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Liturgical day: Friday 22nd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 5,33-39): Some people asked Jesus, «The disciples of John fast often and say long prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. Why is it that your disciples eat and drink?». Then Jesus sai...
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Friday 4 September 2020 Friday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 22 in Ordinary Time From a sermon on the Beatitudes by Saint Leo the GreatBlessed are the poor in spirit There is no doubt that the poor find it ea...
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Friday 4 September 2020 Friday of week 22 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 F...
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Friday 4 September 2020 Friday of week 22 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 t...
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Friday 4 September 2020 Friday of week 22 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 4 September 2020 Friday of week 22 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 4 September 2020 Friday of week 22 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 4 September 2020 Friday of week 22 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 4 September 2020 Friday of week 22 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 Pope St. Gregory the Great Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604 A.D.) was the son of a wealthy Roman senator. His mother and two of his aunts are also saints, which provided him with a strong and devout religious upbringing. His skill i...
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Verse of the Day "For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also gl...
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Melech Of The Universe Thursday, September 3, 2020 If you were shrinking the universe down to a model, with the earth represented by a ball one inch in diameter, the nearest star would have to be put 51,000 miles away. There are one hundred billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, whi...
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The Holy Spirit: A Deposit God, who sealed us has also given us the Spirit in our hearts as a deposit that there are more good things coming. (author’s translation) 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 When you became a Christian, you received the Holy Spirit as ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Loving Father in Heaven, Today I lift up all teachers to You. I pray for Your anointing upon their lives, their work, and their ministries. Please give them wisdom, knowledge, guidance, patience, love,...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Corinthians 2:9).
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Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 434 Reading 1 1 COR 3:18-23 Brothers and sisters: Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you considers himself wise in this age, let him become a fool, so as to become wise. Fo...
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Liturgical day: Thursday 22nd in Ordinary Time View saints September 3rd: St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 5,1-11): One day, as Jesus stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, with a crowd gathered around him listening to the word o...
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Thursday 3 September 2020 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Thursday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor A sermon of St Gregory the GreatFor the love of Christ I do not spare myself in ...
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Thursday 3 September 2020 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Thursday of week 22 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 ...
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Thursday 3 September 2020 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Thursday of week 22 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...
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Thursday 3 September 2020 Thursday of week 22 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 3 September 2020 Thursday of week 22 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 3 September 2020 Thursday of week 22 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 3 September 2020 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Thursday of week 22 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 a...
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Thursday 3 September 2020 Thursday of week 22 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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Saint of the Day St. Brocard St. Brocard (d. 1231 A.D.) was a Frenchman who traveled to the Holy Land to enter into religious life there. He was among the first group of hermits to establish a community of monks on Mount Carmel. Details of his life are s...
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Verse of the Day "Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to...
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The Experiment Of Your Faith Wednesday, September 2, 2020 The Bible speaks of the testing of our faith. You probably think about it in negative terms... what God is going to lay on you next. The Greek word for testing or a trial means 'EXPERIMENT.' Our English word 'Experiment' comes fro...
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Jesus: A Stone of Stumbling Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone, and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. 1 Peter 2:7-8 Jes...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, Thank You for this new day. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; Psalm 92:1 Thank You for the beautiful sunshine. I am ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day It is good to give thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; Psalm 92:1
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Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 433 Reading 1 1 COR 3:1-9 Brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ. I fed you milk, not solid food, because you were un...
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Liturgical day: Wednesday 22nd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 4,38-44): Leaving the synagogue, Jesus went to the house of Simon. His mother-in-law was suffering from high fever and they asked him to do something for her. Bending over her, He rebuked the fever, and ...
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Wednesday 2 September 2020 Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time From a commentary on John by OrigenChrist spoke of his body as a temple Destroy this temple and in three days I will r...
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Wednesday 2 September 2020 Wednesday of week 22 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...
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Wednesday 2 September 2020 Wednesday of week 22 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 b...
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Wednesday 2 September 2020 Wednesday of week 22 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 2 September 2020 Wednesday of week 22 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 2 September 2020 Wednesday of week 22 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 2 September 2020 Wednesday of week 22 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...
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Wednesday 2 September 2020 Wednesday of week 22 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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September 1, 2020 How the Saints Overcame Spiritual Dryness Fr. Joseph M. Esper O God, Thou art my God, I seek Thee ,my soul thirsts for Thee; my flesh faints for Thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is. Psalm 63:1 We all have periods in our spiritual lives when praying is di...
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September 1, 2020 Turn to Mary In Times of Desolation Fr. Ed Broom, OMV He was going through a terrible interior storm. There seemed to be no light at the end of the tunnel. It seemed hopeless; no way out! Loss of appetite, loss of sleep, loss of desire for anyone and anything. &n...
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September 1, 2020 Living a Truly Surrendered Life Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV I injured my knee a few years ago while playing soccer in a Manila college campus. I sat at the sidelines, looking at my hurting knee, seeing it swell up so fast, and feeling that throbbing sensation. The words that came...
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THE HARBINGER II - THE RETURN Tuesday, September 1, 2020 Are we running out of time? Are the shakings that have come upon our world a sign of approaching calamity? Has the ancient mystery of the harbingers continued to unfold and progress up to the present hour? And have othe...
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Jesus: The King of Righteousness To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace.” Hebrews 7:2 Melchizedek had the title “...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Righteous God, I ask You to teach me of what James writes in his New Testament letter... Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patien...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:2-4
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Devotion of the Month Month of Our Lady of Sorrows The Church dedicates the month of September to Our Lady of Sorrows. This devotion recalls the Blessed Virgin Mary’s spiritual martyrdom in virtue of her perfect union with the Passion of Chr...
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Saint of the Day St. Giles St. Giles (7th c.) was born to a wealthy and noble Greek family. He devoted his life to the things of God and grew in sanctity, but found that his material and spiritual riches drew unwanted praise and attention. To escape pr...
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Verse of the Day "And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'" Matthew 25:40
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Malachi: My Messenger - The Malachi Connection Monday, August 31, 2020 The first event recorded in the New Testament is that of the coming of John the Baptist in the Gospel of Luke. Isn't it a big jump to go from the rebuilding of the Temple at the end of the Old Testament to the birth o...
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The Holy Spirit: Floods Upon the Dry Ground For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thine offspring. Isaiah 44:3 The Holy Spirit is Floods upon the Dry Ground. ...
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According to thousands of years of tradition, Buddhists meditate to understand themselves and their connections with all beings. In doing so, they hope to be released from suffering and, ultimately, to gain enlightenment.In the past few decades, researchers have realized the benefits of practicing...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Mighty God, Let Your Holy Spirit pour Your rain upon my thirsty soul... Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rai...
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Let us know,Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.His going forth is established as the morning;He will come to us like the rain,Like the latter and former rain to the earth.Hosea 6:3
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Saint of the Day St. Raymond Nonnatus St. Raymond Nonnatus (1200-1240) was born in Catalonia, Spain, to a noble family. His life was saved by caesarean section after his mother died in childbirth, earning him the name 'Nonnatus' meaning 'one not b...
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Verse of the Day "Thus says the Lord: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practic...
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Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 431 Reading 1 1 COR 2:1-5 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom. For I resolved to know nothing while I was wi...
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Liturgical day: Monday 22nd in Ordinary Time View saints August 31st: St. Raymond Nonnatus, religious View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 4,16-30): When Jesus came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath as He usually did. He stood up to...
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Monday 31 August 2020 Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time From "The Imitation of Christ"I taught my prophets My son, says the Lord, listen to my words, the most delightful of all words, s...
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Monday 31 August 2020 Monday of week 22 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 Fat...
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Monday 31 August 2020 Monday of week 22 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...
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Monday 31 August 2020 Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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Monday 31 August 2020 Monday of week 22 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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Monday 31 August 2020 Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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Monday 31 August 2020 Monday of week 22 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 t...
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Monday 31 August 2020 Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
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Jesus: King of the Jews Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him. Matthew 2:2 Julius Caesar had put King Herod on the throne; so when Caesar was killed, Herod was threatened and ran quick...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, I ask You to please give me the grace to be a faithful witness for You during times of blessing as well as during lean and difficult times. I pray that I will be a consistent witness for You “in...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 2 Timothy 4:2
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Saint of the Day St. Fiacre St. Fiacre (d. 670 A.D.) was born in Ireland and was raised from childhood in an Irish monastery. There he grew in knowledge as well as holiness, and became a priest. He retired to a hermitage to live in prayer and solitude,...
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Verse of the Day "For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at h...
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Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 124 Reading 1 JER 20:7-9 You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped; you were too strong for me, and you triumphed. All the day I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I must cry...
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Liturgical day: Sunday 22nd (A) in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16,21-27): Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that He must go to Jerusalem; He would suffer many things from the Jewish authorities, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law. He would be...
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Sunday 30 August 2020 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineThe Lord has had pity on us Happy are we if we do the deeds of which we have heard and sung. Our hearing of t...
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Sunday 30 August 2020 22nd 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 an...
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Sunday 30 August 2020 22nd 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 Fathe...
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Sunday 30 August 2020 22nd 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 Father ...
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Sunday 30 August 2020 22nd 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 to...
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Sunday 30 August 2020 22nd 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 and...
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Sunday 30 August 2020 22nd 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 Fat...
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Sunday 30 August 2020 22nd 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. Alle...
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Jesus: The Light of Men In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4 There are all kinds of light—sunlight, moonlight, and the light from a fire, candle or light bulb. Satan is an “angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14) who attracts...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I know that You want me to be like a light on a hill so that others will be drawn to You... You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way...
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Saint of the Day St. Sabina of Rome St. Sabina (d. 126 A.D.) was a wealthy Roman noblewoman, a widow and the daughter of Herod Metallarius. She was converted to Christianity by her virtuous female slave, St. Serapia, a devout Christian from Antioch who e...
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Verse of the Day "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation." Isaiah 12:2
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Today’s Feast Day The Passion of St. John the Baptist St. John the Baptist was a cousin of Jesus, and his mission was to preach repentance to Israel in preparation for the coming of the Messiah. When John rebuked King Herod for his unlawful un...
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Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist Lectionary: 430/634 Reading 1 1 COR 1:26-31 Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters.Not many of you were wise by human standards,not many were powerful,not many were of noble birth.Rather, God chose the f...
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Liturgical day: August 29th: Beheading of John the Baptist, martyr View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6,17-29): Herod had sent to have John arrested, and had him chained up in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife whom he had married. For John had told him, «It is...
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Saturday 29 August 2020 The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist on Saturday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist From a homily by St Bede the Venerable, priestPrecursor of Christ in birt...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 29 August 2020 The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist on Saturday of week 21 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 29 August 2020 The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist on Saturday of week 21 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 29 August 2020 Saturday of week 21 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 29 August 2020 Saturday of week 21 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 29 August 2020 Saturday of week 21 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.
Saturday 29 August 2020 The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist on Saturday of week 21 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the versi...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 29 August 2020 Saturday of week 21 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....
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Branding Your Cigarettes Friday, August 28, 2020 In an effort to create a stronger deterrent to smoking, a new strategy was tried - namely, putting images on cigarette packs: images of what happens when you smoke - images of diseased lungs, sickened bodies, cancer, and corpses. So when s...