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Liturgical day: Saturday 20th in Ordinary Time View saints August 22nd: Queenship of Mary View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 23,1-12): Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, «The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees sat on the seat of Moses. So you shall do and o...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady, Mother and Queen From a homily by St Amadeus of Lausanne, bishopQueen of the world and of peace Observe how fitting...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 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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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 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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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 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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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 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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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 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 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 21st 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 I...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 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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The Eyes Of Joshua & Caleb Friday, August 21, 2020 Joshua and Caleb never pretended that there weren't giants in the land. They knew full well what they were up against. In fact, Joshua would become the general to defeat those giants. Then what was it that separated Joshua and Caleb from...
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Jesus: Master (Epistates) And Simon answering said unto him,Master, we have toiled all the night,and have taken nothing:nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.Luke 5:5 Jesus sat in Peter’s boat and preached to a large crowd. When He finished, He told Peter,&nb...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Please forgive me for the times I have not obeyed You. Help me to completely obey Your teachings. I need You miracle-working power in my life. I bow in worship of You because You are the Lord of my life. You are my Lord ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
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Saint of the Day Pope St. Pius X Pope St. Pius X (1835-1914) was born Giuseppe Melchiore, one of ten children from an impoverished family living in Venetia, then under the political control of the Austrian Empire. His parents valued education and ensur...
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Verse of the Day "Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble. Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing...
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Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope Lectionary: 423 Reading 1 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and led me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the center of the plain, which was now filled with bones. He made me walk among the bo...
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Liturgical day: Friday 20th in Ordinary Time View saints August 21st: St. Pius X, pope View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 22,34-40): When the Pharisees heard how Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. One of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to test him with this...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Pius X, Pope A photograph of Pope Pius X from 1905. From the apostolic constitution Divino afflatu of Pope Saint Pius XThe song of ...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 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 ...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 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 h...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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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Friday 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 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...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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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Saint of the Day St. Bernard of Clairvaux St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) was one of seven children born to a noble family in Burgundy, France. All seven children, six sons and one daughter, were offered to the service of God by their devout mothe...
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Verse of the Day "Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everythin...
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Only God Can Make What Was Become What Never Was Thursday, August 20, 2020 The first miracle Messiah is ever recorded as having done was to turn the water into wine. How does water become wine? Wine, by definition, is aged. Wine takes years to age. So God made the wine complete with age,...
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Jesus: Malefactor They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. John 18:30 Those who had Jesus arrested called him a Malefactor, which means “evildoer.” They had to bribe their witnesses ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for loving me... For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
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Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 422 Reading 1 Thus says the LORD:I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it.Thus the natio...
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Liturgical day: Thursday 20th in Ordinary Time View saints August 20th: St Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 22,1-14): Jesus began to address the chief priests and elders of the people, once more using parables: «This story throws ...
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Thursday 20 August 2020 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor "Christ Embracing St Bernard" (c.1625) by Francisco Ribalta (1565-1628), Museo del Prado, Madri...
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Thursday 20 August 2020 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Thursday of week 20 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 ...
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Thursday 20 August 2020 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Thursday of week 20 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, m...
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Thursday 20 August 2020 Thursday of week 20 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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Thursday 20 August 2020 Thursday of week 20 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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Thursday 20 August 2020 Thursday of week 20 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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Thursday 20 August 2020 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Thursday of week 20 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,...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 20 August 2020 Thursday of week 20 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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God’s Faith in Man Church ULC Rev. Joseph E. Esquivel Understanding Scriptural Writings “What God really expects from His children” Much can be spoken of on scriptural writings, I have a desire to study and understand as best can of theological writings. Reg...
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Saint of the Day St. John Eudes St. John Eudes (1601–1680) was born in Normandy, France, to a farming family. His devout parents consecrated him to the Blessed Virgin Mary when he was a child. At the age of fourteen he took a vow of chastity, and s...
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Verse of the Day "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you." John 15:18-19
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The Cost Of His Presence Wednesday, August 19, 2020 It was called the "Mishkan." We know it as the Tabernacle. It was the very first house of God. It was the dwelling place of God's glory... an awesome thing... the place of Heaven's dwelling. And yet it wasn't built of heavenly materials...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Trinity: The Pillar of Fire And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, You have established the importance of commitment and covenant promises. You have witnessed the devastating effects of broken commitments through the ages. Please help me to be a person who ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord forever. Joshua 24:15
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Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 421 Reading 1 The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, in these words prophesy to them to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord GO...
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Liturgical day: Wednesday 20th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 20,1-16): Jesus said to his disciples, «This story throws light on the kingdom of heaven. A landowner went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the workers a ...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Eudes, Priest Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineHe who perseveres to the end will be saved Whenever we...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Eudes, Priest 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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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Eudes, Priest 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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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 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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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 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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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 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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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Eudes, Priest 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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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Getting The Flow Of Your Poem Tuesday, August 18, 2020 In Ephesians, it says in the original Greek, "For we are His poema." From "poema" we get our English word "poem." If you're born again your life is now a work of God - a poem of heaven. One of the things that defines a poem is flow. ...
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Jesus: Lord of Lords He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords. 1 Timothy 6:15 Many in the world call Jesus Lord, but He is more; Jesus is Lord of Lords. A lord holds vast properties and asse...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord of Lords, I acknowledge that You are my Lord. Please be Lord of every part of my life. Please help me to transformed and renewed by You... And do not be conformed to this world, ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
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Saint of the Day St. Helen St. Helen, also known as St. Helena (d. 327 A.D.), was a woman of humble means from Asia Minor. She married the future Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus, and their son Constantine was born c. 272. Constantius divorced Helen&n...
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Verse of the Day "For I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated...
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Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 420 Reading 1 The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord GOD: Because you are haughty of heart, you say, “A god a...
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Liturgical day: Tuesday 20th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 19,23-30): Jesus said to his disciples, «Truly I say to you: it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Yes, believe me: it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a n...
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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time From the homilies of St Bernard of Clairvaux on the glories of the Virgin MotherShe was prepared by the Most High and prefigure...
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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 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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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 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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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 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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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 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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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 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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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 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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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Menorah: Israel's Official Symbol Monday, August 17, 2020 When Israel was reborn as a nation, her symbol became the Menorah, the seven-branched lampstand of God described in Exodus that stood in the Holy Place. This Menorah was kept continuously filled with oil and burning. Israel wa...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Lord (Kurios) You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. John 13:13 Jesus is the Lord of Heaven, the Lord of the universe, and the Lord of the Church; but most of all, He should be your personal Lord. Just as a human can be the lord of a man...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Lord God of All, What do You want to achieve through my life? Is there a special calling, a greater purpose than what I am aware of? Please show me. I want to die to my...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep...
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Saint of the Day St. Hyacinth of Poland St. Hyacinth (1185-1257) was born of noble lineage and reared in a Polish castle. His parents took great care of the development of his mind and soul, entrusting his education to his uncle, a priest who beca...
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Verse of the Day "O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand." Psalm 95:6-7
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Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 419 Reading 1 The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, by a sudden blowI am taking away from you the delight of your eyes,but do not mourn or weep or shed any tears.Gro...
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Liturgical day: Monday 20th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 19,16-22): A young man approached him and asked, «Master, what good work must I do to receive eternal life?». Jesus answered, «Why do you ask me about what is good? Only one is Good. If yo...
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Monday 17 August 2020 Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time The Moral Reflections on Job by Pope St Gregory the GreatFights without and fears within The saints are caught up in a turbulent ...
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Monday 17 August 2020 Monday of week 20 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 17 August 2020 Monday of week 20 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 17 August 2020 Monday of week 20 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 17 August 2020 Monday of week 20 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 17 August 2020 Monday of week 20 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 17 August 2020 Monday of week 20 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 17 August 2020 Monday of week 20 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...
Posted by David Koontz
Have you ever gotten something that you had to assemble? When you open the package you take it and see a manual on how to put it together and say "I got this" only after many mistakes and much frustration you go back and get the manual and after following the instructions everything comes together. ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Holy Spirit: The Breath of God As long as my breath is in me, and the breath of God in my nostrils. Job 27:3 The Holy Spirit is the Breath of God. When the Father wants to give life to something, the Holy Spirit is breathed into it. The Holy Spirit was the Brea...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You for Your Holy Spirit, Your holy presence living in me. What a refreshing breath of life and joy I feel when I think of how Your Holy Spirit is filling me. I long to experienc...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day As long as my breath is in me, and the breath of God in my nostrils. Job 27:3
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Roch / Rocco St. Roch, also known as St. Rocco (d. 1327), was born in Montpellier, France, the pious son of the city's governor. He was born with a red cross on his chest, a sign that the Virgin Mary answered his mother's prayer to...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power: proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage throu...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 118 Reading 1 Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed. The foreigners who join themselves to the L...
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Liturgical day: Sunday 20th (A) in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 15,21-28): At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Now a Canaanite woman came from those borders and began to cry out, «Lord, Son of David, have pity on me! My daughter is to...
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Sunday 16 August 2020 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time From a homily on Matthew by St John Chrysostom, bishopSalt of the earth and light of the world You are the salt of the earth. It is not ...
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Sunday 16 August 2020 20th 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...