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Liturgical day: August 24th: Bartholomew, apostle View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 1,45-51): Philip found Nathanael and said to him, «We have found the one that Moses wrote about in the Law, and the prophets as well: He is Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth». Nathanael r...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Bartholomew, Apostle "Saint Bartholomew" (1657) by Rembrandt (1606-1669). From a homily on the first letter to the Corinthians by St John Chrysostom...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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 be to th...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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.Glory be t...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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.Glory be to ...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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 to the Fa...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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 be to the...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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.Glory be...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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 to the Fat...
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Jesus: Meek Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:29 Jesus called Himself Meek because He personified meekness. He calls us to a life of meekness instead of a life of arrogan...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, Too often I think of myself more highly than I should. I’m sorry for when I’ve been guilty of the sin of pride... God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28
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Saint of the Day St. Rose of Lima St. Rose (1586-1617) was born in Lima, Peru, one of ten children belonging to a Spanish immigrant and his wife, a descendant of the Incas. Rose was beautiful and very pious. She was so sensitive to compliment...
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Verse of the Day "Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had wit...
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Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 121 Reading 1 Thus says the LORD to Shebna, master of the palace:“I will thrust you from your officeand pull you down from your station.On that day I will summon my servantEliakim,...
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Liturgical day: Sunday 21st (A) in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16,13-20): Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi. He asked his disciples, «What do people say of the Son of Man? Who do they say I am?». They said, «For some of them you are John the Baptist...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time From the Second Vatican Council's pastoral constitution "Gaudium et spes" on the Church in the modern worldThe foreshadowing of the new age W...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st 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 23 August 2020 21st 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 23 August 2020 21st 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 23 August 2020 21st 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 23 August 2020 21st 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 23 August 2020 21st 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 23 August 2020 21st 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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The Holy Spirit: A New Spirit Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 11:19 The Holy Spirit is the New Spirit that enters a person’...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer This prayer is based upon 2 Corinthians 9:8-10 Dear Lord God, You are able to make all grace abound toward me, That I, always having all sufficiency in all things, May have an abundance for...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written: “He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; Hi...
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Saint of the Day St. John Kemble St. John Kemble (1599-1679) was born in England to a prominent Catholic family when Catholicism was outlawed in the country. He was ordained a priest in 1625 and ministered in England as an itinerant priest for fifty-thre...
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Verse of the Day "Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour." James 5:8
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Today’s Feast Day Queenship of Mary August 22nd is the Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This title of Our Lady, Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli), is rooted in biblical history where the mother of Israel's king had the royal title of Queen Mothe...
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Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 424 Reading 1 The angel led me to the gate which faces the east, and there I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. I heard a sound like the roaring o...
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Liturgical day: Saturday 20th in Ordinary Time View saints August 22nd: Queenship of Mary View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 23,1-12): Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, «The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees sat on the seat of Moses. So you shall do and o...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady, Mother and Queen From a homily by St Amadeus of Lausanne, bishopQueen of the world and of peace Observe how fitting...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 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 ha...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 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, mak...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 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 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 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 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 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 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 21st 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 I...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 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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The Eyes Of Joshua & Caleb Friday, August 21, 2020 Joshua and Caleb never pretended that there weren't giants in the land. They knew full well what they were up against. In fact, Joshua would become the general to defeat those giants. Then what was it that separated Joshua and Caleb from...
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Jesus: Master (Epistates) And Simon answering said unto him,Master, we have toiled all the night,and have taken nothing:nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.Luke 5:5 Jesus sat in Peter’s boat and preached to a large crowd. When He finished, He told Peter,&nb...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Please forgive me for the times I have not obeyed You. Help me to completely obey Your teachings. I need You miracle-working power in my life. I bow in worship of You because You are the Lord of my life. You are my Lord ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
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Saint of the Day Pope St. Pius X Pope St. Pius X (1835-1914) was born Giuseppe Melchiore, one of ten children from an impoverished family living in Venetia, then under the political control of the Austrian Empire. His parents valued education and ensur...
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Verse of the Day "Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble. Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing...
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Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope Lectionary: 423 Reading 1 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and led me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the center of the plain, which was now filled with bones. He made me walk among the bo...
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Liturgical day: Friday 20th in Ordinary Time View saints August 21st: St. Pius X, pope View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 22,34-40): When the Pharisees heard how Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. One of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to test him with this...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Pius X, Pope A photograph of Pope Pius X from 1905. From the apostolic constitution Divino afflatu of Pope Saint Pius XThe song of ...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 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 ...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 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 h...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 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...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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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Saint of the Day St. Bernard of Clairvaux St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) was one of seven children born to a noble family in Burgundy, France. All seven children, six sons and one daughter, were offered to the service of God by their devout mothe...
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Verse of the Day "Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everythin...
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Only God Can Make What Was Become What Never Was Thursday, August 20, 2020 The first miracle Messiah is ever recorded as having done was to turn the water into wine. How does water become wine? Wine, by definition, is aged. Wine takes years to age. So God made the wine complete with age,...
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Jesus: Malefactor They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. John 18:30 Those who had Jesus arrested called him a Malefactor, which means “evildoer.” They had to bribe their witnesses ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for loving me... For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
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Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 422 Reading 1 Thus says the LORD:I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it.Thus the natio...
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Liturgical day: Thursday 20th in Ordinary Time View saints August 20th: St Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 22,1-14): Jesus began to address the chief priests and elders of the people, once more using parables: «This story throws ...
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Thursday 20 August 2020 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor "Christ Embracing St Bernard" (c.1625) by Francisco Ribalta (1565-1628), Museo del Prado, Madri...
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Thursday 20 August 2020 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Thursday of week 20 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 ...
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Thursday 20 August 2020 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Thursday of week 20 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, m...
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Thursday 20 August 2020 Thursday of week 20 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 20 August 2020 Thursday of week 20 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 20 August 2020 Thursday of week 20 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 20 August 2020 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Thursday of week 20 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,...
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Thursday 20 August 2020 Thursday of week 20 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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God’s Faith in Man Church ULC Rev. Joseph E. Esquivel Understanding Scriptural Writings “What God really expects from His children” Much can be spoken of on scriptural writings, I have a desire to study and understand as best can of theological writings. Reg...
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Saint of the Day St. John Eudes St. John Eudes (1601–1680) was born in Normandy, France, to a farming family. His devout parents consecrated him to the Blessed Virgin Mary when he was a child. At the age of fourteen he took a vow of chastity, and s...
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Verse of the Day "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you." John 15:18-19
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The Cost Of His Presence Wednesday, August 19, 2020 It was called the "Mishkan." We know it as the Tabernacle. It was the very first house of God. It was the dwelling place of God's glory... an awesome thing... the place of Heaven's dwelling. And yet it wasn't built of heavenly materials...
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The Trinity: The Pillar of Fire And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, You have established the importance of commitment and covenant promises. You have witnessed the devastating effects of broken commitments through the ages. Please help me to be a person who ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord forever. Joshua 24:15
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Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 421 Reading 1 The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, in these words prophesy to them to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord GO...
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Liturgical day: Wednesday 20th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 20,1-16): Jesus said to his disciples, «This story throws light on the kingdom of heaven. A landowner went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the workers a ...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Eudes, Priest Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineHe who perseveres to the end will be saved Whenever we...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Eudes, Priest Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, m...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Eudes, Priest Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lor...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time or Saint John Eudes, Priest Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O L...
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Wednesday 19 August 2020 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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Getting The Flow Of Your Poem Tuesday, August 18, 2020 In Ephesians, it says in the original Greek, "For we are His poema." From "poema" we get our English word "poem." If you're born again your life is now a work of God - a poem of heaven. One of the things that defines a poem is flow. ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Lord of Lords He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords. 1 Timothy 6:15 Many in the world call Jesus Lord, but He is more; Jesus is Lord of Lords. A lord holds vast properties and asse...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord of Lords, I acknowledge that You are my Lord. Please be Lord of every part of my life. Please help me to transformed and renewed by You... And do not be conformed to this world, ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
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Saint of the Day St. Helen St. Helen, also known as St. Helena (d. 327 A.D.), was a woman of humble means from Asia Minor. She married the future Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus, and their son Constantine was born c. 272. Constantius divorced Helen&n...
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Verse of the Day "For I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated...
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Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 420 Reading 1 The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord GOD: Because you are haughty of heart, you say, “A god a...
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Liturgical day: Tuesday 20th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 19,23-30): Jesus said to his disciples, «Truly I say to you: it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Yes, believe me: it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a n...
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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time From the homilies of St Bernard of Clairvaux on the glories of the Virgin MotherShe was prepared by the Most High and prefigure...
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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 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 F...
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Tuesday 18 August 2020 Tuesday of week 20 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 t...