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Thursday 24 September 2020 Thursday of week 25 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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Thursday 24 September 2020 Thursday of week 25 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. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968) was born to peasant farmers in southern Italy. By the time he was 5 years old he practiced a life of penance and made the decision to give himself completely t...
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Verse of the Day "O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever." 1 Chronicles 16:34
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The Premarital World Wednesday, September 23, 2020 When dealing with couples who are about to get married, pastors need to encourage them to prepare for the marriage, not just the wedding. Couples tend to get caught up in the details and arrangements for the wedding, at the expense of pr...
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Jesus: He Who is Holy and True These things says He who is holy, He who is true. Revelation 3:7 Jesus is called “He who is holy” (Revelation 3:7). Great revivals in past centuries began when believers saw God’s holiness. It was then that believers saw t...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, Thank You for this beautiful new day. I come before You and humbly ask that You will create in me a clean heart, and forgive me of my sins and failures, as David prayed... Create in me a clean hea...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous ...
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Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest Lectionary: 451 Reading 1 PRV 30:5-9 Every word of God is tested; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Add nothing to his words, lest he reprove you, and you will be exposed as a deceiver. Two things I ...
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Wednesday 25th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9,1-6): Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to drive out all evil spirits and to heal diseases. And He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and...
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Wednesday 23 September 2020 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) on Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) From the letters of St Pius of PietrelcinaStones of the eternal dwelling Wit...
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Wednesday 23 September 2020 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) on Wednesday of week 25 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....
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Wednesday 23 September 2020 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) on Wednesday of week 25 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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Wednesday 23 September 2020 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be...
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Wednesday 23 September 2020 Wednesday of week 25 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...
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Wednesday 23 September 2020 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...
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Wednesday 23 September 2020 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) on Wednesday of week 25 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 ou...
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Wednesday 23 September 2020 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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If one wishes to walk within the path of "The Light".One must have a basic understanding.To be within "The Light" is not the same as walking within the path of "The Light". If one stands within "The Light", then there is no path from "The Light" for one to follow.Without "The Darkness", "Th...
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Saint of the Day St. Ignatius of Santhia St. Ignatius of Santhia (1686-1770) was born in Italy to an upper-class family. He received his early education from a devout priest, a relative of his mother, who inspired him to join the priesthood. He studied p...
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Verse of the Day "One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, "Which is the first of all the commandments?" Jesus replied, "The first is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You s...
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The Mars Hill Secret Tuesday, September 22, 2020 In Athens, Paul saw all the idols and altars to the false gods of Greece and, as a Jew, he was grieved in spirit. When he spoke on Mars Hill, he didn't dwell on all their false gods. Nor did he write them off as hopeless, or simply condemn the...
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Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 1 John 3:24 The Holy Spirit is the Spirit Whom He Has Given Us. He is the One that Jesus promised to give you (John 14:17). There are no good work...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I pray that in all of the situations that I face today, that I will be obedient and dependent upon You and Your Holy Spirit in me. I desire to give You all praise and glory. May the people I meet today experience Your lo...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. 1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 450 Reading 1 PRV 21:1-6, 10-13 Like a stream is the king’s heart in the hand of the LORD; wherever it pleases him, he directs it. All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes, but it ...
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Tuesday 25th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,19-21): The mother and relatives of Jesus came to him, but they could not get to him because of the crowd. Someone told him, «Your mother and your brothers are standing outs...
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Tuesday 22 September 2020 Tuesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsThe church, like a vine, grows and spreads everywhere They are straying across the mountain...
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Tuesday 22 September 2020 Tuesday of week 25 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 th...
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Tuesday 22 September 2020 Tuesday of week 25 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 t...
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Tuesday 22 September 2020 Tuesday of week 25 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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Tuesday 22 September 2020 Tuesday of week 25 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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Tuesday 22 September 2020 Tuesday of week 25 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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Tuesday 22 September 2020 Tuesday of week 25 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...
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Tuesday 22 September 2020 Tuesday of week 25 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...
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The Reward of Angels Monday, September 21, 2020 You have heard of the angel Gabriel and the angel Michael, but did you know that there's another kind of angel - earthly angels - as in "you." In the Bible the Hebrew word for "angel" is "malach"; in the Greek, it is "angelos." That's why i...
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The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord 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 i...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, I am Your servant. I look forward to the day when I am no longer held by the chains of human frailty and earthly concerns. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants. Truly I am your servant, Lord; I serve you just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains. Psalm 116:15-16
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https://www.faithisbelieving.org/blogs/1/36/your-faith-can-heal-others Your Faith Can Help OthersThis is a hard question to answer in a short post. Many books have been written on the subject. And yet, it can be so involved, and even so personal, the answer never seems to become clear to many peo...
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Saint of the Day St. Matthew St. Matthew the Apostle (1st c.) was a Jew who also went by the name of Levi. He was from Galilee and served in Capernaum as a tax collector for Herod Antipas before becoming a disciple of Jesus. It was in the home of St. M...
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Verse of the Day "Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, 'Why could we not cast it out?' He said to them, 'Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to ...
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Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Lectionary: 643 Reading 1 EPH 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bea...
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September 21st: Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9,9-13): As Jesus moved on, He saw a man named Matthew at his seat in the custom-house, and He said to him, «Follow me». And Matthew got up and followed ...
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Monday 21 September 2020 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist Saint Matthew and the Angel (1661) by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Musée du Louvre, Paris. A sermon by ...
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Monday 21 September 2020 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast 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.Glo...
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Monday 21 September 2020 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast 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...
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Monday 21 September 2020 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast 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.G...
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Monday 21 September 2020 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast 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 b...
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Monday 21 September 2020 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast 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.Glor...
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Monday 21 September 2020 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast 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 ...
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Monday 21 September 2020 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast 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...
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Jesus: Praying in My (Jesus') Name If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:14 “Jesus” is the name through whom you get your prayers answered. God created humans to have daily needs; that way, they will depend on God and cry out daily to Him. &ld...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Your Word teaches that faith without works is dead... Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:17 Please give me the wisdom and motivation to ste...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:17
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Saint of the Day St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-1846) was born to a noble family in Korea, and was baptized at the age of 15 after his parents converted to the Catholic faith. Andrew's father, great-grandfather, and great-uncle wer...
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Verse of the Day "When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happ...
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May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep by the blood of the eternal covenant. Jesus our Lord, furnish you with all that is good, that you may do his will. Through Jesus Christ may he carry out in you all that is pleasing to him. To Christ be Glo...
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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 133 Reading 1 IS 55:6-9 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call him while he is near. Let the scoundrel forsake his way, and the wicked his thoughts; let him turn to the LORD for mercy; to our God, who is gene...
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Sunday 25th (A) in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 20,1-16): Jesus told his disciples this parable, «The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to...
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Sunday 20 September 2020 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsOn weak Christians You have failed to strengthen the weak, says the Lord. He is speaking to wicked shepher...
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Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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...
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Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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 Fa...
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Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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 Fath...
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Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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...
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Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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 ...
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Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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 ...
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Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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. A...
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Saint of the Day St. Januarius St. Januarius (d. 305 A.D.), also known as San Gennaro, was the Bishop of Benevento, Italy. Little is known of his early life. He was arrested and imprisoned for his faith while visiting other Christians in jail duri...
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Verse of the Day "One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple." Psalm 27:4
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Jesus: Our Hope By the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope. 1 Timothy 1:1 Jesus is your Hope when things go wrong; He can change circumstances when you pray. Jesus is your Hope when you’re in a hole and it seems you can’t ge...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord, If tomorrow never comes for me on this earth, I pray that I will leave behind a testimony that points to You. Please help me to live as if today were my last before entering eternity with You, for I know not what...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:1
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Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 448 Reading 1 1 COR 15:35-37, 42-49 Brothers and sisters: Someone may say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come back?”You fool! What you sow is not bro...
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Saturday 24th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,4-15): As a great crowd gathered and people came to him from every town, Jesus began teaching them through stories, or parables, «The sower went out to sow the seed. And as...
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Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsOffer the bandage of consolation Scripture says...
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Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr 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 th...
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Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr 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 wit...
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Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 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...
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Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 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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Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 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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Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is th...
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Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 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 e...
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St. Padre Pio’s First Healing Miracle Patricia Treece Just about everyone has heard of Padre Pio. The biographies that sell steadily year after year, including one by the author written with help from Pio’s friary, are crammed with accounts from people whose medically inexplicabl...
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Wherever You Go Friday, September 18, 2020 In a dream, God spoke to Jacob: "I am with you and will keep you wherever you go." Jacob's reaction to the dream was to focus on the place where it happened. He called it "Beit El," which means "God's House." In a way, Jacob missed the point. It...
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The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Might 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 andof the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2 The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Might; He exercise...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Almighty God, Please increase my faith in You today. Help me to understand what your Holy Bible says about faith... Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
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Saint of the Day St. Joseph of Cupertino St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663) was the son of a poor Italian carpenter. His father died before he was born, leaving his mother destitute. As a result Joseph was underfed and often sick. He was an intellectu...
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Verse of the Day "Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerus...
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Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 447 Reading 1 1 COR 15:12-20 Brothers and sisters: If Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the ...
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Friday 24th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,1-3): Jesus walked through towns and countryside, preaching and giving the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve followed him, and also some women who had been healed of evil...
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Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsPrepare your soul for temptation You have already been told about the wicked things shepherds ...
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Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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 ...
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Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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 ...
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Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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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Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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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Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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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Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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 t...
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Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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...