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Today’s Feast Day Holy Trinity Sunday On the first Sunday after Pentecost the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. This revealed doctrine of God's nature is that the eternal God is one in essence and being, yet three distinct p...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings June 7, 2020 « June 6 | June 8 » The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Lectionary: 164 Reading 1 EX 34:4b-6, 8-9 Early in the morning Mos...
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Liturgical day: Trinity Sunday (A) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 3,16-18): At that time, Jesus said to Nicodemus: «God so loved the world that He gave his only Son that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but may have eternal life. God did not send the Son into the worl...
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Sunday 7 June 2020 The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Most Holy Trinity "The Trinity in its Glory (Enthronement of the Virgin)", miniature (1450s) by Jean Fouquet (1420-), from the Hours of Etienne Chevalier. A le...
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Sunday 7 June 2020 The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity 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 Fa...
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Sunday 7 June 2020 The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity 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 th...
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Sunday 7 June 2020 The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
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Sunday 7 June 2020 The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity 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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Sunday 7 June 2020 The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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Sunday 7 June 2020 The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity 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 ...
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Sunday 7 June 2020 The Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity 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.Ame...
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Jesus: The Head of All Principality and Power And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:10 Jesus is the Head of All Principality and Power, which means that laws and authority originally came from Him. Because He is ri...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Because You are for me, who can be against me? What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us al...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:31-32
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Saint of the Day St. Marcellin Champagnat St. Marcellin Champagnat (1789–1840) was born to a peasant family near Lyons, France, in the same year the French Revolution erupted. He grew up amid the havoc and instability it left in every area of lif...
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Verse of the Day "For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you." 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings June 6, 2020 « June 5 | June 7 » Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 358 Reading 1 2 TM 4:1-8 Beloved: I charge you in t...
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Liturgical day: Saturday 9th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,38-44): As Jesus was teaching, He also said to them, «Beware of those teachers of the Law who enjoy walking around in long robes and being greeted in the marketplace, and who like to occupy reserv...
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Saturday 6 June 2020 Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saint Norbert, Bishop Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time A commentary on John by St Thomas AquinasThe way to come to true life Christ himself is the way, ...
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Saturday 6 June 2020 Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saint Norbert, Bishop or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psal...
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Saturday 6 June 2020 Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saint Norbert, Bishop or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory ...
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Saturday 6 June 2020 Saturday of week 9 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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Saturday 6 June 2020 Saturday of week 9 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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Saturday 6 June 2020 Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saint Norbert, Bishop or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Most Holy Trinity) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you ar...
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Saturday 6 June 2020 Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saint Norbert, Bishop or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Most Holy Trinity) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you ar...
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Saturday 6 June 2020 Saturday of week 9 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...
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Concerning the Place of Women in Church Much has been said about the place Women serve in Church, let us not be fooled by the male opinion of what purpose should our mother’s, daughter’s and sister’s serve for our Lord Jesus Christ. &...
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June 5, 2020 Why Trinity Sunday Comes After Pentecost Gayle Somers On this first Sunday after Pentecost, the Church calls us to remember the Most Holy Trinity. Why is this perfect timing? Gospel (Read Jn 3:16-18) Sunday’s Gospel is different from any we have seen during the long ...
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One Sin Never To Commit Friday, June 5, 2020 There were a number of ministers of the Gospel in prison for their faith under Communist rule. One of the younger pastors was troubled by his sins and confessed them to an older minister. This older minister replied: "You have indeed sinned". ...
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The Father: The Father of Spirits Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? Hebrews 12:9 When you worship the Father, remember that...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I pray for all those who are reading this prayer today. Please touch their lives in great and mighty ways. Please draw them closer to You and provide......Comfort on difficult days, &nb...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Every time we think of you, we thank God for you. Day and night you’re in our prayers as we call to mind your work of faith, your labor of love, and your patience of hope in following our Master, Jesus Christ, before God our Father. It is clear to ...
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Saint of the Day St. Boniface St. Boniface (d. 754 A.D.) was born to a noble Christian family in Devonshire, England. He became a Benedictine monk and devoted his life to the evangelization of the pagan Germanic tribes in what is now Germany. He went t...
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Verse of the Day "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus." Philippians 2...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings June 5, 2020 « June 4 | June 6 » Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 357 Reading 1 2 Tm 3:10-17 You have followed my...
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Liturgical day: Friday 9th in Ordinary Time View saints June 5th: St. Boniface, bishop and martyr View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,35-37): As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he said, «The teachers of the Law say that the Messiah is the son of David. How can that be...
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Friday 5 June 2020 Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Friday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr Saint Boniface by Cornelis Bloemaert (1603-1692), circa 1630. A letter by St BonifaceThe careful shephe...
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Friday 5 June 2020 Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Friday of week 9 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 ...
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Friday 5 June 2020 Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Friday of week 9 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 ha...
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Friday 5 June 2020 Friday of week 9 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 Fathe...
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Friday 5 June 2020 Friday of week 9 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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Friday 5 June 2020 Friday of week 9 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 a...
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Friday 5 June 2020 Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Friday of week 9 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 ...
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Friday 5 June 2020 Friday of week 9 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 and t...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Blessings Of The Shalem Thursday, June 4, 2020 Among the sacrifices of the Bible, one was called the Shalem. The root word behind this sacrifice means "peace" but also "to make complete." Messiah is the fulfillment of all the sacrifices of the Bible, and certainly of the Shalem. If y...
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Jesus: The Head of the Body And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18 Jesus is the Head of the Body; the One who gives direction to the Ch...
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Saint of the Day St. Filippo Smaldone St. Filippo Smaldone (1848–1923) was born in Naples, Italy, during a time of upheaval and unrest both in Italy and in the Church. He decided to become a priest, and while in seminary he took on a personal apost...
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Verse of the Day "Just as you do not know how the life breath enters the human frame in the mother’s womb, so you do not know the work of God, who is working in everything." Ecclesiastes 11:5
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I need to learn to take one day at a time and not to worry about tomorrow. Jesus reminds me... Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ...For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and ...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings June 4, 2020 « June 3 | June 5 » Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 356 Reading 1 2 Tm 2:8-15 Beloved: Remember Jesus...
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Liturgical day: Thursday 9th in Ordinary Time View saints JesusChrist, Eternal High Priest (1st Thursday after Pentecost Sunday) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,28-34): One of the scribes came up to Jesus and put a question to him, «Which commandment is the first of...
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Thursday 4 June 2020 Thursday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 9 in Ordinary Time The Moral Reflections on Job by Pope St Gregory the GreatThe Church rises like the dawn Since the dawn goes from darkness into l...
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Thursday 4 June 2020 Thursday of week 9 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 Fat...
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Thursday 4 June 2020 Thursday of week 9 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...
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Thursday 4 June 2020 Thursday of week 9 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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Thursday 4 June 2020 Thursday of week 9 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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Thursday 4 June 2020 Thursday of week 9 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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Thursday 4 June 2020 Thursday of week 9 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 t...
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Thursday 4 June 2020 Thursday of week 9 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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Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Romans 6:3It's common to say we're dead to sin in terms of our spiritual self, or that “when God looks at me, God sees Christ and not my sinful human self." In reality we're still sinners...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Scare House Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Did you ever as a child, go through an attraction that was supposed to scare you? It may have been called a scare house or a haunted house. And you rode or walked through it, and it was dark. You might have even felt hands touching you and heard sc...
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Jesus: The Hidden Manna He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone, a new name is written which no one knows except ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Dear Father God, Please help me to develop a thirst for You. Please give me a hunger for Your daily Manna. Please increase my desire to spend time with You today. Draw near to Godand He will draw near to you.James 4:8 Please make me aware of Your presence...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 4:8
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Saint of the Day St. Kevin of Glendalough St. Kevin of Glendalough (498-618 A.D.) lived in Ireland during the age of the great early Irish saints, many of whom were his contemporaries. He was baptized by St. Cronan, and from age seven was taught by St....
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Verse of the Day "My child, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways." Proverbs 23:26
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings July 3 2020 « July 2 | July 4 » Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle Lectionary: 593 Reading 1 Eph 2:19-22 Brothers and sisters: You are no long...
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Liturgical day: Wednesday 9th in Ordinary Time View saints June 3rd: St. Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,18-27): The Sadducees came to Jesus. Since they claim that there is no resurrection, they questioned him in this way, «Mas...
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Wednesday 3 June 2020 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs Saint Charles Lwanga (in the centre) and his 21 followers, b...
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Wednesday 3 June 2020 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 9 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...
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Wednesday 3 June 2020 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 9 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 3 June 2020 Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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Wednesday 3 June 2020 Wednesday of week 9 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 Fathe...
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Wednesday 3 June 2020 Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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Wednesday 3 June 2020 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 9 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 ...
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Wednesday 3 June 2020 Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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June 2, 2020 The Heavenly Father’s Love: No More Talk of Darkness Elizabeth Yank In The Phantom of the Opera, Raoul comforts Christine, singing, “No more talk of darkness, forget these wide-eyed fears.” Our Heavenly Father, who is our “refuge and strength,” (Psal...
Posted by Tony Villari
I've been around the block, put through the wringer once or twice, and have found my own version of peace and happiness. People are constantly asking me about happiness. I tell people happiness is a frame of mind. If you can be happy with what you have done to your life, then let the good times roll...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
You Are Not What You Don't Eat Tuesday, June 2, 2020 You've heard the expression, "You are what you eat." Of course, it's true. Whatever you eat, that's what you are. That's true in the physical realm and also in the spiritual. If you partake of spiritually bad food, if you receive into ...
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The Father: Father of the FatherlessA father of the fatherless,a defender of widows,is God in His holy habitation.Psalm 68:5 God is the Father of the Fatherless; He cares for the poor and needy. The Father cares for those who can’t look after themselves, and for all people who belong to Him...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, You are Father of the Fatherless. A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. Psalm 68:5 I pray for those who have a void in their ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the day A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. Psalm 68:5
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Saint of the Day St. Elmo St. Elmo (d. 303 AD), also known as St. Erasmus of Formia, was an Italian bishop during the reign of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. During their brutal persecution against Christians, St. Elmo left his diocese and fle...
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Verse of the Day "We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, 'The insults ...
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Meditation of the Day "Of all the divine attributes, only God’s omnipotence is named in the Creed: to confess this power has great bearing on our lives. We believe that his might is universal, for God who created everything also rules everything and can do everyt...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings June 2, 2020 « June 1 | June 3 » Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 354 Reading 1 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18 Beloved: Wait f...
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Liturgical day: Tuesday 9th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,13-17): Jewish leaders sent to Jesus some Pharisees with members of Herod's party, with the purpose of trapping him in his own words. They came and said to Jesus, «Master, we know that you are true...
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Tuesday 2 June 2020 Tuesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time A colloquy of St DorotheusOn false spiritual peace The man who finds fault with hims...
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Tuesday 2 June 2020 Tuesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs 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 Lo...
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Tuesday 2 June 2020 Tuesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs 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. ...
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Tuesday 2 June 2020 Tuesday of week 9 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 Fat...
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Tuesday 2 June 2020 Tuesday of week 9 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 an...
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Tuesday 2 June 2020 Tuesday of week 9 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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Tuesday 2 June 2020 Tuesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid...
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Tuesday 2 June 2020 Tuesday of week 9 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 and...
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Devotion of the Month Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most popular Catholic devotions. Although it was beloved in previous centuries, Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in 1673, showing h...
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Saint of the Day St. Justin Martyr St. Justin Martyr (100–165 A.D.) was a pagan philosopher from Samaria. After meeting a Syrian Christian who convinced him that the biblical prophets were more trustworthy in the pursuit of truth than worldly phi...
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Verse of the Day "Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Save me, O Lord, from my enemies; I have fled to you for refuge. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Le...
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Today’s Feast Day Mary, Mother of the Church Mary, by virtue of being the mother of Jesus Christ, has always been recognized as the Mother of the Church, which Jesus established during His Passion. Before He expired on the Cross, Jesus gave His fin...