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The Holy Place in Tuesday, February 9, 2021 The Wilderness So... you're going through a wilderness...Or, you've just gone through a wilderness...or, you're about to go through a wilderness... or ... whatever the case ... you probably don't like the wilderness, those hard time...
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The Trinity: The Shadow of the Almighty He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 A shadow can be both good and bad. A threatening shadow may warn of an approaching storm. When we see a shadow in the...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Today I desire to live fully in Your presence. I welcome Your Holy Spirit to fill me and to lead me. As I work through my to-do lists and projects, I will seek You above all else, recognizing ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 NIV
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Although pastors are called to care for the needs of people in the church, this duty is not theirs alone. And it has nothing to do with the size of the pastoral staff, the entire congregation is to be involved in caring for each other. Every Christian is equipped to serve other believers. F...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) was born in Germany to a devout peasant family. From a young age she received divine knowledge imparted to her through extremely detailed visions of the lives of J...
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Verse of the Day "But this one offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God; now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool. For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated." Hebrews 10:12-14...
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Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 330 Reading I Gn 1:20—2:4a God said, “Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky.” And so it happened: God create...
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Tuesday 5th in Ordinary Time Podcast Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7,1-13): One day the Pharisees gathered around Jesus and with them were some teachers of the Law who had just come from Jerusalem. They noticed that some of his disciples were eating th...
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Tuesday 9 February 2021 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a homily on Genesis by OrigenThe sacrifice of Abraham Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering, loaded it on Isaac, an...
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Tuesday 9 February 2021 Tuesday 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 F...
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Tuesday 9 February 2021 Tuesday 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 t...
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Tuesday 9 February 2021 Tuesday 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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Tuesday 9 February 2021 Tuesday 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 Fathe...
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Tuesday 9 February 2021 Tuesday 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 Fa...
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Tuesday 9 February 2021 Tuesday 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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Tuesday 9 February 2021 Tuesday 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...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Have you ever felt alone or uncertain? At times, all of us struggle under the weight of a difficult situations. It might be a sin we cannot overcome, a trial that just doesn’t let up, or a need that remains unmet. However, there’s no need to struggle through it alone. We have the support...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Elected Mule Monday, February 8, 2021 You may not have a high opinion of politicians and this probably won't help.... a cautionary tale... and true. In 1938, the Democratic mayor of Milton, Washington sponsored the running of a candidate who was obviously not qualified fo...
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Jesus: A Nazarene And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene." Matthew 2:23 Two cities are especially important to the baby Jesus. He was born in Bethlehem, ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, You are my refuge and my strength... In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Psalm 62:7 I run to You for shelter and You fill m...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Psalm 62:7
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Saint of the Day St. Josephine Bakhita St. Josephine Bakhita (d. 1947) was born into a wealthy Sudanese family near Darfur. She was kidnapped when she was nine years old and forced into slavery. Her kidnappers named her Bakhita (“fortunate”...
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Verse of the Day "I love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved...
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Meditation of the Day "A spiritual Communion acts on the soul as blowing does on a cinder-covered fire which was about to go out. Whenever you feel your love of God growing cold, quickly make a spiritual Communion.’ ‘Quickly!’ There’s a sense of...
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Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 329 Reading I Gn 1:1-19 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God...
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Monday 5th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6,53-56): Having crossed the lake, Jesus and his disciples came ashore at Gennesaret where they tied up the boat. As soon as they landed, people recognized Jesus and ran to spread...
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Monday 8 February 2021 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From the 'Breviloquium' of St BonaventureFrom the knowledge ...
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Monday 8 February 2021 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin 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 ...
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Monday 8 February 2021 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin 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....
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Monday 8 February 2021 Monday 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 F...
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Monday 8 February 2021 Monday 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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Monday 8 February 2021 Monday 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 Fath...
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Monday 8 February 2021 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instea...
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Monday 8 February 2021 Monday 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 a...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Did you know, what you do matters to God? No matter the hardship, difficulty or circumstance, the Lord cares about you and is always there to guide you, support you and care for you if you let Him. But what about our responsibilities in all this? Do we hold ourselves accountable to Almighty God? Do ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Author of Our Faith Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 Jesus ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for this beautiful new day. Your voice is so important to me, I listen now, expectantly... My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27 ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27
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Saint of the Day St. Richard the King St. Richard the King (c. 720 A.D.), also known as Richard the Pilgrim, was a Saxon king born in Wessex, England, who was related by blood to the royal house of Kent. His brother-in-law was St. Boniface, and three of ...
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Verse of the Day "[May you be] strengthened with every power, in accord with his glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy giving thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to share in the inheritance of the holy ones in light." Colossians 1:11-12 ...
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 74 Reading I Jb 7:1-4, 6-7 Job spoke, saying: Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery? Are not his days those of hirelings? He is a slave who longs for the shade, a hireling wh...
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Sunday 5th (B) in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 1,29-39): On leaving the synagogue, Jesus went to the home of Simon and Andrew with James and John. As Simon's mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever, they immediately told ...
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Sunday 7 February 2021 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time From an explanation of Paul's letter to the Galatians by Saint Augustine, bishopLet us understand the workings of God's grace Paul writes to t...
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Sunday 7 February 2021 5th 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 an...
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Sunday 7 February 2021 5th 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 Fathe...
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Sunday 7 February 2021 5th 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 7 February 2021 5th 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...
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Sunday 7 February 2021 5th 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...
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Sunday 7 February 2021 5th 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 Fat...
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Sunday 7 February 2021 5th 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. Alle...
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Jesus: The Light of the City The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. Revelation 21:23 When we get to Heaven, we won’t need the sun that shines in our solar system. Je...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, You are my light of life... Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” Jo...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12 Let your light so shine before men, that they may ...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Have you ever been confronted for your faith? Harsh persecution for Christians isn’t something most of us have been subjected to here in the United States. Yes, at times we may have felt rejected, or treated unfairly, but for the most part, we haven’t been challenged with physical suffer...
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Saint of the Day St. Paul Miki and Companions St. Paul Miki (1562–1597) and his twenty-five companions, known as the Martyrs of Nagasaki, were crucified for the faith in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1597. A Japanese layman of great nobility and wealth, Paul...
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Verse of the Day "My children, I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one. He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world...
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Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs Lectionary: 328 Reading I Heb 13:15-17, 20-21 Brothers and sisters: Through Jesus, let us continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Do not neglect to do go...
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Saturday 4th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6,30-34): The apostles returned and reported to Jesus all they had done and taught. Then he said to them, «Go off by yourselves to a remote place and have some rest»...
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Saturday 6 February 2021 Saints Paul Miki and his Companions, Martyrs on Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Paul Miki and his Companions, Martyrs A statue of St Paul Miki, bearing stylised depictions of the in...
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Saturday 6 February 2021 Saints Paul Miki and his Companions, Martyrs on Saturday of week 4 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 ai...
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Saturday 6 February 2021 Saints Paul Miki and his Companions, Martyrs on Saturday of week 4 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 ou...
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Saturday 6 February 2021 Saturday of week 4 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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Saturday 6 February 2021 Saturday of week 4 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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Saturday 6 February 2021 Saturday of week 4 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 6 February 2021 Saints Paul Miki and his Companions, Martyrs on Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the v...
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Saturday 6 February 2021 Saturday of week 4 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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The Unplanned and the Planned Friday, February 5, 2021 The Planned Let's say you wanted to have a rotten relationship with someone. How do you go about planning the rotten relationship? You could plan never to express any love to them. You could plan to be critical all the ti...
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Jesus: The All and in All Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. Colossians 3:11 Jesus is the All and in All. When you become a member of His Church—the...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer The themes from today's prayer are taken from Psalm 28, Psalm 31, Psalm 32 and Psalm 38. Pray for yourself and for others who may be in great need... Dear Father in Heaven, I crying out to You with my hands lifted high....
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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 ...
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Did you know, that each of us is made in the likeness of Almighty God? The spiritual creator of all things loved us so much, He made us a reflection of Him. What an awesome gift to know that we were thought of so highly by our Lord that our very appearance constitutes a direct link to God’s et...
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Saint of the Day St. Agatha St. Agatha (231-251 A.D.) was born in Sicily into an affluent family. At a young age she made the decision to devote herself to Christ, resisting every offer of marriage. Struck by her beauty and wealth, a magistrate named Q...
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Verse of the Day "Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain." 1 Corinthians 15:58
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Meditation of the Day "Man threw away everything he had—his right to speak freely, his communion with God, his time in Paradise, his unclouded life—and went out naked, like a survivor from a shipwreck. But God received him and immediately clothed him, and t...
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Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Lectionary: 327 Reading I Heb 13:1-8 Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels. Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of ...
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Friday 4th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6,14-29): King Herod also heard about Jesus because his name had become well-known. Some people said, «John the Baptist has been raised from the dead and that is why miracul...
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Friday 5 February 2021 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr St Peter Healing St Agatha (c.1614) by Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647). From a homily on Saint Agatha by...
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Friday 5 February 2021 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Friday of week 4 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 hast...
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Friday 5 February 2021 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Friday of week 4 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 ...
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Friday 5 February 2021 Friday of week 4 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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Friday 5 February 2021 Friday of week 4 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 5 February 2021 Friday of week 4 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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Friday 5 February 2021 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Friday of week 4 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, mak...
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Friday 5 February 2021 Friday of week 4 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 a...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
If I asked you, “Have you surrendered your life to God?” What would you say? Presumably, if He is your Savior and Lord, then this should be your wholehearted response. “Yes. I know that I am saved, baptized in Christ, my sin debt paid and my name is written in the Lamb’s Book...
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Your Other Treasure Thursday, February 4, 2021 There's an expression, "Time is money." But that's not true. Time is not money. Time is time. We often use money to purchase good times. And the more we give, the more good times we expect. If we put a quarter into a pinball mach...
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Jesus: The Young Child And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:11 ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I need You to teach me and to shape my life. I am Humbled as I approach You, knowing that I need You to be the center of my life. Sometimes I find myself living like my old self, living from...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ...put off (my) old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires... and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:22-24
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Saint of the Day St. Jane of Valois St. Jane of Valois (1464-1505) was born to French King Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy. Much of her life was marked by neglect and emotional abuse. Her father resented her because she was a sickly and deformed female...
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Verse of the Day "For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, "Abba, Father!" The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, ...
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Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 326 Reading I Heb 12:18-19, 21-24 Brothers and sisters: You have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words...
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Thursday 4th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6,7-13): Jesus called the Twelve to him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over evil spirits. And He ordered them to take nothing for the journey excep...
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Thursday 4 February 2021 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemEven in time of persecution let the Cross be your joy The Catho...
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Thursday 4 February 2021 Thursday of week 4 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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Thursday 4 February 2021 Thursday of week 4 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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Thursday 4 February 2021 Thursday of week 4 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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Thursday 4 February 2021 Thursday of week 4 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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Thursday 4 February 2021 Thursday of week 4 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 ...