaria and Galilee, and as He entered a village, ten lepers came to meet him. Keeping their distanc...
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Wednesday 11 November 2020 Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop on Wednesday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop St Martin and the Beggar, by Louis Galloche, c.1737. A letter of Sulpicius SeverusMartin was ...
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Wednesday 11 November 2020 Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop on Wednesday of week 32 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, ...
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Wednesday 11 November 2020 Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop on Wednesday of week 32 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 Lo...
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Wednesday 11 November 2020 Wednesday of week 32 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 ...
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Wednesday 11 November 2020 Wednesday of week 32 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...
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Wednesday 11 November 2020 Wednesday of week 32 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 ...
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Wednesday 11 November 2020 Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop on Wednesday of week 32 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 ...
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Wednesday 11 November 2020 Wednesday of week 32 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 ...
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Saint of the Day Pope St. Leo the Great Pope St. Leo the Great (c. 400–461 A.D.) was born in Tuscany to an aristocratic family. After serving as deacon under two popes he became the Roman Pontiff from 440 to 461 A.D. He was one of the greatest Ho...
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Verse of the Day "But thou, O Lord, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my mind toward thee." Jeremiah 12:3a
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Meditation of the Day "Voluntary poverty restores to man the nobility of his condition, liberating him from vile servitude and reinstating him his noble freedom and mastery of all things. The soul is never more a mistress than when she despises them, and only then has ...
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The New Year That Never Was Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Rosh Ha Shannah means head of the year - the New Year. It's the Jewish New Year. There's only one problem - The Feast of Trumpets takes place in the 7th month of the Jewish year! God mixed it all up. In Exodus 12, He made the old 7th mon...
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The Holy Spirit: Your Good Spirit You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst. Nehemiah 9:20 The Holy Spirit is the Good Spirit of God. He is called good because that’s His nature. Goodness is t...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I want to praise You and thank You for this glorious new day... O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! Psalm 8:1 Thank You for the times You have made You...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! Psalm 8:1
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Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 492 Reading 1 Ti 2:1-8, 11-14 Beloved:You must say what is consistent with sound doctrine,namely, that older men should be temperate, dignified,self-controlled, sound in faith, love, an...
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Tuesday 32nd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 17,7-10): Jesus said to his disciple, «Who among you would say to your servant coming in from the fields after plowing or tending sheep: ‘Come at once and sit down at ta...
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Tuesday 10 November 2020 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor on Tuesday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor Pope St Leo the Great, by Francisco de Herrera el Mozo (1622-1685). From a sermon of Sain...
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Tuesday 10 November 2020 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor on Tuesday of week 32 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, ...
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Tuesday 10 November 2020 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor on Tuesday of week 32 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 Lo...
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Tuesday 10 November 2020 Tuesday of week 32 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 t...
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Tuesday 10 November 2020 Tuesday of week 32 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 Fat...
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Tuesday 10 November 2020 Tuesday of week 32 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 ...
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Tuesday 10 November 2020 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor on Tuesday of week 32 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 ...
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Tuesday 10 November 2020 Tuesday of week 32 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 Fath...
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Saint of the Day St. Benignus St. Benignus of Armagh (d. 467 A.D.) was the son of a pagan Irish chieftain in what is now County Meath in Ireland. He was baptized by St. Patrick and became his loyal follower in the saint's ministry across Ireland. In 450 ...