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Sunday 16 August 2020 20th 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 16 August 2020 20th 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 16 August 2020 20th 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 16 August 2020 20th 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 16 August 2020 20th 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 16 August 2020 20th 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Lord Jesus Christ My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. James 2:1 We usually think of Jesus as having three names: “Lord,” “Jesus” and “Christ.” But these thre...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for this new day. Sometimes the world seems dark; problems abound and stress creeps in; please help me to see Your light... Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am t...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12
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Saint of the Day St. Tarcisius St. Tarcisius (3rd c.) was a boy who lived during the persecution of Roman Emperor Valerian. When the Christians would secretly celebrate daily Mass in the catacombs, a deacon would be sent to carry the Holy Eucharist to ...
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Verse of the Day "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access [by faith] to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we even...
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Today’s Feast Day Solemnity of the Assumption August 15th is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and a Holy Day of Obligation. It is an ancient feast of the Church, celebrated universally by at least the 6th century. Ac...
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Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass during the Day Lectionary: 622 Reading 1 God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. A great sign appeared in the sky...
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Liturgical day: August 15th: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 1,39-56): Mary then set out for a town in the Hills of Judah. She entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leapt in her womb...
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Saturday 15 August 2020 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary An altarpiece (1626) by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). The Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius X...
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Saturday 15 August 2020 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to h...
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Saturday 15 August 2020 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste ...
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Saturday 15 August 2020 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to...
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Saturday 15 August 2020 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help ...
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Saturday 15 August 2020 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to he...
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Saturday 15 August 2020 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make hast...
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Saturday 15 August 2020 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall ...
Posted by Bishop Deron Martel, S.O.S.M.A.
Good morning! I hope everyone is having a blessed Friday! After much prayer, reflection, soul searching, and personal meditation, I have decided to form my own branch of Catholicism which will promote unity, ecumenism, peace, love, and equality for all who wish to join. Of course I do realize this w...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Virgin's Responsibility Friday, August 14, 2020 The Hebrew Almah Miryam is the Virgin Mary. We have so many songs about her. It's been the theme of art and music for two thousand years. However, it rarely goes deeper to the truth. It wasn't just Virgin and Child. It was Virgin and Re...
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Jesus: The Lord God Omnipotent And I heard as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!" Revelation 19:6 Jesus is the Lord G...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God Omnipotent, Today I lift my hands toward Heaven and I ask You to be the source of victory in my life... I want everyone everywhere to lift innocent hands toward heaven and pray, without being angry ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I want everyone everywhere to lift innocent hands toward heaven and pray, without being angry or arguing with each other. 1 Timothy 2:8
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Saint of the Day St. Maximilian Kolbe St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941) was born in Poland to a devout Christian family. As a boy he had a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She showed him two crowns: a white one for virginity and a red ...
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Verse of the Day "But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8
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Meditation of the Day "I do not wish the soul to consider her sins, either in general or in particular, without also remembering the Blood and the broadness of My mercy, for fear that otherwise she should be brought to confusion. And together with confusion would come ...
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Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Lectionary: 417 Reading 1 The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations. Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: By origin and birth you are of the ...
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Liturgical day: Friday 19th in Ordinary Time View saints August 14th: St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, priest and martyr View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 19,3-12): Some Pharisees approached Jesus. They wanted to test him and asked, «Is a man allowed to divorce his wife for a...
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Friday 14 August 2020 Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr on Friday of week 19 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr Father Maximilian Kolbe in 1939. A letter of St Maximilian KolbeWe must sanctify th...
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Friday 14 August 2020 Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr on Friday of week 19 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord,...
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Friday 14 August 2020 Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr on Friday of week 19 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 L...
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Friday 14 August 2020 Friday of week 19 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 14 August 2020 Friday of week 19 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 14 August 2020 Friday of week 19 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 14 August 2020 Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr on Friday of week 19 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use t...
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Friday 14 August 2020 Friday of week 19 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...
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Saint of the Day St. Cassian of Imola St. Cassian of Imola (4th c.) was the Bishop of Brescia near Milan, Italy. When a wave of persecution erupted under the Roman Emperor, Cassian fled to Imola, Italy, where he found work as a schoolmaster teaching chil...
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Verse of the Day "Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?" Hebrews 1:14
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The Eternal Thank You Thursday, August 13, 2020 Todah is Hebrew for "thanks." To give thanks takes a few seconds if you say it, a few minutes if you write it, or a few hours if you express it with some gesture. In Ephesians, it's written that we're never to stop giving thanks. In life, w...
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The Trinity: The Window Opener Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there wi...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord of All Creation, I welcome Your lordship over my life, over everything including my time, talents, and treasures. I freely give myself to You and to Your work, knowing that You will take care of my needs. &nbs...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,that there may be food in My house,and try Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts,“If I will not open for you the windows of heavenand pour out for you such blessingthat there will not be room enough t...
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Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 416 Reading 1 The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, you live in the midst of a rebellious house; they have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do ...
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Liturgical day: Thursday 19th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 18,21—19,1): Peter asked Jesus, «Lord, how many times must I forgive the offenses of my brother or sister? Seven times?». Jesus answered, «No, not seven times, but seventy-seven ti...
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Thursday 13 August 2020 Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time A treatise on Christian Perfection by St Gregory of NyssaWe h...
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Thursday 13 August 2020 Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs 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,...
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Thursday 13 August 2020 Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 13 August 2020 Thursday of week 19 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 13 August 2020 Thursday of week 19 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 13 August 2020 Thursday of week 19 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 13 August 2020 Thursday of week 19 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 13 August 2020 Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs 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. ...
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Thursday 13 August 2020 Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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Saint of the Day St. Jeanne de Chantal St. Jeanne (Jane) Frances de Chantal (1572–1641) was born in Dijon, France. She was the daughter of the president of parliament, and lived up to her noble status as a refined, cheerful, and beautiful woman. At...
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Verse of the Day "But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine."" Isaiah 43:1
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The God Who Loved His Neighbor As Himself Wednesday, August 12, 2020 The greatest command after loving God is to love your neighbor as yourself. It's definitely no easy thing. This command is the Gospel in a sentence. There's only two things in existence, God and creation. We, being part...
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Jesus: The Lord God Almighty Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments. Revelation 16:7 When Jesus comes in judgment, He will come as the Lord God Almighty. Jesus will come as the Lord, the One who controls all things. Today, the Lord allows...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God Almighty, Though man-made shelter may fall in the storms and the fury of nature and wars, nothing can destroy the strong and everlasting shelter I have in You. Please let me dwell in Your shelter today and ever...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1
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Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 415 Reading 1 The LORD cried loud for me to hear: Come, you scourges of the city! With that I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces the nort...
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Liturgical day: Wednesday 19th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 18,15-20): Jesus said to his disciples, «If your brother or sister has sinned against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are in private, and if he listens to you, you have won your...
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Wednesday 12 August 2020 Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time From a discourse on the psalms by Saint Augustine, bishopCome, let us g...
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Wednesday 12 August 2020 Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, 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 ou...
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Wednesday 12 August 2020 Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, 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 t...
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Wednesday 12 August 2020 Wednesday of week 19 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 12 August 2020 Wednesday of week 19 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 12 August 2020 Wednesday of week 19 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 12 August 2020 Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, 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...
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Wednesday 12 August 2020 Wednesday of week 19 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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August 11, 2020 Good Spiritual Reading Can Save Souls Fr. Ed Broom, OMV A screeching canon ball shattered the legs of the valiant Spanish soldier whose name was Inigo, later to be called Ignatius, and still later Saint Ignatius. Brought to safety and then transported to his home in Loyola, th...
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The Commandment With Some Assembly Required Tuesday, August 11, 2020 Remember when you were growing up and you were given a do-it-yourself-kit... a paint-by-number kit, a model airplane kit, a sewing kit? When you put something together yourself, you felt good about it. Did you know that...
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The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Lord The Spirit of the LORD came upon him (Othniel), and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. Judges 3:10 When the Spirit of the Lord came upon Othniel, it wa...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, When I consider the people around me, their complacency, their lifestyles, their attitudes, and actions, I ask You to show me how to help them, to introduce them to You, to lead them to experience Your love and freedom....
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Isaiah 61:1-2 New King James Version 1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to [a]heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the cap...
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Saint of the Day St. Clare of Assisi St. Clare (1194–1253) was born in Assisi, Italy, to an aristocratic family, the daughter of a wealthy count. From childhood she was pious after the example of her mother, and as she grew up her longing for God...
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Verse of the Day "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1
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Memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin Lectionary: 414 Reading 1 The Lord GOD said to me: As for you, son of man, obey me when I speak to you: be not rebellious like this house of rebellion, but open your mouth and eat what I shall give you...
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Liturgical day: Tuesday 19th in Ordinary Time View saints August 11th: St. Clare of Assisi. virgin (1194-1253) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 18,1-5.10.12-14): At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, «Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?»...
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Tuesday 11 August 2020 Saint Clare, Virgin on Tuesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Clare, Virgin From a fresco (1322–1326) by Simone Martini (1284-1344), in the Lower basilica of San Francesco, Assisi. A letter...
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Tuesday 11 August 2020 Saint Clare, Virgin on Tuesday of week 19 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 he...
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Tuesday 11 August 2020 Saint Clare, Virgin on Tuesday of week 19 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 t...
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Tuesday 11 August 2020 Tuesday of week 19 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 11 August 2020 Tuesday of week 19 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 11 August 2020 Tuesday of week 19 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 11 August 2020 Saint Clare, Virgin on Tuesday of week 19 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...
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Tuesday 11 August 2020 Tuesday of week 19 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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The Silence Of The Prophet Monday, August 10, 2020 In Ezekiel 3:26, it's written: "I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house." Ezekiel was God's prophet and yet he was made silent, spee...
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The Holy Spirit: The Blessing I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. Isaiah 44:3 The Holy Spirit is the Blessing you need. It’s, not help you need; it’s the Holy Spirit. It’s not money you need; it’s the...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for every blessing that You pour out on me each day. Today I want to count my blessings... Thank You for the rest You gave to me last night, Thank You for the dreams You put i...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. Isaiah 44:3
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Saint of the Day St. Lawrence of Rome St. Lawrence of Rome (d. 258 A.D.) was likely a Spaniard by birth who lived in Rome while Christianity was outlawed under pain of death. He was appointed by Pope St. Sixtus II as archdeacon over the seven deacons o...
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Verse of the Day "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a...
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https://www.faithisbelieving.org/blogs/1/21/the-lord-s-teaching-through-the-twelve-apostles-to-the-nations The Didache The Lord's Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations 1 There Are Two Ways 1:1 There are two ways, one of life and one of death! and there is a great difference betwe...
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Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr Lectionary: 618 Reading 1 Brothers and sisters: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must do as already dete...
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Liturgical day: August 10th: St. Lawrence, martyr View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 12,24-26): Jesus said, «Truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Those who love their life destroy it,...
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Monday 10 August 2020 Saint Laurence, Deacon, Martyr - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Laurence, Deacon, Martyr San Lorenzo in Florence. The original basilica was consecrated by St Ambrose in 393. This, the third church on the site,...