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Wednesday 18 November 2020 Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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Wednesday 18 November 2020 Wednesday of week 33 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 ...
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Wednesday 18 November 2020 Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles or Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today,...
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Wednesday 18 November 2020 Wednesday of week 33 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Elizabeth of Hungary St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) was born in Hungary, the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and his wife Gertrude. As a child she was sent to Thuringa (now Germany) to be brought up with Prince Lu...
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Verse of the Day "So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48
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Meditation of the Day "The story of Christ’s life and ministry cannot be told without giving due space to Satan’s activity. The Gospel writers carefully distinguish between cases of mere physical ailments and cases of a demonic character (both of which Jesu...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Most Holy Secret Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, was the most holy day on the Biblical Calendar - the day when men stood before God and had their sins forgiven. However, the most important part was that it took place in secret, behind the veil in the Holy of ...
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Jesus: Christ Crucified But we preach Christ crucified. 1 Corinthians 1:23 Jesus is Christ Crucified, the Jewish Messiah who was executed by the Romans on a cross. The Jewish leaders sent Him to be tried in a Roman court. When Pilate wanted to release Jesus, the people in the crowd cried...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, Today I want to ask for Your special protection and blessing upon the people who work with the Children in my church and in churches and schools around the world. Please continue to work through them to spiritually nurtu...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But Jesus called them 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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Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Lectionary: 498 Reading 1 RV 3:1-6, 14-22 I, John, heard the Lord saying to me: “To the angel of the Church in Sardis, write this: “‘The one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven st...
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Tuesday 33rd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,1-10): When Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the city, a man named Zaccheus was there. He was a tax collector and a wealthy man. He wanted to see what Jesus was like, ...
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Tuesday 17 November 2020 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious St Elizabeth of Hungary By Francisco de Zurbarán (c.1635-1640). From a let...
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Tuesday 17 November 2020 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Tuesday of week 33 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 Lo...
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Tuesday 17 November 2020 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Tuesday of week 33 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. ...
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Tuesday 17 November 2020 Tuesday of week 33 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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Tuesday 17 November 2020 Tuesday of week 33 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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Tuesday 17 November 2020 Tuesday of week 33 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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Tuesday 17 November 2020 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Tuesday of week 33 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...
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Tuesday 17 November 2020 Tuesday of week 33 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 Fath...
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November 13, 2020 How Sister Lúcia Helped an Artist Monk Craft His Famous Statue at Fatima Dorothea & Wolfgang Koch Fatima’s Shepherd Girl and the Artist Monk – Part IV This series illustrates the making of the American statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Fatima, whi...
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isaiah 45:3 says i will show you the treasures of darkness and the secrets of the earth. Wisdom can be found within scriptures for those who have ears to hear. We must be more open to the possibilities and start to look beyond the themes of typical Christian thinking of just witnessing to save p...
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Saint of the Day St. Gertrude the Great St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302), also known as Gertrude of Helfta, was born on the feast of Epiphany in Thuringia (modern Germany). She was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery in Helfta at the age...
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Verse of the Day "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world." John 6:51
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Meditation of the Day "The beatitude of the saints is immutable, like that of the Son of God. . . Add ages to ages; multiply them equal to the sand of the ocean or the stars of heaven; exhaust all numbers, if you can, beyond what the human intelligence can conceive, an...
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The Shelter Monday, November 16, 2020 In the days of the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was sending scud missiles into the land of Israel, aiming especially for its Jewish cities. During one attack, about 200 people gathered together to seek shelter inside a certain building. The m...
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The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Christ Searching what, or what manner of time,the Spirit of Christ who was in themwas indicating when He testified beforehandthe sufferings of Christand the glories that would follow. 1 Peter 1:11 The Holy Spirit is sent to glorify Christ (John ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Good morning Lord, I am so thankful that You have rescued me and called me to Your divine purpose on this earth. I am grateful for Your salvation in Jesus and the power You have given to me through Your Holy Spirit... &...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God’s heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14 …whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, what...
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Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 497 Reading 1 RV 1:1-4; 2:1-5 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show his servants what must happen soon. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who gives ...
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Monday 33rd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 18,35-43): When Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road, begging. As he heard the crowd passing by, he inquired what it was, and they told him that Jesus of N...
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Monday 16 November 2020 Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Saint Margaret of Scotland or Saint Gertrude, Virgin Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time The treatise of St Fulgentius of Ruspe on the forgiveness of...
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Monday 16 November 2020 Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Saint Margaret of Scotland or Saint Gertrude, 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 G...
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Monday 16 November 2020 Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Saint Margaret of Scotland or Saint Gertrude, 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 16 November 2020 Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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Monday 16 November 2020 Monday of week 33 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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Monday 16 November 2020 Monday of week 33 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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Monday 16 November 2020 Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Saint Margaret of Scotland or Saint Gertrude, 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 instead...
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Monday 16 November 2020 Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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Collossians 3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.The lordship of Christ is intimately connected to Paul’s reminder that we have been buried and r...
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Luke 4:24 εἶπεν δέ Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς προφήτης δεκτός ἐστιν ἐν τῇ πατρίδι &a...
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Jesus: Captain For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Hebrews 2:10 Jesus is the Captain of your salvation. Archegos, the Greek word from which this ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You that You have loved me with Your everlasting love. You have always loved me and You will always love me. I want to love you in return and to live my life as a testimony of your goodness. Are there any areas in m...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
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Saint of the Day St. Albert the Great St. Albert the Great (1206-1280) was born in Bavaria, Germany, the eldest son of a powerful military count. As a youth he was sent to study at the University of Padua where he encountered and entered the newly-foun...
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Verse of the Day "All these died in faith. They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth." Hebrews 11:13
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Meditation of the Day "Prayer is more the work of the heart than of the head; it should, therefore, be simple, affective, and sincere. Let not the mind, then, weary itself in seeking for beautiful thoughts and sonorous phrases; we meditate not to prepare a finished ser...
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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 157 Reading 1 PRV 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 When one finds a worthy wife,her value is far beyond pearls.Her husband, entrusting his heart to her,has an unfailing prize.She brings him good, and not evil,all the days ...
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Sunday 33rd (A) in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 25,14-30): Imagine someone who, before going abroad, summoned his servants to entrust his property to them. He gave five talents of silver to one, then two to another, and one to...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time A commentary of St Augustine on Psalm 95Let us not resist the first advent, and the second will not terrify us Then all the trees of the fo...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 ...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 Fat...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 Fathe...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 ...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 a...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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 F...
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Sunday 15 November 2020 33rd 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. Al...
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Jesus: A Flag In that day the offspring of Jessie (Jesus) will be a flag to which the people will rally. Isaiah 11:10 (author's translation) Jesus is your Flag; rally to Him. The King James Version of the Bible calls Jesus an ensign; newer versions call Him a banner (Isaiah 11:10)....
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord, I am aware of how the devil picks at me and tries to trap me all the time. Please help me to stand strong against the schemes of the devil... Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7
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Saint of the Day Blessed John Licci Blessed John Licci (1400-1511) was born to a poor peasant farmer near Palermo, Sicily. His mother died in childbirth, and his father was forced to leave his infant alone at home while he worked in the fields.&nb...
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Verse of the Day "And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours." 1 John 5:14-15
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Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 496 Reading 1 3 JN 5-8 Beloved, you are faithful in all you do for the brothers and sisters, especially for strangers; they have testified to your love before the Church. Please help them in a way...
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Saturday 32nd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 18,1-8): Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should pray continually and not lose heart. He said, «In a certain town there was a judge who neither feare...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time A sermon of the second centuryLet us seek righteousness so that in the end we are saved Let us therefore find ourselves a...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come t...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, co...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 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 F...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 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 th...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, ...
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Saturday 14 November 2020 Saturday of week 32 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 en...
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Saint of the Day St. Frances Xavier Cabrini St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850–1917) was the thirteenth child of a modest farming family born near Milan, Italy. Her father would often gather his children in the kitchen to hear him read from a book ...
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Verse of the Day "When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, you...
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The High Priest Yeshua Friday, November 13, 2020 The high priest of Israel could never wear a kingly crown, nor could the king ever wear the high priestly robe. The kingship and the priesthood were two separate houses, two blood lines, two tribes - and they could never be joi...
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The Holy Spirit: My Witness Surely even now my witness is in heaven, and my evidence is on high. Job 16:19 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us. Hebrews 10:15 The Holy Spirit is the Father’s Witness to your heart. When you don&rsquo...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for Your Holy Spirit. Thank You for filling me with Your Holy Spirit, for speaking to my heart and for guiding me. Please help me to follow Your direction, to be strong enough to d...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” 1 Samuel 3:10
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Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin Lectionary: 495 Reading 1 2 JN 4-9 [Chosen Lady:] I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth just as we were commanded by the Father. But now, Lady, I ask you, not as though I were wr...
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Friday 32nd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 17,26-37): Jesus said to his disciples, «As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be on the day the Son of Man comes. Then people ate and drank; they took husbands and wives. ...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini St. Frances Xavier Cabrini in a stained-glass window at the saint’s shrine chapel in New York Ci...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Friday of week 32 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 ha...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Friday of week 32 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, mak...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Friday of week 32 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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Friday 13 November 2020 Friday of week 32 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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Friday 13 November 2020 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Friday of week 32 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, m...
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Friday 13 November 2020 Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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Saint of the Day St. Josaphat St. Josaphat (1580-1623) was born to a devout religious family of Ruthenian ancestry in what is now Ukraine, and was baptized in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He devoted his virginity to the Virgin Mary and grew in his revere...
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Verse of the Day "For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent, he will set me high upon a rock. And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with...
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Meditation of the Day "The Devil didn't deal out temptations to Our Lord only. He brings these evil schemes of his to bear on each of Jesus' servants—and not just on the mountain or in the wilderness or when we're by ourselves. No, he comes after us in the city a...
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In a Backyard Near Bethlehem Thursday, November 12, 2020 It was the last day of our tour to Israel. I had it all planned that we would end up on the road to Emmaus and a very special conclusion. But they want to first take us to this place near Bethlehem. So we go there. It's...
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Jesus: The Son of Abraham The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. Matthew 1:1 Jesus is the Son of Abraham. Just as every Jewish person is a son or daughter of Abraham because Abraham was the first Hebrew, the father of all, ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray to You and ask that You will abundantly bless my family and me, as Jabez prayed... And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God g...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Get Daily Readings E-mails All Daily Readings Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 494 Reading 1 PHMN 7-20 Beloved: I have experienced much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the holy one...
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Thursday 32nd in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 17,20-25): The Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was to come. He answered, «The kingdom of God is not like something you can observe and say of it: ‘Look, h...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr on Thursday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr Pope Pius XI's encyclical "Ecclesiam Dei"He gave his life for the unity of the Church In desi...
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Thursday 12 November 2020 Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr on Thursday of week 32 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, m...