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Saint of the Day St. Frances of Rome St. Frances of Rome (1384-1440) was born to a noble family in Rome. As a young girl her desire to become a nun was refused by her father, who instead arranged her marriage at the age of 12. St. Frances accepted this...
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Verse of the Day "Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world; for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but fr...
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Liturgical day: Monday 2nd of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6,36-38): Jesus said to his disciples, «Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Don't be a judge of others and you will not be judged; do not condemn and you will not be condemned; forgive and you will be...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 09 2020 « March 8 | March 10 » Monday of the Second Week in Lent Lectionary: 230 Reading 1 Dn 9:4b-10 “Lord, great and awesome...
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Monday 9 March 2020Monday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Frances of Rome, Religious)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.&nbs...
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Monday 9 March 2020Monday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Frances of Rome, Religious)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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Monday 9 March 2020Monday of the 2nd 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 th...
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Monday 9 March 2020Monday of the 2nd 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 Fath...
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Monday 9 March 2020Monday of the 2nd 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 F...
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Monday 9 March 2020Monday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Frances of Rome, Religious)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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Monday 9 March 2020Monday of the 2nd 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 a...
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Jesus: The Serpent in the Wilderness And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,even so, must the Son of Man be lifted up.John 3:14 The Serpent in the Wilderness was a sign of the people’s sin. It was a brass sculpture of a snake that was placed on a pole...
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Dear Lord, Desire of All Nations, You declared... '...and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. Haggai 2:7 A...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day '...and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. Haggai 2:7
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Saint of the Day St. John of God St. John of God (1495-1550) was born in Portugal to poor and devout Christian parents. How he came to be separated from them and homeless at the age of 8 is uncertain, but he eventually found work as a shepherd until th...
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Verse of the Day "Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me. I cried aloud to him, and he was extolled with my tongue. If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But truly God has listened; he has given...
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Liturgical day: Sunday 2nd (A) of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 17,1-9): Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain where they were alone. Jesus' appearance was changed before them: his face shone like the sun and his clothes beca...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 08 2020 « March 7 | March 9 » Second Sunday of Lent Lectionary: 25 Reading 1 Gn 12:1-4a The LORD said to Abram: “Go forth from...
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Sunday 8 March 20202nd 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 the...
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Sunday 8 March 20202nd 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 to...
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Sunday 8 March 20202nd 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 and...
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Sunday 8 March 20202nd 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 th...
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Sunday 8 March 20202nd 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 to...
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Sunday 8 March 20202nd 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 t...
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Sunday 8 March 20202nd 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 ...
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The Father: God Our Father To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 1:7 God Our Father is your Heavenly Father—He is the One who knows you personally an...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for being my everything. Each day when I wake up, I choose to follow You. Show me what it means to live each moment of each day for You. Please allow me to have th...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good. Job 34:4
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Saint of the Day St. Perpetua & St. Felicity St. Perpetua and St. Felicity (d. 203 A.D.) were friends who lived in Carthage, North Africa. They were both catechumens preparing to receive the Church's sacraments: Perpetua was a married noblewoman n...
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Verse of the Day "But, as it is written, 'What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him'— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depth...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 07 2020 « March 6 | March 8 » Saturday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 229 Reading 1 Dt 26:16-19 Moses spoke to the people, sa...
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Liturgical day: Saturday 1st of Lent View saints March 7th: Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,43-48): Jesus said to his disciples, «You have heard that it was said: ‘Love your neighbor and do not do good to your enemy’. B...
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Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, 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...
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Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, 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...
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Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st 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 t...
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Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st 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 t...
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Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st 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 t...
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Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs)(First Vespers of tomorrow, 2nd Sunday of Lent)Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version ...
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Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st 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 In The Spirit Covenant Friday, March 6, 2020 It is in Jeremiah 31 where God promises Israel a New Covenant or Brit Hadashah in Hebrew. Verse 33 says, “I will put My Law within them, and on their heart, I will write it.” The Old Covenant had 613 commandments for every p...
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Jesus: The Finisher of Our Faith Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 Jesu...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, You are God, our Protector, and our Healer. I pray for all the nations and peoples that are in the midst of war, struggling to recover from brokenness and trying to rebuild after disasters. ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 'Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10
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Saint of the Day St. Colette St. Colette (1381-1447) was born in Picardy, France, the daughter of a poor carpenter who served the local Benedictine abbey. Her parents conceived her in their old age after praying to St. Nicholas for a child, naming Cole...
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Verse of the Day "I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:...
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Liturgical day: Friday I of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,20-26): Jesus said to his disciples, «I tell you, then, that if you are not righteous in a much broader way than the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 06 2020 « March 5 | March 7 » Friday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 228 Reading 1 Ez 18:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: If the ...
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Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st 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 a...
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Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st 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 F...
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Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st 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 Fath...
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Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st 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 th...
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Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st 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 F...
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Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st 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 Fathe...
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Covering Your Weak Spot Thursday, March 5, 2020 What is an Achilles heel? The phrase comes from Greek mythology. A baby, Achilles was dipped into the River of Immortality. Thus, the one place he wasn’t dipped was the heel by which his mother held him. In battle, his enemies shot an...
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Jesus: Our High Priest So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "You are My Son, today I have begotten You." Hebrews 5:5 There were many priests in the Old Testament assigned to small groups of people. Ea...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, You are greater and higher than all leaders and rulers today... And He (Jesus) has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:6 You have...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And He (Jesus) has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:6
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Saint of the Day St. John-Joseph of the Cross St. John-Joseph of the Cross (1654-1739) was born on the island of Ischia, near Naples. He joined the Franciscan Order of the Strict Observance (the reform of St. Peter of Alcantara) at age sixteen. His influ...
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Verse of the Day "His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them yo...
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Meditation of the Day "Many Christians regard Confession in the light of an unimportant act of piety, if not mere ceremony . . . many go even frequently to Confession, but so few amend, and consequently derive little or no benefit from the Sacrament. ... Be, then, most...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 05 2020 « March 4 | March 6 » Thursday of the First Week in Lent Lectionary: 227 Reading 1 Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Queen Esther, seiz...
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Liturgical day: Thursday I of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7,7-12): Jesus said to his disciples, «Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives; whoever seeks, finds; and the door will be opened to ...
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Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st 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 Fath...
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Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st 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 t...
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Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st 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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Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st 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 t...
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Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st 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 t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st 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 F...
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The Privilege Of The Hard Test Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Are you going through hard testing times? Do you feel that it’s hard hanging on, or that you don’t have the strength for it? Let me share something. When you’re given tests in the fifth grade, they’re harder ...
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The Trinity: The Lord Is There (Jehovah Shammah) The city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE (Jehovah Shammah). Ezekiel 48:35 The name Jehovah Shammah means the Lord Is There. The Lord is already in Heaven, where you will spend eternity. Ezekiel described th...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, Thank You for giving me the opportunity to live my life to the fullest through the price paid by Your Son Jesus on the cross. I want to cherish each day that I have with You here on earth. I lift u...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer Romans 12:12
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Have you had a moment to check out what CERN scientists have done lately to advance their cause by 10 fold? Heard of the Large Hadron collider? The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle collider and the largest machine in the world. It took thousands upon thousands...
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Saint of the Day St. Casimir of Poland St. Casimir of Poland (1458-1484) was the second son of King Casimir IV and Queen Elizabeth of Austria, one of thirteen children born to them in the royal palace at Cracow. Casimir committed his life to God from a...
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Verse of the Day "For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears. Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. But our cit...
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Meditation of the Day "Christian life is a retreat. We are 'not of this world', just as Jesus Christ is 'not of this world' (John 17:14). What is the world? It is, as St. John said, the 'lust of the flesh', that is, sensuality and corruption in our desires and deeds; '...
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Liturgical day: Wednesday 1st of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 11,29-32): As the crowd increased, Jesus began to speak in this way, «People of the present time are evil people. They ask for a sign, but no sign will be given to them except the sign of Jonah. As Jonah bec...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 04 2020 « March 3 | March 5 » Wednesday of the First Week in Lent Lectionary: 226 Reading 1 Jon 3:1-10 The word of the LORD came to ...
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Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st 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 Fa...
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Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir)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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Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st 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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Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st 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 th...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st 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...
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Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir)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. &...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir)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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The Other Side Of Every Sin Tuesday, March 3, 2020 There are accounts of people who have been in bondage to alcoholism or drugs, who claimed nothing was wrong, or that they were only hurting themselves. It wasn’t until they realized the pain and damage that their sin was causing to...
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Jesus: The Son of Mary Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us? Mark 6:3 Jesus is the Son of Mary, born as a human baby; yet Mary was a virgin. Jesus was born sinless, witho...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for calling me to be Your disciple. Thank You for adopting me into Your family. Thank You that I can live free from fear as Your child... For you did not rece...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Katharine Drexel St. Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) was a wealthy heiress from a prominent family in Philadelphia. From a young age she felt called to serve the spiritual and temporal needs of the underprivileged, particularly the Af...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression." Psalm 19: 12-13
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Liturgical day: Tuesday 1st of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 6,7-15): Jesus said to his disciples, «When you pray, do not use a lot of words, as the pagans do, for they hold that the more they say, the more chance they have of being heard. Do not be like them. Your Fath...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings March 03 2020 « March 2 | March 4 » Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 225 Reading 1 Is 55:10-11 Thus says the LORD: Just as fr...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st 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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Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel)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. &...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st 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 Fa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st 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 ...