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Liturgical day: Tuesday 4th of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 5,1-3.5-16): There was a feast of the Jews and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now, by the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem, there is a pool (called Bethzatha in Hebrew) surrounded by five galleries. In these gall...
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Tuesday 24 March 2020Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent 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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Tuesday 24 March 2020Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent 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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Tuesday 24 March 2020Tuesday of the 4th week of LentMid-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 24 March 2020Tuesday of the 4th week of LentMidday 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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Tuesday 24 March 2020Tuesday of the 4th week of LentAfternoon 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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Tuesday 24 March 2020Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Annunciation of the Lord)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 24 March 2020Tuesday of the 4th week of LentCompline (Night Prayer)________INTRODUCTIONO 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, ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Following The Messiah Of No Place Monday, March 23, 2020 Messiah said He had no place to lay His head. He didn’t really own anything. He had no place. He was born in Bethlehem, but that wasn’t His place. He grew up in Nazareth and was called Yeshua Ha Netzeret or Jesus of Naz...
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Jesus: The Beloved To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:6 Jesus is the Beloved, the object of His Father’s love. Throughout His life on the earth, Jesus acknowledged His Father’s love for...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, You are my hope and my salvation. Thank You for paying my sin-debts upon that old rugged cross. Please forgive me for the sins that I am holding onto. I turn away from my si...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day"I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."Galatians 2:19-20
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Saint of the Day St. Rafqa / Rebecca St. Rafqa / Rafka (Arabic for Rebecca) (1832–1914) was born in Himlaya, a Maronite village in the Lebanese mountains. She was an only child, and her mother died when she was seven. After her father's remarriag...
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Verse of the Day "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:19-20
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 23 2020 « March 22 | March 24 » Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent Lectionary: 244 Reading 1 Is 65:17-21 Thus says the LORD: Lo, I am...
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Liturgical day: Monday 4th of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 4,43-54): Jesus left for Galilee. Jesus himself said that no prophet is recognized in his own country. Yet the Galileans welcomed him when He arrived, because of all the things He had done in Jerusalem during the Fes...
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Monday 23 March 2020Monday of the 4th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop)Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid...
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Monday 23 March 2020Monday of the 4th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop)Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our...
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Monday 23 March 2020Monday of the 4th week of LentMid-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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 23 March 2020Monday of the 4th week of LentMidday 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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Monday 23 March 2020Monday of the 4th week of LentAfternoon 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 23 March 2020Monday of the 4th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop)Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to ou...
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Monday 23 March 2020Monday of the 4th week of LentCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Firstfruits But now Christ is risen from the dead and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20 The Jewish people brought an offering to God during the Feast of Firstfruits. It was the first they harvested. Some...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for Your grace and for providing my salvation. You sent Jesus to Earth to guide us and to accomplish what we could never accomplish... …by taking the form of a servant, b...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day …by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:7-8
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Saint of the Day St. Nicholas Owen St. Nicholas Owen (d.1606) was born in England, the son of an Oxford carpenter. He became a carpenter himself, and joined the Jesuits as a lay brother during the era when Catholicism was outlawed in England. After servi...
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Verse of the Day "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
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Today’s Feast Day Laetare Sunday The fourth Sunday of Lent is traditionally known by the name Laetare Sunday. This name is taken from the Introit at Mass, Laetare Jerusalem which means "Rejoice, O Jerusalem." Laetare Sunday marks the halfway point ...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 22 2020 « March 21 | March 23 » Fourth Sunday of Lent Lectionary: 31 Reading 1 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a The LORD said to Samuel: &ldq...
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Liturgical day: Sunday 4th (A) of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 9,1-41): As Jesus walked along, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples asked him, «Master, was he born blind because of a sin of his, or of his parents?». Jesus answered, «Nei...
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Sunday 22 March 20204th Sunday of Lent 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 and to th...
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Sunday 22 March 20204th Sunday of Lent 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 Father and t...
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Sunday 22 March 20204th Sunday of LentMid-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 an...
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Sunday 22 March 20204th Sunday of LentMidday 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 t...
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Sunday 22 March 20204th Sunday of LentAfternoon 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 t...
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Sunday 22 March 20204th Sunday of Lent 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 Father and ...
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Sunday 22 March 20204th Sunday of LentCompline (Night Prayer)________INTRODUCTIONO 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Son of David And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’" Mark 10:47 Jesus is the Son of David, His human ancestry and authority for ministry. God the Father had p...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, You are the creator of the Earth and of the Heavens and of all living things. You brought into being every creature on this earth and every plant that sprouts up from the soil. Lord, I ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be... but this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. Isaiah 66:2
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Saint of the Day St. Nicholas of Flue St. Nicholas of Flue (1417-1487) was born in Switzerland, a devout child of pious parents. At the age of 21 he joined the army and fought in local battles. In his mid-twenties, at the advice of his parents, he marrie...
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Verse of the Day "Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you. Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call." Psalm 102:1-2
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 21 2020 « March 20 | March 22 » Saturday of the Third Week of Lent Lectionary: 242 Reading 1 Hos 6:1-6 “Come, let us return to...
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Liturgical day: Saturday 3rd of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 18,9-14): Jesus told another parable to some persons fully convinced of their own righteousness, who looked down on others: «Two men went up to the Temple to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other a...
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Saturday 21 March 2020Saturday of the 3rd week of Lent Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
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Saturday 21 March 2020Saturday of the 3rd week of Lent 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 21 March 2020Saturday of the 3rd week of LentMid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 21 March 2020Saturday of the 3rd week of LentMidday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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Saturday 21 March 2020Saturday of the 3rd week of LentAfternoon 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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Saturday 21 March 2020Saturday of the 3rd week of Lent (First Vespers of tomorrow, 4th Sunday of Lent)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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Saturday 21 March 2020Saturday of the 3rd week of LentCompline (Night Prayer)________INTRODUCTIONO 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...
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Living Outside The Container Friday, March 20, 2020 Luke gives the account of Messiah basically being kicked out of His own synagogue. So what happened to that synagogue? They went on with their services, rituals, routines, and social lives. But Messiah moved on outside the s...
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Jesus: The Stone Which the Builders Rejected The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. Psalm 118:22 Jesus is the chief cornerstone of God’s plan, but He is also the Stone Which the Builders Rejected. There are many reasons why th...
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Jesus: The Stone Which the Builders Rejected The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. Psalm 118:22 Jesus is the chief cornerstone of God’s plan, but He is also the Stone Which the Builders Rejected. There are many reasons why th...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Thank You for Your great sacrifice upon the cross. Please prepare my heart for this Easter as I seek a new life in You. Please help me to set aside the concerns and stresses of this day so I...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ. Philip...
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Saint of the Day St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (634-687 A.D.) was born in present-day Scotland to a lowly family, and worked as a shepherd near the Melrose Abbey monastery. A child playmate prophesied that he would one day ...
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Verse of the Day "For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, 'Do not fear, I will help you.'" Isaiah 41:13
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 20 2020 « March 19 | March 21 » Friday of the Third Week of Lent Lectionary: 241 Reading 1 Hos 14:2-10 Thus says the LORD: Return, O...
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Liturgical day: Friday 3rd of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,28b-34): A teacher of the Law came up and asked to Jesus, «Which commandment is the first of all?». Jesus answered, «The first is: ‘Hear, Israel! The Lord, our God, is One Lord; and you sha...
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Friday 20 March 2020Friday of the 3rd week of Lent 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 Fath...
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Friday 20 March 2020Friday of the 3rd week of Lent 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 20 March 2020Friday of the 3rd week of LentMid-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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Friday 20 March 2020Friday of the 3rd week of LentMidday 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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Friday 20 March 2020Friday of the 3rd week of LentAfternoon 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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Friday 20 March 2020Friday of the 3rd week of Lent 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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Friday 20 March 2020Friday of the 3rd week of LentCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
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The following post was revealed to me last night and I must say, all conspiracies aside, it certainly sounds god if indeed this is what is really going down. What are your thoughts on this? If this is taking place do you feel this is a good thing or a bad thing? WARNING - should be in sitting ...
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Treating The Word As A Scribe Thursday, March 19, 2020 By the hand of God, Jewish scribes have maintained the Scriptures so accurately for thousands of years. For generations, they have meticulously copied the Word, to the smallest jot and tittle. If they make one mistake, the whole scro...
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The Holy Spirit: The Down Payment The Holy Spirit of Promise is the down payment on our inheritance until God redeems us at the rapture as the possession, He has purchased. See Ephesians 1:13-14 The Holy Spirit is the Down Payment that guarantees you will ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for sending Your Son to earth to rescue me. I am humbled by the sinless life which Jesus led, He overcame all temptations and then he paid the price for my sins. Please show me wha...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. Luke 9:23-24
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Saint of the Day St. Joseph St. Joseph (1st c.) was a descendant of Israel's King David and a carpenter by trade. Scripture tells us that he was a just and virtuous man who was betrothed to wed the young Blessed Virgin Mary. Upon finding her pregnant w...
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Verse of the Day "When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping because of grief, and he said to them, 'Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not come into the time of trial.'" Luke 22:45-46
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 19 2020 « March 18 | March 20 » Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 543 Reading 1 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12...
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Liturgical day: March 19th: Joseph, husband of Mary View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 1,16.18-21.24a): Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and from her came Jesus who is called the Christ —the Messiah. This is how Jesus Christ was born. Mary his mother had...
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Thursday 19 March 2020Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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 ...
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Thursday 19 March 2020Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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, m...
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Thursday 19 March 2020Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - SolemnityMid-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...
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Thursday 19 March 2020Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - SolemnityMidday 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...
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Thursday 19 March 2020Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - SolemnityAfternoon 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, m...
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Thursday 19 March 2020Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 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, ...
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Thursday 19 March 2020Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary - SolemnityCompline (Night Prayer)________INTRODUCTIONO 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 be...
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The Jew, The Hand, And The Blessed Life Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Yadah is a verb in Hebrew meaning ‘to worship with extended hands.’ The root word is yad, which means an open hand. An open or giving hand stands for an open heart. It is an open heart that worships God. A yad ...
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Jesus: The Sower Behold, a sower went out to sow. . . . He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. Matthew 13:3-37 Jesus is the Sower of the seed of the Word of God into the hearts of people. Yet, the Sower in the parable is an application of every Christian who ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for giving me the joy of my salvation made possible through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for coming to save me and to save all people who accept you as their Saviou...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world th...
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Saint of the Day St. Cyril of Jerusalem St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315-386 A.D.) was a well-educated man from Jerusalem and a scholar of Sacred Scripture. He was ordained a priest by the bishop of Jerusalem shortly after the legalization of Christianity in ...
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Verse of the Day "If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
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Meditation of the Day "Many try to fly away from temptations only to fall more deeply into them; for you cannot win a battle by mere flight. It is only by patience and humility that you will be strengthened against the enemy. Those who shun them outwardly and do not pu...
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Liturgical day: Wednesday 3rd of Lent View saints March 18th: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor of the Church View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,17-19): Jesus said to his disciples, «Do not think that I have come to remove the Law and the Prophets. I have not co...
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Wednesday 18 March 2020Wednesday of the 3rd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, 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 ...
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Wednesday 18 March 2020Wednesday of the 3rd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, 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, c...
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Wednesday 18 March 2020Wednesday of the 3rd week of LentMid-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 b...
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Wednesday 18 March 2020Wednesday of the 3rd week of LentMidday 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 t...
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Wednesday 18 March 2020Wednesday of the 3rd week of LentAfternoon 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 t...
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Wednesday 18 March 2020Wednesday of the 3rd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor)(First Vespers of tomorrow, St Joseph)Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wit...
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Wednesday 18 March 2020Wednesday of the 3rd week of LentCompline (Night Prayer)________INTRODUCTIONO 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 n...