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Verse of the Day "We belong to God, and anyone who knows God listens to us, while anyone who does not belong to God refuses to hear us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit." 1 John 4:6
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Meditation of the Day "My dear brothers and sisters, not only is prayer very powerful; even more, it's of the utmost necessity for overcoming the enemies of our salvation. Look at all the saints: They weren't content with watching and fighting to overcome the enemies o...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Worst Case Scenario Thursday, October 22, 2020 I've written of two towering saints of the twentieth century, Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, leaders of the underground church in Romania, who had both spent years in Communist prisons for their faith. I was blessed to know them personall...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: A Price For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:20 Jesus is the complete Price that was paid to redeem you from sin. Salvation was not free; He paid a price. His death ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, You paid it all... Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe; Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. You made the greatest sacrifice. You are spo...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." Matthew 16:24
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Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 476 Reading 1 EPH 3:14-21 Brothers and sisters: I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to b...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 29th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 12,49-53): Jesus said to his disciples, «I have come to bring fire upon the earth and how I wish it were already kindled; but I have a baptism to undergo and what anguish I f...
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Thursday 22 October 2020 Thursday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Paul II, Pope Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 29 in Ordinary Time A letter to Proba by St AugustineWe do not know how to pray as we ought Perhaps you may ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 22 October 2020 Thursday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Paul II, Pope 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, ma...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 22 October 2020 Thursday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Paul II, Pope 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 22 October 2020 Thursday of week 29 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 22 October 2020 Thursday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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Thursday 22 October 2020 Thursday of week 29 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 22 October 2020 Thursday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Paul II, Pope 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 Lo...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 22 October 2020 Thursday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
October 21, 2020 The Only Way We Can Truly Give Back to God Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV The disciples of the Pharisees and Herodians in St. Matthew’s Gospel remind us of how dishonesty can easily enter into our hearts and control our actions and attitudes towards God and others. Th...
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"Grace, can only be for someone who has transgressed against the law. Therefore, how can someone obtain grace, if they're in denial of the law."Galations 3Transgression of the moral law is our improper conduct, our disobedience to God in going against His Word, which also involves wrongdoing...
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[The apostle Peter explained,] "Acts 11:11-18 "And, look you, thereupon, three men, who had been sent to me from Caesarea, stood at the house where we were. The Spirit told me to go with them and to make no distinctions. These six brethren also came with me and we came to the man's house. He told ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Anti-Archay Wednesday, October 21, 2020 In warfare, you don't appoint a private to fight a general - you appoint a general. So the Book of Ephesians tells us we're at war with a specific kind of enemy in the spiritual realm. The English reads "principalities," but the Greek word is "...
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The Holy Spirit: The Lord of the Harvest The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. Matthew 9:37-38 The Holy Spirit is the Lord of the Harvest; the harvest is His....
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, More and more I am concerned with my physical fitness and good health. And what about my spiritual fitness? I know You made me and You want me to take care of my body, and more important is ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and life to come. 1 Timothy 4:7-8.
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Saint of the Day St. Ursula & Her 11,000 Companions St. Ursula (4th c.) was a pious Christian princess from Britain, perhaps Wales. According to the 13th century Golden Legend she set sail and embarked on a pilgrimage to Rome with a large court of hand...
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Verse of the Day "Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground." Ephesians 6:13
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Meditation of the Day "The heart cannot exist without love; it will love either God or creatures. If it does not love creatures, it certainly will love God. In order to become holy, we must therefore banish from our heart all that is not for God. When anyone came to th...
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Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 475 Reading 1 EPH 3:2-12 Brothers and sisters: You have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for your benefit, namely, that the mystery was made known to me by revel...
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Wednesday 29th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 12,39-48): Jesus said to his disciples, «Pay attention to this: If the master of the house had known at what time the thief would come, he would not have let his house be br...
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Wednesday 21 October 2020 Wednesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time A letter to Proba by St AugustineThe Lord's Prayer contains all prayers You will find no prayer that is not already con...
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Wednesday 21 October 2020 Wednesday of week 29 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 21 October 2020 Wednesday of week 29 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 21 October 2020 Wednesday of week 29 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 t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 21 October 2020 Wednesday of week 29 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 21 October 2020 Wednesday of week 29 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 t...
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Wednesday 21 October 2020 Wednesday of week 29 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 21 October 2020 Wednesday of week 29 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 F...
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Saint of the Day St. Paul of the Cross St. Paul of the Cross (1694–1775) was born near Turin, Italy, the second of sixteen children—only six of whom survived infancy. His devout parents ensured his strong religious upbringing. In his c...
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Verse of the Day "Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of any one, says the Lord God; so turn, and live."...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Reverence & The War Against Fatherhood Tuesday, October 20, 2020 There's a trend in modern culture against fatherhood. In earlier years, when a father was depicted on television in a situation comedy, he would most often be seen as an object of respect and authority. That's changed. More oft...
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Jesus: A Name No One Knew He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. Revelation 19:12 Jesus has a Name No One Knew. This means that no one knows His hidden name, not even you. Even though you may want to know His secret name, you can’t know it, because He has...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear gracious, merciful and loving Heavenly Father, Thank You for this new day. Thank You for Your never-ending love and for your tender mercies that are new every morning... Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
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Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 474 Reading 1 EPH 2:12-22 Brothers and sisters: You were at that time without Christ, alienated from the community of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God ...
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Tuesday 29th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 12,35-38): Jesus said to his disciples, «Be ready, dressed for service, and keep your lamps lit, like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding. As soon as he...
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Tuesday 20 October 2020 Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time A letter to Proba by St AugustineOn the Lord's Prayer We need to use words so that w...
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Tuesday 20 October 2020 Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint Paul of the Cross, 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 Lor...
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Tuesday 20 October 2020 Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint Paul of the Cross, 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 20 October 2020 Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
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Tuesday 20 October 2020 Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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Tuesday 20 October 2020 Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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Tuesday 20 October 2020 Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time or Saint Paul of the Cross, 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....
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Tuesday 20 October 2020 Tuesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Saint of the Day St. Isaac Jogues St. Isaac Jogues (1607–1646) was born in France to a middle-class family, and at the age of 17 entered a Jesuit seminary where he displayed a talent for writing and teaching. He was ordained in January of 16...
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Verse of the Day "For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that be the will of God, than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God." 1 Peter 3:17-18a
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Who Goels Your Life Monday, October 19, 2020 From The PitIn Psalm 103, verse 4, it says of the Lord, "who redeems your life from the pit." But in Hebrew, it doesn't say that. It uses a much more specific word - the Hebrew "goel." Thus it would read something like "who goels your life from th...
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Jesus: Bread And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." John 6:35 Jesus is the Bread who gives eternal life to those who believe in Him; you must believe in Him to get it. He is satisfying Bread ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Please help me to focus on what is truly important today. I want to know You better. I long to know the power of Your Resurrection as I pray now with the Apostle Paul... ...that I may know Him and the power of His resurre...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ...that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death... Philippians 3:10
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Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Lectionary: 473 Reading 1 EPH 2:1-10 Brothers and sisters:You were dead in your transgressions and sinsin which you once lived following the age of this world,following...
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Monday 29th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 12,13-21): Someone in the crowd spoke to Jesus, «Master, tell my brother to share with me the family inheritance». He replied, «My friend, who has appointed me as y...
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Monday 19 October 2020 Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companio...
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Monday 19 October 2020 Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 29 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 Invitator...
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Monday 19 October 2020 Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 29 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 Invit...
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Monday 19 October 2020 Monday of week 29 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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Monday 19 October 2020 Monday of week 29 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 19 October 2020 Monday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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Monday 19 October 2020 Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 29 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 Inv...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 19 October 2020 Monday of week 29 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 Holy Spirit: The Promise You shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call. Acts 2:38-39 Peter, on the Day of Pentecost, promised that the Holy Spirit would come on those ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, Here I am, in awe of Your tremendous love and power... I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, sh...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate (me) from the love of God which is in Christ J...
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Saint of the Day St. Luke St. Luke the Evangelist (1st c.) was a well-educated Greek physician and a native of Antioch in Syria. He was one of the earliest converts to Christianity, believed to have been one of Jesus' seventy disciples. He was a follow...
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Verse of the Day "Because he cleaves to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will rescue him and honor him." Psalm 91:14-15
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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 145 Reading 1 IS 45:1, 4-6 Thus says the LORD to his anointed, Cyrus,whose right hand I grasp,subduing nations before him,and making kings run in his service,opening doors before himand leaving the gates unbarred...
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Sunday 29th (A) in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 22,15-21): The Pharisees went out and took counsel on how they could trap Jesus with his own words. They then sent their disciples with the members of Herod's party for this purp...
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Sunday 18 October 2020 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time A letter to Proba by St AugustineLet us exercise our desire in prayer Why in our fear of not praying as we should, do we turn to so many thi...
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Sunday 18 October 2020 29th 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 a...
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Sunday 18 October 2020 29th 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 Fath...
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Sunday 18 October 2020 29th 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 18 October 2020 29th 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 t...
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Sunday 18 October 2020 29th 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 an...
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Sunday 18 October 2020 29th 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 Fa...
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Sunday 18 October 2020 29th 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. All...
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Jesus: The Branch I am bringing forth My Servant the branch. Zechariah 3:8 Jesus is the Branch, an Old Testament title given to the Messiah. The name comes from the Hebrew word tsemach, which refers to a green shoot or a new sprout growing out of an old stump. When Nebuchadnezzar&n...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You for Your Son Jesus, the Creator of all things from whom all life flows, the Light that shines in the darkness... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beg...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And t...
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Saint of the Day St. Ignatius of Antioch St. Ignatius of Antioch (d. c. 98-117) was a Syrian who became a disciple of St. John the Apostle. Tradition holds that he was the infant whom Jesus took in his arms, saying, "Whoever welcomes one such child in my...
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Verse of the Day "Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, be...
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Meditation of the Day "No human motive should lead us to pray: neither routine, nor the habit of doing as others do, nor a thirst for spiritual consolations. No, we should go to prayer to render homage to God. It is not, however, a common-place visit of propriety, nor ...
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Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 472 Reading 1 EPH 1:15-23 Brothers and sisters:Hearing of your faith in the Lord Jesusand of your love for all the holy ones,I do not cease giving thanks for you,remembering you in my prayers,...
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Saturday 28th in OrdinaryTime listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 12,8-12): Jesus said to his disciples, «I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God. But the one who denie...
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Saturday 17 October 2020 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr From St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the RomansI am God's wheat and sh...
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Saturday 17 October 2020 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 28 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....
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 17 October 2020 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 28 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 ...
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Saturday 17 October 2020 Saturday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...
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Saturday 17 October 2020 Saturday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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Saturday 17 October 2020 Saturday of week 28 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 17 October 2020 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 28 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the ve...
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Saturday 17 October 2020 Saturday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end...
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Saint of the Day St. Margaret Mary St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) was born in France to a virtuous and distinguished family. As a child she showed great devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and by the age of 9 was practicing severe penan...