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Saint of the Day St. Claude de la Colombiere St. Claude de la Colombiere (1641-1682) was born to a noble family in France and became a Jesuit priest. He was known for his solid and serious sermons and his dedication to observing the rule of his order wit...
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Verse of the Day "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven...
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Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 335 Reading I Gn 4:1-15, 25 The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the LORD.” Next she bore his brother Abel. A...
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Monday 6th inOrdinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8,11-13): The Pharisees came and started to argue with Jesus. Hoping to embarrass him, they asked for some heavenly sign. Then his spirit was moved. He gave a deep sigh and said, &...
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Monday 15 February 2021 Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxOn the search for wisdom Let us work for the food which does not perish – our ...
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Monday 15 February 2021 Monday 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 Fa...
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Monday 15 February 2021 Monday 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 th...
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Monday 15 February 2021 Monday 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 the ...
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Monday 15 February 2021 Monday 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 Father...
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Monday 15 February 2021 Monday 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 Fat...
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Monday 15 February 2021 Monday 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 to ...
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Monday 15 February 2021 Monday 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 Father ...
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All too often, our frustrations about life impact our ability to submit to God and be intimately connected with Him. Trusting our Father requires humility—we must remember He alone knows all. But we also need to keep in mind that He loves us more than anyone can grasp. When we stay fo...
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Jesus: The Rock And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 Jesus is the Rock on which the Church is built. Some have mistakenly thought that in Matthew 1...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Your great love is everlasting and far reaching... Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your fa...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait f...
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Saint of the Day St. Valentine St. Valentine of Rome (c. 270) was a priest who lived in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II. Little is known of his life with certainty, except that he ministered to Christians who were persecuted and imprisoned...
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Verse of the Day "Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show his works by a good life in the humility that comes from wisdom." James 3:13
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Meditation of the Day "Each of us must come to the evening of life. Each of us must enter on eternity. Each of us must come to that quiet, awful time, when we will appear before the Lord of the vineyard, and answer for the deeds done in the body, whether they be ...
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 77 Reading I Lv 13:1-2, 44-46 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “If someone has on his skin a scab or pustule or blotch which appears to be the sore of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest, or to one...
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Sunday 6th (B) in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 1,40-45): A leper came to Jesus and begged him, «If you so will, you can make me clean». Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, &la...
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Sunday 14 February 2021 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time From a commentary on the Diatessaron by Saint Ephraem, deaconGod's word is an inexhaustible spring of life Lord, who can comprehend even one ...
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Sunday 14 February 2021 6th 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 a...
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Sunday 14 February 2021 6th 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 Fath...
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Sunday 14 February 2021 6th 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...
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Sunday 14 February 2021 6th 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 t...
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Sunday 14 February 2021 6th 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 an...
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Sunday 14 February 2021 6th 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 Fa...
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Sunday 14 February 2021 6th 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. All...
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Jesus: The Son of Joseph 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 Jesus is called the Son of Joseph because Joseph was His eart...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I praise You for this new day. You are the Creator of the universe and you know all things... Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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
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Have their been times in your life that you have felt that you were going in the wrong direction? Maybe, it’s been your circle of friends, co-worker’s, or a relationship that has put you on a path that you don’t quite feel comfortable with. Is there a pull on your life; you’r...
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Saint of the Day St. Catherine del Ricci St. Catherine del Ricci (1522-1590) was born with the name Alessandra in Florence, Italy, to a respectable merchant family. Her mother died while she was very young, so that from her childhood Alessandra took the ...
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Verse of the Day "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by strea...
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Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 334 Reading I Gn 3:9-24 The LORD God called to Adam and asked him, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself.&rdquo...
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Saturday 5th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8,1-10): A great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them, «I feel sorry for these people because they have been wit...
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Saturday 13 February 2021 Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Blessed Isaac of Stella, abbotThe pre-eminence of love Why, my brethren, are we so little concerned with f...
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Saturday 13 February 2021 Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary 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...
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Saturday 13 February 2021 Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary 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, com...
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Saturday 13 February 2021 Saturday of week 5 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 ...
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Saturday 13 February 2021 Saturday of week 5 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 Fa...
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Saturday 13 February 2021 Saturday of week 5 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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Saturday 13 February 2021 Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, us...
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Saturday 13 February 2021 Saturday of week 5 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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Being a parent is an awesome responsibility like no other. It is important to be a good role model, mentor, teacher and spiritual leader. But have you ever considered, what role a grandparent can play in leading their grandchildren to Christ? The first thing you need to do is get down on y...
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The Testimony of the Shark Friday, February 12, 2021 In 1799, an American ship named the "Nancy" suspected of carrying contraband, was seized by a British vessel. But before the 'Nancy' was boarded, the crew disposed of the illegal cargo. The captain threw the ship's records ...
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The Holy Spirit: A Sound from Heaven And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Acts 2:2 The Holy Spirit was like a Sound from Heaven when He came upon the disciples at ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, I often ask You for help for my plans. Please teach me to wait upon You my Lord and to seek Your plans for my life... But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 New King James Version
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Saint of the Day St. Julian the Hospitaller St. Julian the Hospitaller (4th c.) came from a wealthy noble family in Europe. Little of his life is known with certainty. According to legend he married a noble widow, and was put under a curse at some point ...
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Verse of the Day "On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed, “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as scripture says: 'Rivers of living water will flow from within him.'"" John 7:37-8 ...
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Meditation of the Day "Now man need not hide from God as Adam did; for He can be seen through Christ's human nature. Christ did not gain one perfection more by becoming man, nor did He lose anything of what He possessed as God. There was the Almightiness of God in the ...
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Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 333 Reading I Gn 3:1-8 Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the LORD God had made. The serpent asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the...
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Friday 5th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7,31-37): Again Jesus set out; from the country of Tyre, passed through Sidon and, skirting the sea of Galilee, he came to the territory of Decapolis. There a deaf man who also ha...
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Friday 12 February 2021 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, popeRecognise the dignity of your nature Our Lord Jesus Christ, born true man without ever ...
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Friday 12 February 2021 Friday of week 5 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 Fa...
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Friday 12 February 2021 Friday of week 5 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 th...
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Friday 12 February 2021 Friday of week 5 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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Friday 12 February 2021 Friday of week 5 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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Friday 12 February 2021 Friday of week 5 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 Fat...
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Friday 12 February 2021 Friday of week 5 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 ...
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Friday 12 February 2021 Friday of week 5 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 ...
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As followers of Christ, we must be careful not to confuse God’s goodness with our own expectations of Him. Many people of faith feel that accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior will make their lives better and easier. But when adversity strikes and it will, they are somehow disappointed. We ra...
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How do you respond in times of crisis? If you’re like most people, it’s probable that your attention is immediately focused on the situation rather than on God. But by forgetting the Lord and relying on your own resources to solve the problem, you’ll miss the opportunity for trust ...
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A Derech is not a Place Thursday, February 11, 2021 One of the most famous verses in Scripture is Isaiah 40: "Prepare the way for the Lord." It doesn't say "Prepare a place for the Lord." It says, "Prepare the way for the Lord." The difference is a place is limited, it comes ...
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Jesus: The Son of the Highest He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. Luke 1:32 Jesus is the Son of the Highest, as no human can be. The name “Most High” in th...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Each day I make countless decisions. Some are big decisions, most are small. Please help me to approach each choice with wisdom and to come to You for guidance. I need your ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
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Saint of the Day Bl. Bartholomew of Olmedo Blessed Bartholomew of Olmedo (1485-1524) was a Spanish Mercedarian priest, and the first priest to arrive on Mexican soil in 1516 at the age of 31. He was chaplain for the expedition of Spanish Conquistado...
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Verse of the Day "Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.'" &nbs...
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Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of Lourdes
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Meditation of the Day "Consider not only that God your benefactor is present but also that He acts continuously in all His creatures. And for whom is this continual action, this work of God in nature? For you. Thus, He lights you by the light of day; He nourishes you w...
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Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 332 Reading I Gn 2:18-25 The LORD God said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.” So the LORD God formed out of the ground various wild anima...
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Thursday 5th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7,24-30): Jesus went to the border of the Tyrian country. There He entered a house and did not want anyone to know He was there, but He could not remain hidden. A woman, wh...
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Thursday 11 February 2021 Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Our Lady of Lourdes Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's Exposition on GalatiansLet Christ take shape within you St Paul says, Be like m...
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Thursday 11 February 2021 Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Our Lady of Lourdes 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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Thursday 11 February 2021 Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Our Lady of Lourdes 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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Thursday 11 February 2021 Thursday of week 5 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 ...
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Thursday 11 February 2021 Thursday of week 5 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 Fa...
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Thursday 11 February 2021 Thursday of week 5 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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Thursday 11 February 2021 Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Our Lady of Lourdes Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, m...
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Thursday 11 February 2021 Thursday of week 5 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 Fat...
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But He Walked on Water Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Kayfa, also known as Simon Peter, messed up. We know more about his mess ups than the mess ups of anyone else in the New Testament. He messed up rebuking the Lord, denying the Lord, comparing the Lord to Moses and Elijah, and sinking into t...
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Jesus: That Spiritual Rock For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:4 Jesus was that Spiritual Rock from which the Israelites drank when they thirsted in the wilderness as they traveled from Egypt. T...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I join with your people in Heaven and on the Earth to proclaim... Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Revelation 5:12 Worthy is my Lord Jesus, the Lamb whose loving and obedient sacrifice...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:4
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Saint of the Day St. Scholastica St. Scholastica (480–542 A.D.) was born in Nursia, Italy, to a noble Roman family, along with her twin brother, the famous St. Benedict of Nursia. Their mother died in childbirth. Scholastica was dedicated to God ...
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Verse of the Day "The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18
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We’ve been living in difficult times lately, and the more tumultuous life becomes, the easier it is to be self-centered. Even though the future is uncertain, we can’t afford to let ourselves be consumed with fear and anxiety regarding how we might be affected. God wants us to g...
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Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin Lectionary: 331 Reading I Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17 At the time when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens while as yet there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent...
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Wednesday 5th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7,14-23): Jesus then called the people to him again and said to them, «Listen to me, all of you, and try to understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can make...
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Wednesday 10 February 2021 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Scholastica, Virgin From an altarpiece (c.1453) by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) in the Brera Gallery, Milan. From the books...
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Wednesday 10 February 2021 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Wednesday of week 5 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 ...
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Wednesday 10 February 2021 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Wednesday of week 5 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, m...
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Wednesday 10 February 2021 Wednesday of week 5 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 t...
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Wednesday 10 February 2021 Wednesday of week 5 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 ...
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Wednesday 10 February 2021 Wednesday of week 5 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 t...
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Wednesday 10 February 2021 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Wednesday of week 5 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,...
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Wednesday 10 February 2021 Wednesday of week 5 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 F...