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Saturday 7 December 2019Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor on Saturday of the 1st week of AdventOffice of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu ...
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Neos & Kaheenos Friday, December 6, 2019 There are two words for “New” in the New Testament Greek. The first is “Neos,” which means new in the sense of order, as in an event that comes after another. But “Neos’ is not the word used for the ...
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Changing Our Nature by Max Lucado My dog Molly and I aren’t getting along. The problem is not her personality. A sweeter mutt you will not find. She sees every person as a friend and every day as a holiday. I have no problem with Molly’s attitude. I have a proble...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:11 NIV A Time to Think Faith is believing that God is going to take you places before you even get the...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Today's prayer is based upon Psalm 147... Dear Heavenly Father, Oh, how I praise You, my Lord! You heal the brokenhearted and You bind up their wounds. You know the number of the stars and ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalm 147 New King James Version (NKJV) Praise to God for His Word and Providence 1 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.
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Saint of the Day St. Nicholas St. Nicholas of Myra (270 - 343 A.D.) was the only child of a wealthy Greek Christian couple living in what is today the country of Turkey. He was a pious child, and upon the death of his parents Nicholas was raised b...
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Verse of the Day "Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints." Ephesians 6:18
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Liturgical day: Friday 1st of Advent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9,27-31): As Jesus moved on from Capernaum, two blind men followed him, shouting, «Son of David, help us!». When he was about to enter the house, the blind men caught up with him, and Jesus said to them...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 6 2019 « December 5 | December 7 » Friday of the First Week of AdventLectionary: 179 Reading 1 Is 29:17-24 Thus says the Lord GOD:B...
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Friday 6 December 2019Friday of the 1st week of AdventCompline (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 Fat...
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Friday 6 December 2019Friday of the 1st week of Advent or Saint Nicholas, 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 our aid. O Lord, m...
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Friday 6 December 2019Friday of the 1st week of AdventAfternoon 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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Friday 6 December 2019Friday of the 1st week of AdventMidday 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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Friday 6 December 2019Friday of the 1st week of AdventMid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be ...
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Friday 6 December 2019Friday of the 1st week of Advent or Saint Nicholas, 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 aid. O Lord, ma...
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Friday 6 December 2019Friday of the 1st week of Advent or Saint Nicholas, Bishop Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on ...
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God is in the Crisis by Max Lucado Do you recite your woes more naturally than you do heaven’s strength? No wonder life’s tough. You’re assuming God isn’t in this crisis. Isabel spent her first three and a half years in a Nicaraguan or...
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The New Israeli Identity Thursday, December 5, 2019 When God brought the first Jewish settlers back to Israel, they were largely from Russia and Eastern Europe. Many were raised in a world of books and rabbinic Judaism. Now they had to roll up their sleeves, get shovels, plows, hammers, ...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise. Psalm 51:15 AMP A Time to Think Every day can be like Christmas in its love and its peace if our hearts open up and make room for love. The holy child is waiting to be born in e...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Good morning Father God. As I look forward to this day, I want to start by thanking You for all of the many blessings that You have given to me. The little things that I so often take for granted, like having food, clothing,...
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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 o...
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Saint of the Day St. Sabas St. Sabas (439-532 A.D.) was born near Caesarea in Cappadocia to an illustrious family. His father was an army officer who, being restationed in Alexandria, left Sabas (along with his estate) in the care of his wife's sister. S...
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Verse of the Day "He said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yoursel...
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Liturgical day: Thursday 1st of Advent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7,21.24-27): Jesus said to his disciples, «Not everyone who says to me: Lord! Lord! will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my heavenly Father. »So, then, anyone who hears ...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 5 2019 « December 4 | December 6 » Thursday of the First Week of AdventLectionary: 178 Reading 1 Is 26:1-6 On that day they will si...
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Thursday 5 December 2019Thursday of the 1st week of AdventCompline (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...
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Thursday 5 December 2019Thursday of the 1st week of Advent 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 b...
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Thursday 5 December 2019Thursday of the 1st week of AdventAfternoon 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...
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Thursday 5 December 2019Thursday of the 1st week of AdventMidday 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...
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Thursday 5 December 2019Thursday of the 1st week of AdventMid-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...
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Thursday 5 December 2019Thursday of the 1st week of Advent 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...
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Thursday 5 December 2019Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introduction (with...
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December 4, 2019 God Can Use Your Emptiness to Fill the Cup of Others Jeannie Ewing I recently joined a group of secular creative professionals, mostly writers, in a networking community. At first, I felt like the lone guppy in a sea of majestic clownfish, intimidating sharks, and graceful do...
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God Came Nearby Max Lucado It all happened in a moment, a most remarkable moment. God became a man! Heaven opened herself and placed her most precious one in a human womb. Jesus came, not as a flash of light or as an unapproachable conqueror, but as one whose first cries were heard by a p...
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The Enemy’s Soil DepletionWednesday, December 4, 2019Matthew 13 calls the Word of God “good seed.” God sows good words – good seed. But the enemy sows bad words – bad seed. As God sows seeds of life, the enemy will seek to sow seeds of death and darkness: doubt, despair...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise. Psalm 51:15 AMP A Time to Think Every day can be like Christmas in its love and its peace if our hearts open up and make room for love. The holy child is waiting to be born in e...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, I ask You to give Your angels charge to watch over me and the people around me... For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands, they shall bear yo...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands, they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone. Psalm 91:11-12
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Devotion of the Month Month of the Immaculate Conception The month of December is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Chosen before time to be the Mother of God Incarnate, Jesus Christ, God created Mary perfect and full o...
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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...
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Vespers (Evening 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 withou...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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 en...
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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
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Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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 Spi...
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Saint of the Day St. Barbara St. Barbara (3rd c.) was born in Nicomedia in modern day Turkey. According to tradition, after the death of her mother she was raised by her rich and tyrannical pagan father who, because of her beauty and intelligence, guar...
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Verse of the Day “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you." John 15:12-14 ...
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Liturgical day: Wednesday 1st of Advent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 15,29-37): Jesus went to the shore of Lake Galilee, and then went up into the hills where he sat down. Great crowds came to him, bringing the dumb, the blind, the lame, the crippled, and many with other infirmit...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 4 2019 « December 3 | December 5 » Wednesday of the First Week of AdventLectionary: 177 Reading 1 Is 25:6-10a On this mountain the ...
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December 3, 2019 Mary Calls Us to Embrace the Waiting of Advent Sarah Reinhard Every year, I reflect on my Advent failures. Lately, I’ve even gotten so that I am thinking about failing before I even begin. While I’m sure there’s a bit of memento mori in all of this, I&rsquo...
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Devotion of the Month Month of the Immaculate Conception The month of December is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Chosen before time to be the Mother of God Incarnate, Jesus Christ, God created Mary perfect and full o...
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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...
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Vespers (Evening 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 withou...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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 en...
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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
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Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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 Spi...
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Saint of the Day St. Francis Xavier St. Francis Xavier (1506–1552) was born in his family castle in Navarre in what is today Spain. While studying in Paris he met St. Ignatius of Loyola and joined him in the foundation of the Society of Jesus. In...
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Verse of the Day "And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to everyone, an apt teacher, patient, correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth, and that they may escape from the snare...
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Liturgical day: Tuesday 1st of Advent View saints December 3rd: Saint Francis Xavier, Priest View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10,21-24): Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and said, «I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for you have hidden these...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 3 2019 « December 2 | December 4 » Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, PriestLectionary: 176 Reading 1 Is 11:1-10 On that day,A shoot...
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I've been watching the news (admittedly a mistake) and listening to some of the recent ads on TV. Quite frankly I am appalled at the rampant consumerism happening around this time of year. Have we all forgotten what Yule and Christmas is all about. Americans spend billions of dolla...
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Let God Define Good by Max Lucado Nothing in the Bible would cause us to call a famine good or a heart attack good or a terrorist attack good. These are terrible calamities, born out of a fallen earth. Yet every message in the Bible compels us to believe that God will mix the...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4:18 ESV A Time to Think Peace is not a season... it is a way of life. When the spirit of ...
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Ten Days And Judgment Monday, December 2, 2019 There are ten days between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. These were the days, given to Israel and heralded by the sounding of Trumpets, to prepare to meet the Lord. They are known as the Yomim Noraim, the Days of Awe, or Th...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, I love this song which tells of Your love for all children... Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world… I pray that all of the people whom You have created ...
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Saint of the Day St. Bibiana St. Bibiana, also known as Vibiana or Viviana (d. 361), was born in Rome, the daughter of Christian parents who were martyred in the persecutions of Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate. Her father was severely beaten and sent t...
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Verse of the Day "And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." Isaiah 35:10
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Liturgical day: Monday 1st of Advent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 8,5-11): When Jesus entered Capernaum, an army captain approached him to ask his help, «Sir, my servant lies sick at home. He is paralyzed and suffers terribly». Jesus said to him, «I will come an...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 19:14 New King James Version But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 2 2019 « December 1 | December 3 » Monday of the First Week of AdventLectionary: 175 Reading 1 Is 4:2-6 On that day,The branch of t...
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Meditation of the Day "Strong passions are the precious raw material of sanctity. Individuals who have carried their sinning to extremes should not despair or say, 'I am too great a sinner to change,' or 'God would not want me.' God will take anyone who is willing to love, not with an...
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Monday 2 December 2019Monday of the 1st week of AdventCompline (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 Fat...
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Monday 2 December 2019Monday of the 1st week of Advent 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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Monday 2 December 2019Monday of the 1st week of AdventAfternoon 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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Monday 2 December 2019Monday of the 1st week of AdventMidday 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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Monday 2 December 2019Monday of the 1st week of AdventMidday 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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Monday 2 December 2019Monday of the 1st week of AdventMid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be ...
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Monday 2 December 2019Monday of the 1st week of Advent Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...
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Monday 2 December 2019Monday of the 1st week of Advent Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introduction (without ...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things. Jeremiah 33:3 NASB A Time to Think Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for. —Norman Vincen...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Creator of Life, So much is happening in this world today. Not a day goes by that we don't hear of lives taken away out of anger, desperation and pure evil. Life is a precious gift that You...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27
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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...
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Vespers (Evening 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 withou...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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 en...
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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
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Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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 Spi...
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Saint of the Day St. Edmund Campion St. Edmund Campion (1540–1581) was born in London, England, the son of a bookseller. He was a promising student and went on to become an esteemed and celebrated Oxford scholar, winning the high regard of Queen ...
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Verse of the Day "Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says of you, 'Seek his face!' Your face, Lord, I will seek. Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Liturgical day: Sunday 1st (A) of Advent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 24, 37-44): Jesus said to his disciples, «At the coming of the Son of Man it will be just as it was in the time of Noah. In those days before the Flood, people were eating and drinking, and marrying, unti...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 1 2019 « November 30 | December 2 » First Sunday of AdventLectionary: 1 Reading 1 Is 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz,saw con...
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Meditation of the Day "'As God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk.' No one can do better with his life than that; no one can put it to a better use. Any life must be perfect in proportion as it does what it was made to do....
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Rejoice in the Lord's Sovereignty by Max Lucado The next time you fear the future, rejoice in the Lord’s sovereignty. Rejoice in what he has accomplished. Rejoice that he is able to do what you cannot do. Fill your mind with thoughts of God. “He i...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & Reflection That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you. Philippians 2:13 MSG A Time to Think Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.—Helen Keller A Time to Act Keep a Bible nea...