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Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 225 Reading I Is 55:10-11 Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth, ...
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Tuesday 1st of Lent 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 they have of being heard. Do...
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Tuesday 23 February 2021 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent From a treatise on the Lord's Prayer by Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyrHe...
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Tuesday 23 February 2021 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr) 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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Tuesday 23 February 2021 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr) 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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Tuesday 23 February 2021 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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Tuesday 23 February 2021 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
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Tuesday 23 February 2021 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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Tuesday 23 February 2021 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr) 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, c...
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Tuesday 23 February 2021 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent 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.
A passion to obey God doesn’t come naturally. Salvation may spark love and a desire to please Him, but a passionate fire is built slowly from the timbers of spiritual knowledge, faith, and devotion. Obedience usually begins with a fear of the consequences of disobeying. That is, newer...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Atheist's Testimony Monday, February 22, 2021 Madeline Murray O'Hare, the famous atheist who helped remove prayer from public school, was speaking at a college. Her speech denigrated all clergy, mocked those who trusted in prayer, and labeled all religious people "stupid....
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Jesus: The Son All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Matthew 11:27 Jesus is the Son. He...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for all the children of the world. Each child is a precious gift from You, and each child is highly valued by You... But Jesus called (the children) to Him and said, “Le...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But Jesus called (the children) to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God." Luke 18:16
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Saint of the Day St. Margaret of Cortona St. Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297) was born in Tuscany, Italy, the only child of a working-class family. She lost her mother at age seven, and had a poor relationship with her stepmother. Margaret was spoiled, ...
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Verse of the Day "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwe...
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Today’s Feast Day Feast of the Chair of St. Peter Enshrined in the beautiful Bernini reliquary in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is the relic of the actual Chair of St. Peter the Apostle, venerated because it was from that very chair that the f...
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Meditation of the Day "Thus sin renders the soul miserable, weak and torpid, inconstant in doing good, cowardly in resisting temptation, slothful in the observance of God's commandments. It deprives her of true liberty and of that sovereignty which she should never res...
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Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle Lectionary: 535 Reading I 1 Pt 5:1-4 Beloved: I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed. Tend the flock of God...
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February 22: Chair of St. Peter, apostle listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16,13-19): When Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi, He asked his disciples, «Who do people say the Son of man is?». They said, «For some of them you ar...
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Monday 22 February 2021 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Peter's Chair "The Throne of St Peter" (1647-53) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), in St Peter's Basilica, Rome. Photograph by "Dnalor 01". From ...
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Monday 22 February 2021 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 Fat...
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Monday 22 February 2021 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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...
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Monday 22 February 2021 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 22 February 2021 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 22 February 2021 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 22 February 2021 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 t...
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Monday 22 February 2021 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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.
In looking back at your Christian journey so far, when did you experience the most spiritual growth? For many of us, it was during seasons of great discomfort. Jesus tells us we will encounter difficulties in the world John 16:33, but that doesn’t mean we should just go about our life with res...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Lord God The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison t...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I worship You today and I lift up my praise to You. Thank You for covering me with Your love and grace. Please open my eyes that I may see and always be mindful of what I may be holding back...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
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Saint of the Day St. Peter Damian St. Peter Damian (1007-1072 A.D.) was born in Ravenna, Italy, the youngest of a large and noble yet poor family. After his birth his mother initially refused to nurse him due to the strain he would put on the family, and...
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Verse of the Day "Now this is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say, 'We have fellowship with him,' while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth. But if we w...
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First Sunday of Lent Lectionary: 23 Reading I Gn 9:8-15 God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you: a...
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Sunday 1st (B) of Lent listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 1,12-15): At once the Spirit drove him out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. ...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 1st Sunday of Lent A commentary of St Augustine on Psalm 60In Christ we suffered temptation, and in him we overcame the Devil Hear, O God, my petition, listen to my prayer. ...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the ...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and ...
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Sunday 21 February 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. ________ E...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: King of Kings and Lord of Lords And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16 Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the absolute, sovereign Ruler of the universe. Today He has given peo...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Let me experience Your love and share Your love with others... Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 &...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome Go...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
No one enjoys illness, conflicts, or difficulties. Such stressors tend to demand attention and drain energy, narrowing our focus until our troubles become larger and all else is pushed to the side. What we need at such times is a glimpse of the greatness and majesty of the Lord. Looking at Him helps...
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Saint of the Day Sts. Francisco & Jacinta Marto St. Francisco (1908-1919) and St. Jacinta Marto (1910–1920) were siblings and the youngest of the three shepherd children, who, along with their cousin, Lúcia Santos, witnessed three apparition...
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Verse of the Day "But you are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises" of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." 1 Peter 2:9
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Liturgical Colour: Violet. Readings at Mass ________ Entrance AntiphonCf. Ps 68: 17 Answer us, Lord, for your mercy is kind;in the abundance of your mercies, look upon us. ________ Collect Almighty ever-living God,look with compas...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday after Ash Wednesday From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusThe friendship of God Our Lord, the Word of God, first drew men to God as servants...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday (First Vespers of tomorrow, 1st Sunday of Lent) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our a...
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Saturday 20 February 2021 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. ...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Starting at a very early age, children will repeatedly ask their parents the question Why? And this desire for reasons isn’t something we outgrow. As adults, especially during dark times when we cannot figure out what the Lord is doing, we tend to think, If I could just know why, then it would...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Arise My Love Friday, February 19, 2021 In the Song of Solomon, the Bridegroom says to the Bride "Arise my love, my beautiful one and come." That first word, arise, is the Hebrew word Koomi. Koomi means "RISE." It's one of God's favorite words - and His word to you - Koomi - ...
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Jesus: The Shadow of a Great Rock A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Isaiah 32:2 Just as a person struggling through the desert need...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 Dear Lord God, I thank you for Your beautiful creation of everything in world around me. I pray that you will send restorati...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:13
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Saint of the Day Blessed Alvarez of Cordova Bl. Alvarez of (Córdoba) Cordova (1350-1430) was born to a noble family in Zamora, Spain. He joined the Dominican Order and preached throughout Spain, and served at the court of Queen Catherine. He went ...
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Verse of the Day "Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to thee, when my heart is faint. Lead thou me to the rock that is higher than I; for thou art my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy. Let me dwell in thy tent for ever! Oh ...
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Meditation of the Day "And so the idea of peace came down to do the work of peace: The Word was made flesh and even now dwells among us. It is by faith that he dwells in our hearts, in our memory, our intellect and penetrates even into our imagination. What concept cou...
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Friday after Ash Wednesday Lectionary: 221 Reading I Is 58:1-9a Thus says the Lord GOD: Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Tell my people their wickedness, and the house o...
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Friday after Ash Wednesday listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9,14-15): The disciples of John came to Jesus with the question, «How is it that we and the Pharisees fast on many occasions, but not your disciples?». Jesus answered t...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday after Ash Wednesday A homily of Pseudo-ChrysostomPrayer is the light of the soul The highest good is prayer and conversation with God, because it means that we are...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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Friday 19 February 2021 Friday after Ash Wednesday Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to ...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
We live in a noncommittal world, where perseverance is all too rare. If a job is difficult or boring, people often think, Why not find another one? Or when a marriage becomes unhappy, many wonder, Should I be with someone else? Sadly, this mindset is also found among believers. At the first...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Secret of the Arranged Marriage Thursday, February 18, 2021 In Biblical times, how did you find a husband or wife? Did you go to the Jerusalem single's bar? Read the single's confidential section in the Dead Sea Scroll... 25 year old Pharisee guy, looking for a young Sadd...
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The Secret of the Arranged Marriage Thursday, February 18, 2021 In Biblical times, how did you find a husband or wife? Did you go to the Jerusalem single's bar? Read the single's confidential section in the Dead Sea Scroll... 25 year old Pharisee guy, looking for a young Sadd...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Father: Creator Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28 The Lord is the Creator; without Him nothing...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for all of the special people You have placed in my life to surround me with support and encouragement. Thank You for creating me to live out my life in community with You and with others. &nb...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day O Lord , You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. Psalm 139:1-2
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Saint of the Day Blessed Fra Angelico Bl. Fra Angelico (1387-1455) was born Guido di Pietro in Tuscany, Italy. Little is known of his early life, but he became a famous early Italian Renaissance master painter. Fra Angelico would pray earnestly before ...
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Verse of the Day "For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice. But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity. And the fru...
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Thursday after Ash Wednesday Lectionary: 220 Reading I Dt 30:15-20 Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I enjoin on you today, loving him, an...
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Thursday after Ash Wednesday listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9,22-25): Jesus said, «The Son of Man must suffer many things. He will be rejected by the elders and chief priests and teachers of the Law, and put to death. Then after thr...
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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday after Ash Wednesday From a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, popePurification of spirit through fasting and almsgiving Dear friends, at every moment the earth i...
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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 18 February 2021 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Let the Wicked Perish! Wednesday, February 17, 2021 In Psalm 83, David says, "Let the wicked perish." It seems almost unbiblical, not the same spirit as you find in the New Testament. Are we not told to love our enemies? So how could he write, Let the wicked perish? How can y...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Redeemer For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth. Job 19:25 Jesus is the Redeemer. Before you were saved, you were owned by sin and the Devil, but Jesus bought you with a special redemptive price. “You were not redeem...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, You have promised that Your grace is sufficient for me... And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good...