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Sunday 1st (B) of Lent listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 1,12-15): At once the Spirit drove him out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. ...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 1st Sunday of Lent A commentary of St Augustine on Psalm 60In Christ we suffered temptation, and in him we overcame the Devil Hear, O God, my petition, listen to my prayer. ...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st 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 21 February 2021 1st 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 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent 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 and to t...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent 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 the Son...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent 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 to the ...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and ...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent 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. ________ E...
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Jesus: King of Kings and Lord of Lords And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16 Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the absolute, sovereign Ruler of the universe. Today He has given peo...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Let me experience Your love and share Your love with others... Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 &...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome Go...
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No one enjoys illness, conflicts, or difficulties. Such stressors tend to demand attention and drain energy, narrowing our focus until our troubles become larger and all else is pushed to the side. What we need at such times is a glimpse of the greatness and majesty of the Lord. Looking at Him helps...
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Saint of the Day Sts. Francisco & Jacinta Marto St. Francisco (1908-1919) and St. Jacinta Marto (1910–1920) were siblings and the youngest of the three shepherd children, who, along with their cousin, Lúcia Santos, witnessed three apparition...
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Verse of the Day "But you are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises" of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." 1 Peter 2:9
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Liturgical Colour: Violet. Readings at Mass ________ Entrance AntiphonCf. Ps 68: 17 Answer us, Lord, for your mercy is kind;in the abundance of your mercies, look upon us. ________ Collect Almighty ever-living God,look with compas...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday after Ash Wednesday From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusThe friendship of God Our Lord, the Word of God, first drew men to God as servants...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday 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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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday 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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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday 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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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday 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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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday 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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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday (First Vespers of tomorrow, 1st 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 a...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. ...
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Starting at a very early age, children will repeatedly ask their parents the question Why? And this desire for reasons isn’t something we outgrow. As adults, especially during dark times when we cannot figure out what the Lord is doing, we tend to think, If I could just know why, then it would...
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Arise My Love Friday, February 19, 2021 In the Song of Solomon, the Bridegroom says to the Bride "Arise my love, my beautiful one and come." That first word, arise, is the Hebrew word Koomi. Koomi means "RISE." It's one of God's favorite words - and His word to you - Koomi - ...
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Jesus: The Shadow of a Great Rock A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Isaiah 32:2 Just as a person struggling through the desert need...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 Dear Lord God, I thank you for Your beautiful creation of everything in world around me. I pray that you will send restorati...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:13
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Saint of the Day Blessed Alvarez of Cordova Bl. Alvarez of (Córdoba) Cordova (1350-1430) was born to a noble family in Zamora, Spain. He joined the Dominican Order and preached throughout Spain, and served at the court of Queen Catherine. He went ...
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Verse of the Day "Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to thee, when my heart is faint. Lead thou me to the rock that is higher than I; for thou art my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy. Let me dwell in thy tent for ever! Oh ...
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Meditation of the Day "And so the idea of peace came down to do the work of peace: The Word was made flesh and even now dwells among us. It is by faith that he dwells in our hearts, in our memory, our intellect and penetrates even into our imagination. What concept cou...
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Friday after Ash Wednesday Lectionary: 221 Reading I Is 58:1-9a Thus says the Lord GOD: Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Tell my people their wickedness, and the house o...
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Friday after Ash Wednesday listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9,14-15): The disciples of John came to Jesus with the question, «How is it that we and the Pharisees fast on many occasions, but not your disciples?». Jesus answered t...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday after Ash Wednesday A homily of Pseudo-ChrysostomPrayer is the light of the soul The highest good is prayer and conversation with God, because it means that we are...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday 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 an...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday 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 Fathe...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday 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 ...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday 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...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday 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...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday 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 Fat...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday 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 to ...
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We live in a noncommittal world, where perseverance is all too rare. If a job is difficult or boring, people often think, Why not find another one? Or when a marriage becomes unhappy, many wonder, Should I be with someone else? Sadly, this mindset is also found among believers. At the first...
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The Secret of the Arranged Marriage Thursday, February 18, 2021 In Biblical times, how did you find a husband or wife? Did you go to the Jerusalem single's bar? Read the single's confidential section in the Dead Sea Scroll... 25 year old Pharisee guy, looking for a young Sadd...
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The Secret of the Arranged Marriage Thursday, February 18, 2021 In Biblical times, how did you find a husband or wife? Did you go to the Jerusalem single's bar? Read the single's confidential section in the Dead Sea Scroll... 25 year old Pharisee guy, looking for a young Sadd...
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The Father: Creator Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28 The Lord is the Creator; without Him nothing...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for all of the special people You have placed in my life to surround me with support and encouragement. Thank You for creating me to live out my life in community with You and with others. &nb...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day O Lord , You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. Psalm 139:1-2
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Saint of the Day Blessed Fra Angelico Bl. Fra Angelico (1387-1455) was born Guido di Pietro in Tuscany, Italy. Little is known of his early life, but he became a famous early Italian Renaissance master painter. Fra Angelico would pray earnestly before ...
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Verse of the Day "For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice. But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity. And the fru...
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Thursday after Ash Wednesday Lectionary: 220 Reading I Dt 30:15-20 Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I enjoin on you today, loving him, an...
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Thursday after Ash Wednesday listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9,22-25): Jesus said, «The Son of Man must suffer many things. He will be rejected by the elders and chief priests and teachers of the Law, and put to death. Then after thr...
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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday after Ash Wednesday From a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, popePurification of spirit through fasting and almsgiving Dear friends, at every moment the earth i...
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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday 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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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday 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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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday 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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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday 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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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday 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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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday 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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Let the Wicked Perish! Wednesday, February 17, 2021 In Psalm 83, David says, "Let the wicked perish." It seems almost unbiblical, not the same spirit as you find in the New Testament. Are we not told to love our enemies? So how could he write, Let the wicked perish? How can y...
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Jesus: Redeemer For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth. Job 19:25 Jesus is the Redeemer. Before you were saved, you were owned by sin and the Devil, but Jesus bought you with a special redemptive price. “You were not redeem...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, You have promised that Your grace is sufficient for me... And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundan...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Although our circles of influence vary in size, we all have the power to affect people at home, in church, or in the world. The fact is, our life is always on display, whether we’re aware of it or not. Daniel didn’t set out to impress others, but his convictions had an effect on everyone...
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Saint of the Day St. Manettus and the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites St. Manettus (d. 1268), also known as St. Benedict dell’Antella, was one of the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites. Between 1225 and 1227 in the city of Florence, It...
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Verse of the Day "I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep thy word. I do not turn aside from thy ordinances, for thou hast taught me. How sweet are thy words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding; theref...
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Meditation of the Day "And it is only by the observance of the first and greatest commandment that we can keep the second. The more we love God, the more we shall love man; the less we love God, the less we shall, in the true sense of the word, love man. Our love will ...
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Ash Wednesday Lectionary: 219 Reading I Jl 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to...
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Ash Wednesday listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 6,1-6.16-18): Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. W...
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Wednesday 17 February 2021 Ash Wednesday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Ash Wednesday From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansRepent Let us fix our attention on the blood of Christ and recognise how precious it is to God his Father, s...
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Wednesday 17 February 2021 Ash Wednesday 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 S...
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Wednesday 17 February 2021 Ash Wednesday 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 t...
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Wednesday 17 February 2021 Ash Wednesday 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 and to the...
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Wednesday 17 February 2021 Ash Wednesday 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 the Son a...
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Wednesday 17 February 2021 Ash Wednesday 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 to the So...
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Wednesday 17 February 2021 Ash Wednesday 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 to...
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Wednesday 17 February 2021 Ash Wednesday 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 to the Son an...
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Have you ever had the chance to visit Israel? There is a stark contrast between the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. The banks of the Jordan are surrounded by trees and greenery, but very little grows in the vicinity of the Dead Sea because there’s no outlet—water can only evaporate. This ...
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Even Heaven has to Receive Jesus Tuesday, February 16, 2021 In Acts 3:20-21, a strange verse appears, 'Jesus the Messiah, whom Heaven must receive...' You've heard that you must receive Jesus, but Heaven? Why does Heaven need to receive Jesus? What could be more wonderful tha...
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Jesus: The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 Just as Jesus was present in New Testament times to lead His disciples, so He is ready to guide you today. Jesus is the Beginning and the End, so He&rs...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, I know that You sent Jesus into the world so that I could have eternal life with You. As Jesus said... For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that wh...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Saint of the Day St. Juliana St. Juliana of Nicomedia (c. 270 A.D.) was the daughter of noble pagan parents, born in Nicomedia, a Greek city in ancient Turkey. Although her father was hostile to Christians, Juliana secretly accepted baptism. Her father...
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Verse of the Day "If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, th...
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Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 336 Reading I Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 When the LORD saw how great was man’s wickedness on earth, and how no desire that his heart conceived was ever anything but evil, he regretted that he had made man o...
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Tuesday 6th inOrdinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8,14-21): The disciples had forgotten to bring more bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. Then Jesus warned them, «Keep your eyes open and beware of the yeast o...
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Tuesday 16 February 2021 Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time From the Discourses against the Arians by Saint Athanasius, bishopWe know the Father through creative and incarnate wisdom The...
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Tuesday 16 February 2021 Tuesday of week 6 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 ...
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Tuesday 16 February 2021 Tuesday of week 6 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 ...
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Tuesday 16 February 2021 Tuesday of week 6 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 th...
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Tuesday 16 February 2021 Tuesday of week 6 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 Fath...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 16 February 2021 Tuesday of week 6 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 F...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 16 February 2021 Tuesday of week 6 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 t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 16 February 2021 Tuesday of week 6 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 Fathe...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
When God created the heavens and earth, He carried out His plan with purpose. Nothing was haphazard, late, or uncertain. The same could be said regarding His plans for each of His children. Every aspect of our life, including our finances, is under His watchful eye and providential care. B...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Phantom Moth Monday, February 15, 2021 In Great Britain, a night train was carrying Queen Victoria. Suddenly, the engineer saw a phantom figure... in a black cloak standing in the middle of the tracks, waving its arms back and forth. The engineer jammed the brakes, stared...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Trinity: The King (Jehovah Melek) Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the king, the LORD of hosts. Isaiah 6:5 The Lord is Jehovah Melek, the K...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for this new day. Thank You for the little things that I often take for granted. I’m blessed because You are a loving, forgiving and understanding God. You hav...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9