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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, There are so many injustices in this world which I am burdened by and which I must place before You... Increasingly governments make decisions contrary to the instruction of Your Word, The Holy Bible. &nb...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Micah 6:8 NKJV He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
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3 Ways The Enemy Tries To Use Your Past Against You “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2nd Corinthians 5 verse 17 One of the greatest blessings God has...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 378 Reading I Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12 Hear this word, O children of Israel, that the LORD pronounces over you, over the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt: &n...
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Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 8:23-27): As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but h...
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Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusLife in man is the glory of G...
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Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord,...
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Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O L...
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Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
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Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, SS. Peter and Paul) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Inv...
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Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Apply This Monday, June 27, 2022 You probably attend worship services regularly and hear a message or sermon every week. You may even listen to Christian radio daily. With so many ways to enjoy the Word of God, it's very easy for us to develop a consumer mentality that affect...
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Jesus: A Name for Salvation ...but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31 The angel commanded Joseph in a dream, “Call His name Jesus, for He will...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for this new day. I am in awe of Your creation... Brilliant blue skies and the clouds that bring rain, Thunderstorms that send lightning and thunder crashing, Winds that ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Genesis 1:31 NKJV Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So, the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 377 Reading I Am 2:6-10, 13-16 Thus says the LORD: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke my word; Because they sell the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of sandals...
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9:51-62): When the days for Jesus’ being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way th...
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Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineHe is the Lord our God, and we are the people of ...
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Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Cyril of Alexandria, 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 to our aid. ...
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Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Cyril of Alexandria, 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, come to our a...
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Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor 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...
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Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and ...
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The Holy Spirit: The Gift of God If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water. John 4:10 The Holy Spirit is the Gift of God. He is the One who ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You for Your Holy Spirit, Your Gift to me. I know that You have given to me spiritual gifts, talents, and abilities to use in Your service. Please stir up the gift within me... ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day II Timothy 1:6 NKJV Therefore, I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 99 Reading I 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21 The LORD said to Elijah: “You shall anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah, as prophet to succeed you.” Elijah set out and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat, as h...
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9:51-62): When the days for Jesus’ being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way th...
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Sunday 26 June 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time From a homily by Pope Paul VIWe proclaim Christ to the whole world Not to preach the Gospel would be my undoing, for Christ himself sent me as ...
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Sunday 26 June 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and ...
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Sunday 26 June 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 26 June 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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Sunday 26 June 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...
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Sunday 26 June 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...
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Sunday 26 June 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Sunday 26 June 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. Allelu...
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Jesus: The King of Peace To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated "king of righteousness," and then also king of Salem, meaning "king of peace." Hebrews 7:2 Jesus is the King of Peace; no one can have peace apart from Him, be...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I want to experience Your peace in my life today. And, we desperately need Jesus, The King of Peace, to bring His Peace to every home and every nation today. I desire Your perfect peace to g...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through...
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Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 376/573 Reading I Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 The Lord has consumed without pity all the dwellings of Jacob; He has torn down in his anger the fortresses of daughter Judah; He has brought to the...
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Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2,41-51): Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to f...
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Saturday 25 June 2022 The Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Immaculate Heart of Mary A sermon of St Laurence JustinianMary kept all these things in her heart As Mary pondered all she had...
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Saturday 25 June 2022 The Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make ha...
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Saturday 25 June 2022 The Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, mak...
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Saturday 25 June 2022 Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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Saturday 25 June 2022 Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Saturday 25 June 2022 Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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Saturday 25 June 2022 The Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the I...
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Saturday 25 June 2022 Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Am...
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Nativity of John the Baptist Saint of the Day A family relation of Jesus, St. John the Baptist is called “the Forerunner” because he was sent by God to "prepare the way of the Lord" ahead of Jesus' public ministry. The birth of St. John the Baptist to his elderly and previous...
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No-Turn Living - How to do it Friday, June 24, 2022 Proverbs 15:21 speaks about walking straight. God calls us to live straight, to walk straight. Since the closest distance between two points is a straight line, the less you turn, the quicker you will get to where you are go...
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Jesus: Jesus of Nazareth Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote— Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." John 1:45 When you use the title "Jesus of Nazareth," you are referrin...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Today I want to ask for Your special covering of protection and blessing upon the people who minister in Your name to Children at home and around the world. Please continue to work through each one these You...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 19:14 NKJV 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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Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Lectionary: 172 Reading I Ez 34:11-16 Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will res...
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Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (C) listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 15:3-7): Jesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes: "What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-ni...
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Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus A reading from the works of St BonaventureWith you is the source of life You who have been redeemed, consider who it is wh...
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Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be...
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Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glor...
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Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory ...
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Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...
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Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be ...
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Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Gl...
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Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world witho...
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The Reverence of The Scribe Thursday, June 23, 2022 The Bible has come down to us so accurately because of the hand of God and through the hands of many Jewish scribes. Generation after generation of Jewish scribes meticulously copied the Word, every jot, every tittle. If the...
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God: The Father Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 1 John 3:1 The Father in Heaven is likened to an earthly father wh...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, The hymn Faith of Our Fathers inspires me to follow the examples of Christians throughout history and, like them, to trust You, my Father in Heaven... Faith of our fathers, living still, In spite of dunge...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I John 3:1 NKJV Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
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St. Joseph Cafasso Saint of the Day St. Joseph Cafasso (1811–1860) was born in Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy, to a peasant family. He was born with a physical deformity of the spine, which caused him to grow into a stunted and crippled man. Discerning a call to Holy Orders, he entere...
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olemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Mass during the Day Lectionary: 587 Reading I Is 49:1-6 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, &nbs...
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June 24rd: Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 1:57-66.80): When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had ...
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Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist The Virgin and Child with St Anne and John the Baptist (c.1500), cartoon by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)...
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Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help u...
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Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to he...
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Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help...
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Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Gl...
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Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us...
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Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory P...
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Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, w...
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Past The FleshWednesday, June 22, 2022 In Ephesians 2:2, it says, "When in times past, you walked according to the course of this world." It's interesting, the key is, times past, when you walked in the flesh. In Messiah, the flesh is past, He is finished with the flesh. He finished it at Calvary, ...
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Jesus: Jesus of Galilee Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee.” Matthew 26:69 Jesus of Galilee was both His name and address. The angel told Mary to name Him Jesus. His name ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, The Bible teaches that "faith without works is dead." James 2:26 Please give to me the wisdom and motivation to step out of my comfort zone and to put my faith into action. I don&rsquo...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day James 2:26 NKJV For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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St. Thomas More Saint of the Day St. Thomas More (1478–1535) was born in London, the son of a lawyer and judge. He was educated in the finest schools and became a brilliant English statesman. He served in parliament, on the King's council, as a diplomat, and in many other prominent positio...
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Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 373 Reading I 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3 The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law in the temple of the LORD.” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who ...
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Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7:15-20): Jesus said to his disciples: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their ...
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Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time St Aelred's treatise ...
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Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wit...
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Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version...
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Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...
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Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
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Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop (First Vespers of tomorrow, Birthday of St John the Baptist) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If thi...
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Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end....
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Blessing The Blesser Tuesday, June 21, 2022 In the Book of Acts, Paul was sent to Jerusalem with a gift for the Jerusalem believers. The gift was from the gentile church to the Jewish people. The gentile congregations particularly wanted to bless the Jewish believers of Jerus...
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Jesus: Jesus Christ Our Lord I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans 7:25 His name was Jesus. That’s the name given to Him by Mary and Joseph. Throug...