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The Called out Life Tuesday, November 3, 2020 If you're born again, the Bible says, you're part of the church of God. But what does that mean? Does it mean you're a Presbyterian, a Methodist, a Baptist, a Pentecostal, or a Nazarene? The word "church" is really just a translation of the N...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Lord Strong and Mighty Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8 Jesus is the Lord Strong and Mighty. Come to Him when you’re afraid and losing the battle. Lean on Him when you’re weak. He knows that th...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Oh, how I praise You Lord! You heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. You count the number of the stars and call them all by name. Great are You, Lord, and mighty in power. Your u...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8
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Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 486 Reading 1 PHIL 2:5-11 Brothers and sisters: Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with...
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Tuesday 31st in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 14,15-24): One of those at the table said to Jesus, «Happy are those who eat at the banquet in the kingdom of God!». Jesus replied, «A man once gave a feast and in...
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Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time From the Second Vatican Council's pastoral constitution "Gaudium et spes" on the Ch...
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Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious 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 L...
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Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious 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....
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
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Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious 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 ai...
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Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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James 2:24 - Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. James 2:14 - What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not s...
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Saint of the Day Blessed John Bodey Blessed John Bodey (1549-1583) was born in Wells, England, the son of a wealthy merchant and former mayor. He studied at Oxford and became an Oxford Fellow in 1568 at the age of 19. Later he, along with seven othe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25
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Today’s Feast Day All Souls Day November 2nd is All Souls Day, sometimes called the Day of the Dead. On this day, and during the month of November, the Church prays in a special way for the souls of the faithful departed, and individuals pray espec...
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Hymns of Zeus Monday, November 2, 2020 When the apostle Paul spoke on Mars Hill in Athens, he did an amazing thing. In sharing the Gospel, he quoted from pagan Greek writers. He even quoted from a hymn they used, and yet used it to speak of God. How could this be? How could he use something ...
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The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Lord The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the Lord is the Holy Spirit, who does the actual work in...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Like Your first disciples, please fill me with Your Joy and fill me with Your Holy Spirit today... And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:52 Help me to bring glory to God The Father and to ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Leviticus 11:44
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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed(All Souls) Lectionary: 668 The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Reading 1 WIS 3:1-9 The souls of the just are in the hand of God,and no torment shall t...
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November 2nd: All Souls listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 23,33.39-43): There at the place called The Skull he was crucified together with the criminals —one on his right and another on his left. One of the criminals hanging with Jesus ins...
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Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Souls Purgatory, by Jean Colombe (1485). From St Ambrose's book on the death of his brother SatyrusLet us die with Christ, to live with Christ We see that death is gain, life is loss....
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Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls 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 Son and t...
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Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls 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 the Son a...
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Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls 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 the Son and...
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Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls 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 and to th...
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Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls 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 Son and to...
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Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls 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 to the Son...
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Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls 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. ________ E...
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Saint of the Day St. Deborah the Prophetess St. Deborah (11th c. B.C.) was a godly widow and saint of the Old Testament. She was a courageous prophetess and champion of the Israelites. All Israel came to her to judge their disputes, and God prophesied ...
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Verse of the Day "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Philippians 4:8...
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Today’s Feast Day All Saints Day On November 1st the Church celebrates all her holy ones in heaven, known and unknown, with the feast of All Saints. The solemnity originally began in the 4th century to commemorate all the Christian martyrs kil...
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What is All Souls Day? November 2 is the Commemoration of All of the Faithful Departed, or All Souls. On this day, we pray that all those who have died— our loved ones, and also those people around the world who we will never meet— through the mercy of God, will rest in ...
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Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Saints All Saints, by Albrecht Dürer (1511). From a sermon of St Bernard of Clairvaux Let us make haste to our brethren who are awaiting us ...
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Solemnity of All Saints Lectionary: 667 Reading 1 RV 7:2-4, 9-14 I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, “...
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November 1st: All Saints listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,1-12a): When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up the mountain. He sat down and his disciples gathered around him. Then he spoke and began to teach them: «Fortunate are those who are...
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Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Saints All Saints, by Albrecht Dürer (1511). From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxLet us make haste to our brethren who are awaiting us Why should our praise...
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Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
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Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...
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Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
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Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. Alle...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The King Invisible Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible,to God who alone is wise,be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.1 Timothy 1:17 Jesus is the King Invisible; you can’t see Him, but He’s there with you all day, every day...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, It's true...that I may be the only "Bible" someone ever reads. Please help me be a living testament to others for You. Please work through me and help me be a light and an encouragement for my non-...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Then the eyes of those who seewill no longer be closed,and the ears of those who hear will listen.Isaiah 32:3
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Saint of the Day St. Wolfgang St. Wolfgang (934-994 A.D.), also known as the Great Almoner, was a Benedictine monk, reformer, and Bishop of Regensburg, Bavaria. He was born into the noble class and had an excellent education. As bishop he wo...
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Verse of the Day "Bless those who persecute [you], bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation. D...
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Today’s Feast Day All Hallow's Eve All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween, is the vigil of All Saints (All Hallows) Day, which is a major feast on the liturgical calendar and a Holy Day of Obligation. Halloween (October 31st) is connected with All Sa...
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Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 484 Reading 1 PHIL 1:18B-26 Brothers and sisters: As long as in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Indeed I shall continue to rejoice, for...
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Saturday 30th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 14,1.7-11): One Sabbath Jesus had gone to eat a meal in the house of a leading Pharisee, and he was carefully watched. Jesus then told a parable to the guests, for He had noticed h...
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Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time From the dialogue On Divine Providence by Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctorHow good and how delightful is your sp...
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Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 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 to...
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Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 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, com...
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Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 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 Fa...
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Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 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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Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, All Saints) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wit...
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Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 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...
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Saint of the Day St. Alphonsus Rodriguez St. Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532–1617) was born in Segovia, Spain, the son of a wool merchant. He was prepared for his First Holy Communion by St. Peter Faber, one of the first Jesuits. When his father died, Al...
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Verse of the Day "In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised holy Spirit, which is the first installment of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s possession, t...
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The Strange Case of Shabbatai Zevi Friday, October 30, 2020 Around the year 1666, a man named Shabbatai Zevi swept over Jewish history. He was hailed by rabbis throughout the lands in which Jewish people lived, as the long-awaited Messiah, come to rescue His people and bring them back to...
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The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Revelation That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Ephesians 1:17 Revelation is needed for the things you can’t know until...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank you for sending so many special people into my Life. I can think of many people who have meant so much to me and who have been such an encouragement and inspiration to me. I appreciate t...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. Joshua 1:5
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Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 483 Reading 1 PHIL 1:1-11 Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: grace to you and peace from God our Father an...
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Friday 30th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 14,1-6): One Sabbath Jesus had gone to eat a meal in the house of a leading Pharisee, and He was carefully watched. In front of him was a man suffering from dropsy; so Jesus asked th...
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Friday 30 October 2020 Friday of week 30 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 30 in Ordinary Time Bishop Baldwin of Canterbury: treatise 6The word of God is alive and active The word of God is something alive and active: it cu...
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Friday 30 October 2020 Friday of week 30 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 Fa...
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Friday 30 October 2020 Friday of week 30 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 th...
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Friday 30 October 2020 Friday of week 30 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 30 October 2020 Friday of week 30 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...
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Friday 30 October 2020 Friday of week 30 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 Fat...
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Friday 30 October 2020 Friday of week 30 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 ...
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Friday 30 October 2020 Friday of week 30 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. Narcissus of Jerusalem St. Narcissus (c. 99 – c. 216 A.D.) was a holy and esteemed priest of Greek origin who became the 30th bishop of Jerusalem in the year 180 A.D., about a century after the city's destruction by the Romans....
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Verse of the Day "Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst."" John 6:35
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American Education & The Bible Thursday, October 29, 2020 In the early 1960s, prayer and the Bible were banned from the American public school system. And yet what was the reason the American school system came into existence? The reason was given at the time of its birth, in 1647, in Massac...
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Jesus: The Root and Offspring of David I am the Root and the Offspring of David. Revelation 22:16 Jesus is the Root and Offspring of David, the greatest king of Israel. Just as a tree gets strength and life from its roots, so David’s accomplishments and strength came from Jes...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, There are days when I feel weak and uninspired. And there are days when I am full of the life and hope that You have given to me. Please help me to remember that my strength comes from You... But the salvation o...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39
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Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 482 Reading 1 EPH 6:10-20 Brothers and sisters: Draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power. Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the De...
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Thursday 30th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 13,31-35): Some Pharisees came to Jesus and gave him this warning, «Leave this place and go on your way, for Herod wants to kill you». Jesus said to them, «Go and...
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Thursday 29 October 2020 Thursday of week 30 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 30 in Ordinary Time A discourse "Against the Arians" by St AthanasiusWisdom's likeness and image is created in God's works An impress of Wisdo...
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Thursday 29 October 2020 Thursday of week 30 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 th...
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Thursday 29 October 2020 Thursday of week 30 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 t...
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Thursday 29 October 2020 Thursday of week 30 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 29 October 2020 Thursday of week 30 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 Fa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 29 October 2020 Thursday of week 30 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 29 October 2020 Thursday of week 30 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 29 October 2020 Thursday of week 30 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 Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day Sts. Simon & Jude St. Jude Thaddeus (1st c.) was a blood relative of Jesus Christ and one of his Twelve Apostles. He was known for his preaching, healing, exorcisms, and his appearance was said to have closely matched that of Jesus'. H...
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Verse of the Day "Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Curse of Mount Gilboah Wednesday, October 28, 2020 David was hunted down by King Saul. And yet when Saul and his son Jonathan died, and David became king of Israel, David didn't gloat or boast. Instead he wept. And in his weeping, he pronounced a curse on the mountain on which Saul a...
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Jesus: The Faithful Witness Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come,... and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness. Revelation 1:4-5 Jesus is the Faithful Witness; He will give a faithful testimony to build you up. When ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, I realize that because I am a follower of Jesus, as a Christian I am in “Full-Time” Christian service. Some Christians are called to other nations. Thank You that I am called to mi...