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Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 25 June 2021 Friday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 25 June 2021 Friday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 25 June 2021 Friday of week 12 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 25 June 2021 Friday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
  • Spiritual Warfare & The Church: Equipped to Conquer

    Spiritual Warfare & The Church: Equipped to Conquer Equipped to Conquer The Church is the Body of Christ, instituted by Christ as a means of assisting souls to be saved. Christ Himself is the head of this Body, and all the baptized are the members. It was founded to continue the mission of...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Nativity of St. John the Baptist A family relation of Jesus, St. John the Baptist is called “the Forerunner” because he was sent by God to "prepare the way of the Lord" ahead of Jesus' public ministry. The birth of St. John...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "But without faith it is impossible to please him, for anyone who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him." Hebrews 11:6  
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "Habits are being formed here under the pressure of temptation and difficulty that unfold in perfect form and beauty when the soul that has developed these habits passes into its true home. Those very temptations that made it so difficult to perse...
  • Lectionary

    Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Mass during the Day Lectionary: 587 Reading I Is 49:1-6 Hear me, O coastlands,     listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth,     from my mother’s womb he g...
  • Gospel/Homily

    June 24th: Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 1,57-66.80): When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 24 June 2021 The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist From a sermon by Saint AugustineThe voice of one crying in the wilderness The Church observes the birth ...
  • Office of Readings

    Thursday 24 June 2021 The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help u...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 24 June 2021 The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to he...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 24 June 2021 The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 24 June 2021 The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Gl...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 24 June 2021 The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 24 June 2021 The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 24 June 2021 The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, w...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Joseph Cafasso St. Joseph Cafasso (1811–1860) was born in Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy, to a peasant family. He was born with a physical deformity of the spine, which caused him to grow into a stunted and crippled man. ...
  • Lectionary

    Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 373 Reading I Gn 15:1-12, 17-18 The word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:     “Fear not, Abram!         I am your shield;     &n...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7,15-20): Jesus said to his disciples: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Wednesday 23 June 2021 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time St Aelred's treatise on spiritual friendshipTrue, perfect, and eternal friendship That outstanding youth, Jonathan, son of...
  • Office of Readings

    Wednesday 23 June 2021 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 23 June 2021 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 23 June 2021 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 23 June 2021 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 23 June 2021 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 23 June 2021 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  (First Vespers of tomorrow, Birthday of St John the Baptist) 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Wednesday 23 June 2021 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end....
  • Seek the Presence of God Within You

    Seek the Presence of God Within You The Presence of God in Us From the first to the last pages of The Spiritual Canticle, St. John of the Cross puts before us the soul anxious for union with God. “Ah, where are you hiding?” it sings in the first stanza of the delightful po...
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  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Thomas More St. Thomas More (1478–1535) was born in London, the son of a lawyer and judge. He was educated in the finest schools and became a brilliant English statesman. He served in parliament, on the King's council, as a d...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "Give ear to my words, O Lord; give heed to my groaning. Hearken to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to thee do I pray. O Lord, in the morning thou dost hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for thee, and watch. For thou art n...
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "Jesus Christ did not think the sovereign beatitude and glory of Heaven too dearly purchased at the price of unspeakable tortures, and by suffering His sacred flesh to be mangled by nails, thorns, and scourges. Great indeed must be the value of th...
  • Lectionary

    Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 372 Reading I Gn 13:2, 5-18 Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold. Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, so that the land could not support them if they stayed toge...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7,6.12-14): Jesus said to his disciples, «Do not give what is holy to the dogs, or throw your pearls to the pigs: they might trample on them and even turn o...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Tuesday 22 June 2021 Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs  or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time A treatise on Christian Per...
  • Office of Readings

    Tuesday 22 June 2021 Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs  or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with th...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 22 June 2021 Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs  or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wit...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 22 June 2021 Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 22 June 2021 Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 22 June 2021 Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 22 June 2021 Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs  or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version w...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Tuesday 22 June 2021 Tuesday of week 12 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...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Aloysius Gonzaga St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591) was born to a noble Italian family, the eldest of seven children, and was destined for the military. However, by the time he was nine years of age he chose the religious ...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bo...
  • Lectionary

    Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious Lectionary: 371 Reading I Gn 12:1-9 The LORD said to Abram: “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. “I will make of you a great natio...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7,1-5): Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measu...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Monday 21 June 2021 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious  on Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious A letter from St Aloysius Gonzaga to his motherGod's mercies shall be my song for ever May the ...
  • Office of Readings

    Monday 21 June 2021 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious  on Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make h...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 21 June 2021 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious  on Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, ma...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 21 June 2021 Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 21 June 2021 Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 21 June 2021 Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 21 June 2021 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious  on Monday of week 12 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, ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Monday 21 June 2021 Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Bl. John Fenwick & Bl. John Gavan Bl. John Fenwick and Bl. John Gavan (d. 1679) were Englishmen and Jesuit priests who were martyred for their faith in England during the monarchy's persecution of the Catholic Church. John Fenwick's...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come? Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins? Let us test and examine our ways, and...
  • Meditation

      Meditation of the Day "[Purity of intention] which is intimately connected with zeal, enables us to forget ourselves in all things, and to seek first the glory of God and the accomplishment of His good pleasure, persuaded that the more we sacrifice our own interests in...
  • Lectionary

    Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 95 Reading I Jb 38:1, 8-11 The Lord addressed Job out of the storm and said:     Who shut within doors the sea,         when it burst forth from the womb;    &nb...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 4,35-41): One day when evening had come, Jesus said to them, «Let's go across to the other side». So they left the crowd and took him away in the boat he had b...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Sunday 20 June 2021 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time A treatise on the Trinity by St FaustinusChrist, king and priest for ever Our Saviour received a bodily anointing and so became a true king and...
  • Office of Readings

    Sunday 20 June 2021 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 20 June 2021 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 20 June 2021 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 20 June 2021 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 20 June 2021 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 20 June 2021 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Sunday 20 June 2021 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. Allelu...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Sts. Gervase & Protase Sts. Gervase and Protase (2nd century) were twin brothers born in the Roman Empire to Christian parents. Their parents were killed for their Christian faith, and the brothers likewise suffered martyrdom. They ...
  • Verse of the Day

      Verse of the Day "Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." 1 John 3:2  
  • Lectionary

    Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 370 Reading I 2 Cor 12:1-10 Brothers and sisters: I must boast; not that it is profitable, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who, fourteen years ago (wheth...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 6,24-34): Jesus said to his disciples, «No one can serve two masters; for he will either hate one and love the other, or he will be loyal to the first and...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Saturday 19 June 2021 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Romuald, Abbot  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 Psa...
  • Office of Readings

    Saturday 19 June 2021 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Romuald, Abbot  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 Psa...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 19 June 2021 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Romuald, Abbot  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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 19 June 2021 Saturday of week 11 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 19 June 2021 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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    Saturday 19 June 2021 Saturday of week 11 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 19 June 2021 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Romuald, Abbot  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour tha...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Saturday 19 June 2021 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Am...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day Sts. Mark & Marcellian Sts. Mark and Marcellian (d. 286 A.D.) were twin brothers who were martyred for their faith in Rome under Emperor Diocletian. According to legend they were both deacons from a distinguished family who were thrown i...
  • Lectionary

    Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 368 Reading I 2 Cor 11:1-11 Brothers and sisters: If only you would put up with a little foolishness from me! Please put up with me. For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 6,19-23): Jesus said to his disciples: «Do not store up treasure for yourself here on earth where moth and rust destroy it, and where thieves can steal it. ...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Friday 18 June 2021 Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time St Cyprian's treatise on the Lord's PrayerAs God's children, let us remain in the peace of God. Christ has clearly added a law here...
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  • Office of Readings

    Friday 18 June 2021 Friday of week 11 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 Fathe...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 18 June 2021 Friday of week 11 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 F...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 18 June 2021 Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 18 June 2021 Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 18 June 2021 Friday of week 11 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 18 June 2021 Friday of week 11 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Friday 18 June 2021 Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
  • Saint of the Day

      Saint of the Day St. Emily de Vialar St. Emily de Vialar (1797–1856) was born in Gaillac, France to an aristocratic family in the years following the French Revolution. Because the Catholic faith was under severe persecution, she was baptize...
  • Lectionary

    Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 368 Reading I 2 Cor 11:1-11 Brothers and sisters: If only you would put up with a little foolishness from me! Please put up with me. For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed ...
  • Gospel/Homily

    Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 6,7-15): Jesus said to his disciples, «When you pray, do not use a lot of words, as the pagans do, for they hold that the more they say, the more chance t...
  • Spiritual Reading

    Thursday 17 June 2021 Thursday of week 11 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 11 in Ordinary Time St Cyprian's treatise on the Lord's PrayerAfter the support of bread, we ask for the forgiveness of sins As the prayer contin...
  • Office of Readings

    Thursday 17 June 2021 Thursday of week 11 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 17 June 2021 Thursday of week 11 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 17 June 2021 Thursday of week 11 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Thursday 17 June 2021 Thursday of week 11 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...
  • Liturgy of the Hours

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