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Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 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 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time or Saint Bruno, Priest or Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher 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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Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 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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Praise After The Bomb Monday, October 5, 2020 I know a Jewish believer in Israel who was in a congregation of believers and there was opposition. The Orthodox bombed his congregation. He knew it was the enemy trying to intimidate him, so days after the bombing the...
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Jesus: God's Son from Heaven And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Jesus is God’s Son from Heaven. Therefore, you should live a godly life, anticipating ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, You know the tribulations I have faced and those which I will face. Thank You for giving me hope in the face of these trials and temptations. Please bring these words of Jesus to my m...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John 16:33
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Saint of the Day St. Maria Faustina Kowalska St. Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), baptized with the name Helena, was one of ten children born to a devout, peasant farming family in Poland. She grew up during the tough years leading up to and follow...
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Verse of the Day "Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, "Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."" Isaiah 35:3-4 &nb...
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Meditation of the Day "What is this brightness—with which God fills the soul of the just—but that clear knowledge of all that is necessary for salvation? He shows them the beauty of virtue and the deformity of vice. He reveals to them the vanity of the worl...
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Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 461 Reading 1 GAL 1:6-12 Brothers and sisters: I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking the one who called you by the grace of Christ for a different gospel (not that there is another). But th...
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Monday 27th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10,25-37): A teacher of the Law came and began putting Jesus to the test. And he said, «Master, what shall I do to receive eternal life?». Jesus replied, «What is w...
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Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St Ambrose on Cain and AbelAbove all, w...
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Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest 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 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest 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 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 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 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 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 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 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 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Inv...
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Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
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Jesus: Prophet The LORD your God will raise up for youa Prophet like me from your midst,from your brethren.Him you shall hear.Deuteronomy 18:15 Jesus is called a Prophet; this was a title given to Him by Moses, who predicted Jesus’ coming into the world. Not o...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, Today I want to ask for Your protection and blessing upon all of my Christian sisters and brothers around the world. Please give us wisdom and guidance, and surround us with Your guardian angels. ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8
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Saint of the Day St. Francis of Assisi St. Francis (1181-1226) was born in Assisi, Italy, to a wealthy cloth merchant. He was a spoiled child given to pleasure, fine dress, liberal spending, and worldliness. Handsome and courteous, he was a favorite am...
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Verse of the Day "He said to them, "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned."" Mark 16:15-16
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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 139 Reading 1 IS 5:1-7 Let me now sing of my friend, my friend's song concerning his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside; he spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines...
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Sunday 27th (A) in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 21,33-43): Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people, «Listen to another example: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug...
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Sunday 4 October 2020 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Pastoral Guide, by Pope St Gregory the GreatLet the pastor be discreetly silent, and to the point when he speaks A spiritual guide should...
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Sunday 4 October 2020 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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Sunday 4 October 2020 27th 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 4 October 2020 27th 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 4 October 2020 27th 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 4 October 2020 27th 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 4 October 2020 27th 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 4 October 2020 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. Alle...
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Coffee Time with Jesus The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Adoption For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." Romans 8:15 The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Adopt...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, There are so many couples who long to have children. I pray for those families, that you will anoint them and bless the desire of their hearts. And, there are many children who long t...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Trust in the Lord , and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord , And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord , Trust also in Him, And He shall...
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Saint of the Day St. Théodore Guérin St. Theodore Guerin (1798–1856), also known as St. Theodora, was born in Etables, France, towards the end of the French Revolution. She was a pious child who loved prayer and who knew her vocatio...
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Verse of the Day "What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? As it is written: "For your sake we are being slain all the day; we are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered."...
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Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 460 Reading 1 JB 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 Job answered the LORD and said: I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be hindered. I have dealt with great things that I do not un...
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Saturday 26th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10,17-24): The seventy-two disciples returned full of joy. They said, «Lord, even the demons obeyed us when we called on your name». Then Jesus replied, «I saw Sa...
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Saturday 3 October 2020 Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time A book on Christian life by St Gregory of NyssaFight the good fight of faith Whoever is in Christ is a new creation; the ol...
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Saturday 3 October 2020 Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to ...
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Saturday 3 October 2020 Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come...
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Saturday 3 October 2020 Saturday of week 26 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 3 October 2020 Saturday of week 26 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 3 October 2020 Saturday of week 26 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 3 October 2020 Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, us...
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Saturday 3 October 2020 Saturday of week 26 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 Guardian Angels October 2nd is the Feast of the Guardian Angels. Although Guardian Angels have been venerated since the early days of the Church, it wasn’t until the 17th century that Pope Clement X extended their feast day to th...
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Verse of the Day "Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far o...
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Meditation of the Day "Now, man is afraid of death by nature, afraid of the decay of the body. But here is a really starling fact: whoever has put on the faith of the Cross despises even what is naturally dreadful, and for Christ’s sake is not afraid of death. So...
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The Dayenu Heart Friday, October 2, 2020 On Passover a key Hebrew word is proclaimed - "Dayenu". Dayenu means "It would have been enough". The Jewish people proclaim "Had He just taken us out of Egypt but not led us to the Promised Land, "Dayenu!" "It would have been enough." A lot of pe...
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Jesus: The Desire of All Nations "I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory," says the LORD of hosts. Haggai 2:7 Jesus is the Desire of All Nations. At the present time, the nations ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, I look forward to the day when Your glory will fill the earth and You will be acknowledged as the Desire of All Nations... I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. Haggai 2:7
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October 2nd: Guardian Angels Podcast Download Gospel text (Mt 18,1-5.10): At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, «Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?». Then Jesus called a little child, set the child in the midst of the disciples, and said, «I a...
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Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Lectionary: 459/650 The Gospel for this memorial is proper. Reading 1 JB 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5 The LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said: Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning and ...
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Friday 26th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10,13-16): Jesus said, «Alas for you Chorazin! Alas for you Bethsaida! So many miracles have been worked in you! If the same miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they...
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Friday 2 October 2020 The Holy Guardian Angels on Friday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Holy Guardian Angels "The Guardian Angel" (1656) by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669), National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome From a serm...
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Friday 2 October 2020 The Holy Guardian Angels on Friday of week 26 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...
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Friday 2 October 2020 The Holy Guardian Angels on Friday of week 26 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 hast...
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Friday 2 October 2020 Friday of week 26 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 2 October 2020 Friday of week 26 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 2 October 2020 Friday of week 26 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 2 October 2020 The Holy Guardian Angels on Friday of week 26 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 ha...
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Friday 2 October 2020 Friday of week 26 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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Devotion of the Month Month of the Holy Rosary The Catholic Church designates October as the Month of the Holy Rosary. During this month the faithful venerate the Blessed Virgin Mary especially under her title of Our Lady of the Rosary, and&n...
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Saint of the Day St. Therese of Lisieux St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897) was the last of nine children born to Saints Louis and Zelie Martin in Alencon, France. Her family was devoutly religious, and all five surviving siblings, all daughters, entere...
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Verse of the Day "So Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."" John 18:37
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LORD OF ALL Thursday, October 1, 2020 Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission... This letter is framed by the fact that I'm needing to write it beforehand in midsummer. So I'm writing it before the autumn. I believe this September and...
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Jesus: The Bridegroom He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. John 3:29 Jesus is the Bridegroom. When you received Jesus Christ as Savior, you b...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, What a privilege to be the apple of Your eye, loved beyond comprehension and nurtured to grow into that prized fruit of Your making. I thank You and praise You for Your lovingkindness and Your protection... ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech. Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust in You From those who rise up against th...
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Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 458 Reading 1 JB 19:21-27 Job said: Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me! Why do you hound me as though you were divine, ...
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October 1st: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin & Doctor of the Church Podcast Download Gospel text (Mt 18,1-5): The disciples came to Jesus and said: «Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?». Then Jesus called a little child, set the child in the mid...
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Thursday 1 October 2020 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor on Thursday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor From a group photograph taken at...
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Thursday 1 October 2020 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor on Thursday of week 26 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 G...
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Thursday 1 October 2020 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor on Thursday of week 26 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. ...
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Thursday 1 October 2020 Thursday of week 26 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 1 October 2020 Thursday of week 26 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 1 October 2020 Thursday of week 26 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 1 October 2020 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor on Thursday of week 26 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...
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Thursday 1 October 2020 Thursday of week 26 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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The Struggle Of Not Praying Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Do you have a hard time praying, do you find it difficult? Maybe you are struggling to have a strong prayer life. Like many other believers, you find it hard to pray, to concentrate, to still yourself in your mind, to stay in pray...
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The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Counsel The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2 The Holy Spirit is the Spirit ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Good morning Lord, I am so thankful that You have called me to Your purposes on this earth. I am grateful for Your salvation in Jesus and the comfort You have given me through Your Holy Spirit. As I start ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God's heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14
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Saint of the Day St. Jerome St. Jerome (347 - 420) was born to a wealthy pagan family in Dalmatia. He was sent to Rome for his schooling and there converted to Christianity, being baptized by Pope Liberius. He studied theology and traveled widely to th...
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Verse of the Day "It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens." Jeremiah 10:12
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Meditation of the Day "I believe that if those souls that tend towards sanctity were instructed as to the conduct they ought to follow, they would be spared a good deal of trouble. I speak as much of people in the world as of others. If they could realize the merit con...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 457 Reading 1 JB 9:1-12, 14-16 Job answered his friends and said:I know well that it is so; but how can a man be justified before God? Should one wish to contend with him, he could not answ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 26th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9,57-62): As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, a man said to him, «I will follow you wherever you go». Jesus said to him, «Foxes have holes and birds of...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor on Wednesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor "St Jerome in his Study" (c.1606) by Caravaggio (1571-1610). Galleria Borghese, Rome. A commen...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor on Wednesday of week 26 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, ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor on Wednesday of week 26 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 Lo...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Wednesday of week 26 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Wednesday of week 26 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 th...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Wednesday of week 26 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...