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Maya Thursday, September 17, 2020 The Eastern religions and new age philosophies hold to a concept called "Maya." "Maya" means that everything is basically an illusion. But that creates a problem. Because if everything's an illusion, how could you ever know it - Then that too would be an...
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Jesus: The Beginning and the End "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,“ says the Lord, “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8 Jesus is the Beginning and the End; He was the Creator of all thing...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Today I pray and ask You, and depend on You, to be the source of victory in my life. May Your banner of love wave over me, over my work and over my life so that You receive all glory... He br...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love. Song of Solomon 2:4
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Saint of the Day St. Hildegard von Bingen St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) was born to a large and noble German family. She began to have mystical visions at the age of three which continued throughout her life. Her parents, promising her to ...
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Verse of the Day "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace." Numbers 6:24-26
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Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 446 Reading 1 1 COR 15:1-11 I am reminding you, brothers and sisters,of the Gospel I preached to you,which you indeed received and in which you also stand.Through it you are also being saved,if you ...
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Thursday 24th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 7,36-50): One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to share his meal, so He went to the Pharisee's home and as usual reclined on the sofa to eat. And it happened that a woman of this town,...
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Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsBe a model for the faithful When the Lo...
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Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to ou...
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Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come t...
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Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday 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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Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday 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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Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday 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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Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come...
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Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday 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 F...
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The Anti-Dunamis Wednesday, September 16, 2020 In Luke 10:19, Messiah says this: "I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy." But in the original Greek of the New Testament, it's not the power of the enemy - it's the dunamis. Dunamis is the s...
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Jesus: The Son of the Blessed But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" Mark 14:61 During the trial of Jesus, the high priest asked Him, “Are You . . . the Son of...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Thank You for the example You gave us while You walked on the earth. There were times when Your silence was powerful. Other times Your wise questions and Scripture responses spoke volumes. ...
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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 ...
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Saint of the Day Pope St. Cornelius Pope St. Cornelius (d. 253 A.D.) was a Roman citizen and a holy priest who became the twenty-first successor to the chair of St. Peter, following a fourteen-month vacancy when Pope St. Fabian was martyred by Rom...
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Verse of the Day "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because i...
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Meditation of the Day "Let us recognize with lively faith and with the help of the Holy Ghost the great evil of sin, which robs us of grace. Then we shall immediately detest it with all the power of our soul and banish it from our heart. We shall detest it because, in ...
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Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs Lectionary: 445 Reading 1 1 COR 12:31-13:13 Brothers and sisters: Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in human and angel...
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Wednesday 24th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 7,31-35): The Lord said, «What comparison can I use for this people? What are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace, about whom their companions compl...
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Wednesday 16 September 2020 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs A letter of St CyprianA faith that is eager and...
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Wednesday 16 September 2020 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Wednesday 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, c...
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Wednesday 16 September 2020 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Wednesday 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 Go...
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Wednesday 16 September 2020 Wednesday 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...
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Wednesday 16 September 2020 Wednesday 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 th...
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Wednesday 16 September 2020 Wednesday 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...
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Wednesday 16 September 2020 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Wednesday 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 ...
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Wednesday 16 September 2020 Wednesday 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...
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The Mighty Skeleton Tuesday, September 15, 2020 The prophet Ezekiel saw a vision of a valley of dry bones. In the vision, the wind or Spirit came upon the bones and the bones came together to form an army. The army represents the army or nation of Israel. Now notice something - it all st...
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The Holy Spirit: The Wisdom of His Spirit I pray that the great God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the wisdom of His Spirit. Then you will be able to understand the secrets about Him as you know Him better. Ephesians 1:17 The Wisdom...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, There are people in this world that I can learn so much from. People who have gone through hard times and have strengthened their faith. People who have been Christians for years and are s...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I pray that the great God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the wisdom of His Spirit. Then you will be able to understand the secrets about Him as you know Him better. Ephesians 1:17
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Saint of the Day St. Catherine of Genoa St. Catherine (1447–1510) was born into an aristocratic family in Genoa, Italy. She was a quiet, obedient, physically beautiful, and holy child who devoted herself to prayer and penance. At the age ...
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Verse of the Day "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.'" Isaiah 52:7
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Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of Sorrows Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows became widespread in the Church around the 14th century. It was revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) that devotion to Our Lady's Seven Sorrows would bring great graces. ...
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Meditation of the Day "In this valley of tears, every man is born to weep, and all must suffer, by enduring the evils that take place every day. But how much greater would be the misery of life, if we also knew the future evils that await us! 'Unfortunate, indeed,...
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Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lectionary: 444/639 Reading 1 1 COR 12:12-14, 27-31A Brothers and sisters: As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptiz...
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September 15th: Our Lady of Sorrows listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2,33-35): The father of Jesus and his mother wondered at what was said about the child. Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, «See him; He will be for the ri...
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Tuesday 15 September 2020 Our Lady of Sorrows on Tuesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady of Sorrows From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxHis mother stood by the cross The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth both ...
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Tuesday 15 September 2020 Our Lady of Sorrows on Tuesday 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...
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Tuesday 15 September 2020 Our Lady of Sorrows on Tuesday 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 hast...
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Tuesday 15 September 2020 Tuesday 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 ...
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Tuesday 15 September 2020 Tuesday 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 Fa...
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Tuesday 15 September 2020 Tuesday 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...
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Tuesday 15 September 2020 Our Lady of Sorrows on Tuesday 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 ha...
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Tuesday 15 September 2020 Tuesday 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 Fat...
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We go through storms. Today as I watch as the hurricane approaches I see calm even amidst the chaos around me as I know the Lord is with me.He will guide me through anything that may come before me. Also it is a great time to study His words and become closer to Him. I wish all to stay safe as...
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The Supernaturally Practical Monday, September 14, 2020 Rabbi Shaul, or Saul, the apostle Paul, was one of the most influential people who ever walked the earth. He changed the world. He changed history. He lived a practical life, a strategic life, an effective life. But notice something...
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Jesus: The Seed of the Woman And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. Genesis 3:15 Jesus is the Seed of the Woman who judged Satan. After Adam and Eve sin...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Please prepare me for today, search me and know my heart... Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
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Saint of the Day St. Albert of Jerusalem St. Albert of Jerusalem (d. 1215) was born to a noble family in Italy, and was well educated in theology and law. He went on to become a priest and bishop and served in important posts as a peacemaker; he served a...
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Verse of the Day "We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
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Today’s Feast Day Exaltation of the Cross September 14th is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (also known as the Triumph of the Cross). Early in the 4th century St. Helena, mother of Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in searc...
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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Lectionary: 638 Reading 1 NM 21:4B-9 With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food...
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September 14th: The Exaltation of the Cross listen download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 3,13-17): Jesus said to Nicodemus, «No one has ever gone up to heaven except the one who came from heaven, the Son of Man. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the ...
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Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 'Christ of St John of the Cross' by Salvador Dalí. Image © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection. From a dis...
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Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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.Glory...
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Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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.G...
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Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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.Glo...
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Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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 be ...
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Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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.Glory ...
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Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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 us...
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Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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 us...
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Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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 t...
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He is all knowing Psalm 139: 1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with ...
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Jesus: A Prophet Without Honor So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." Matthew 13:57 When Jesus returned to His hometown, the people did not receive Him; H...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for providing a way for me to move from death to life... For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23 ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21
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Saint of the Day St. John Chrysostom St. John Chrysostom (347-407 A.D.) was born to noble parents in Antioch, an important center of Christianity in his day. After the death of his father, his mother sent him to the best schools for his education. As a...
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Verse of the Day "Many are invited, but few are chosen." Matthew 22:14
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Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 130 Reading 1 SIR 27:30—28:7 Wrath and anger are hateful things,yet the sinner hugs them tight.The vengeful will suffer the LORD’s vengeance,for he remembers their sins in detail.Forgive your neighbo...
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Sunday 24th (A) in Ordinary Time Podcast download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 18,21-35): Peter asked Jesus, «Lord, how many times must I forgive the offenses of my brother or sister? Seven times?». Jesus answered, «No, not seven times, but seventy-se...
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Sunday 13 September 2020 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsWe are Christians as well as leaders You have often learned that all our hope is in Christ and that he is ...
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Sunday 13 September 2020 24th 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 13 September 2020 24th 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 13 September 2020 24th 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 13 September 2020 24th 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 13 September 2020 24th 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 13 September 2020 24th 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 13 September 2020 24th 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. Guy of Anderlecht St. Guy (950–1012), also known as the "Poor Man of Anderlecht," was born to pious parents of humble means in the country village of Anderlecht near Brussels. Having no money for school, from his childhood he s...
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Verse of the Day "Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7 ...
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Today’s Feast Day Holy Name of Mary On September 12th the Church venerates the Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary because of her unique privilege as the holiest of creatures, the Mother of God, and the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Her name is there...
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Meditation of the Day "The most powerful thing we can do on this earth with our time is to spend it in Eucharistic adoration. Nothing can do more to change the world, to bring about peace, to convert hearts, to make reparation for the many evils committed. Spending tim...
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The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Truth And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, f...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, Help me to never be found lacking integrity... May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you. Psalm 25:21 I pray that You would work in my life...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you. Psalm 25:21
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Saturday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 442 Reading 1 1 Cor 10:14-22 My beloved ones, avoid idolatry. I am speaking as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I am saying. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participatio...
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Saturday 23rd in Ordinary Time listen download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6,43-49): Jesus said to the crowd, «No healthy tree bears bad fruit, no poor tree bears good fruit. And each tree is known by the fruit it bears: you don't gather figs from t...
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Saturday 12 September 2020 Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary Time or The Most Holy Name of Mary Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary Time An oration by St Athanasius on the incarnation of the WordMake our lives new as they ...
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Saturday 12 September 2020 Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary Time or The Most Holy Name of Mary 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 Inv...
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Saturday 12 September 2020 Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary Time or The Most Holy Name of Mary 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...
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Saturday 12 September 2020 Saturday of week 23 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...