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Liturgical day: Wednesday 21st in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 23,27-32): Jesus said, «Woe to you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs beautiful in appearance, but inside there are only dead bones and uncleanness. ...
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Come To Me Present Tense Wednesday, August 26, 2020 On the Feast of Tabernacles, the nation of Israel would pray for the outpouring of rain and God's blessings on the land. So it's no accident, that on that same feast, the Feast of Tabernacles, that Messiah said, "If anyone is thirsty, l...
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Jesus: Messiah And after the sixty-two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself, and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war, desolations are determined. Daniel 9:26 ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Thank You for Your sacrifice which you accomplished to forgive my sins. Thank You for being our Messiah Prophet to bring the message of God and His love to me and to all people. Thank You f...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And after the sixty-two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself, and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war, desolations are determin...
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Wednesday 26 August 2020 Wednesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions of St Columbanus, abbotLet him who thirsts come to me and drink Beloved brethren, turn your ears t...
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Wednesday 26 August 2020 Wednesday of week 21 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 t...
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Wednesday 26 August 2020 Wednesday of week 21 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 ...
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Wednesday 26 August 2020 Wednesday of week 21 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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Wednesday 26 August 2020 Wednesday of week 21 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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Wednesday 26 August 2020 Wednesday of week 21 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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Wednesday 26 August 2020 Wednesday of week 21 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 b...
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Wednesday 26 August 2020 Wednesday of week 21 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 Fa...
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August 25, 2020 What Every Christian Must Anticipate Today Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV We must have experienced this before: you are speaking to someone and they are constantly looking at their cellphones every other minute. They seem to be anticipating a call or a text or a Facebook post or a not...
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The Day Of The Bridegroom's Gift Tuesday, August 25, 2020 When a Hebrew man and woman were betrothed to each other to be married - they would separate, often for about a year before their wedding. During this time, the broom would send to his bride a gift. The gift would be sealing on th...
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The Trinity: Everlasting God (El Olam) Then Abraham planted a tamarisk [oak] tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God. Genesis 21:33 The Lord is El Olam, the God of mystery who is unknown to you. His name “Olam” means &...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer This prayer is based upon the prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4:10 Most gracious heavenly Father, I call to You in prayer. I pray that you would bless me indeed. Please enlarge my territory....
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So G...
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Saint of the Day St. Genesius of Rome St. Genesius of Rome (d. 303 AD) was a renowned actor and playwright, the leader of a popular acting troupe during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. When the Emperor was killing Christians, Genesius wrote plays to m...
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Verse of the Day "And now, children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be put to shame by him at his coming." 1 John 2:28
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Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 426 Reading 1 We ask you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly...
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Liturgical day: Tuesday 21st in Ordinary Time View saints August 25th: St. Louis, King of France View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 23,23-26): Jesus said, «Woe to you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You do not forget the mint, anise and cumin seeds whe...
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Tuesday 25 August 2020 Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time or Saint Louis or Saint Joseph of Calasanz, Priest Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time St John Chrysostom on the temptations of the devilThe five paths...
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Tuesday 25 August 2020 Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time or Saint Louis or Saint Joseph of Calasanz, Priest 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, c...
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Tuesday 25 August 2020 Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time or Saint Louis or Saint Joseph of Calasanz, Priest 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 Go...
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Tuesday 25 August 2020 Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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Tuesday 25 August 2020 Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Tuesday 25 August 2020 Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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Tuesday 25 August 2020 Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time or Saint Louis or Saint Joseph of Calasanz, Priest 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 ...
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Tuesday 25 August 2020 Tuesday of week 21 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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The Festival Of Going Out Monday, August 24, 2020 Remember when you were a child and the months of May and June came around? It was a time of going out. The vacation was coming. Summer was on the way. Ancient Israel had something like that too. Every year around May and June, Israel woul...
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Jesus: Mercy Seat And above it [the Ark of the Covenant] were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Hebrews 9:5 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. 1 John 2:2 The Lord ha...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I confess that I fall short of Your holiness. And I experience the consequences of my sins. My wrongdoing impacts my health, my relationships, my work, my future, my ministry. ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy because I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:14-1...
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Saint of the Day St. Bartholomew St. Bartholomew (1st c.) is one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles who, together with his friend and fellow Apostle Philip, came from Cana in Galilee. All we know of St. Bartholomew (also called Nathaniel) is what is mentio...
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Verse of the Day "But for thee, O Lord, do I wait; it is thou, O Lord my God, who wilt answer." Psalm 38:15
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Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle Lectionary: 629 Reading 1 The angel spoke to me, saying,“Come here.I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”He took me in spirit to a great, high mountainand showed me the holy ci...
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Liturgical day: August 24th: Bartholomew, apostle View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 1,45-51): Philip found Nathanael and said to him, «We have found the one that Moses wrote about in the Law, and the prophets as well: He is Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth». Nathanael r...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Bartholomew, Apostle "Saint Bartholomew" (1657) by Rembrandt (1606-1669). From a homily on the first letter to the Corinthians by St John Chrysostom...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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 th...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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 t...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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 ...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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 Fa...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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...
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Monday 24 August 2020 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - 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 Fat...
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Jesus: Meek Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:29 Jesus called Himself Meek because He personified meekness. He calls us to a life of meekness instead of a life of arrogan...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, Too often I think of myself more highly than I should. I’m sorry for when I’ve been guilty of the sin of pride... God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28
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Saint of the Day St. Rose of Lima St. Rose (1586-1617) was born in Lima, Peru, one of ten children belonging to a Spanish immigrant and his wife, a descendant of the Incas. Rose was beautiful and very pious. She was so sensitive to compliment...
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Verse of the Day "Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had wit...
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Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 121 Reading 1 Thus says the LORD to Shebna, master of the palace:“I will thrust you from your officeand pull you down from your station.On that day I will summon my servantEliakim,...
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Liturgical day: Sunday 21st (A) in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16,13-20): Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi. He asked his disciples, «What do people say of the Son of Man? Who do they say I am?». They said, «For some of them you are John the Baptist...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time From the Second Vatican Council's pastoral constitution "Gaudium et spes" on the Church in the modern worldThe foreshadowing of the new age W...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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Sunday 23 August 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. Alle...
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The Holy Spirit: A New Spirit Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 11:19 The Holy Spirit is the New Spirit that enters a person’...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer This prayer is based upon 2 Corinthians 9:8-10 Dear Lord God, You are able to make all grace abound toward me, That I, always having all sufficiency in all things, May have an abundance for...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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 work. As it is written: “He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; Hi...
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Saint of the Day St. John Kemble St. John Kemble (1599-1679) was born in England to a prominent Catholic family when Catholicism was outlawed in the country. He was ordained a priest in 1625 and ministered in England as an itinerant priest for fifty-thre...
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Verse of the Day "Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour." James 5:8
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Today’s Feast Day Queenship of Mary August 22nd is the Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This title of Our Lady, Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli), is rooted in biblical history where the mother of Israel's king had the royal title of Queen Mothe...
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Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 424 Reading 1 The angel led me to the gate which faces the east, and there I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. I heard a sound like the roaring o...
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Liturgical day: Saturday 20th in Ordinary Time View saints August 22nd: Queenship of Mary View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 23,1-12): Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, «The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees sat on the seat of Moses. So you shall do and o...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady, Mother and Queen From a homily by St Amadeus of Lausanne, bishopQueen of the world and of peace Observe how fitting...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 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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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 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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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 21st 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 I...
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Saturday 22 August 2020 Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end....
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The Eyes Of Joshua & Caleb Friday, August 21, 2020 Joshua and Caleb never pretended that there weren't giants in the land. They knew full well what they were up against. In fact, Joshua would become the general to defeat those giants. Then what was it that separated Joshua and Caleb from...
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Jesus: Master (Epistates) And Simon answering said unto him,Master, we have toiled all the night,and have taken nothing:nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.Luke 5:5 Jesus sat in Peter’s boat and preached to a large crowd. When He finished, He told Peter,&nb...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Please forgive me for the times I have not obeyed You. Help me to completely obey Your teachings. I need You miracle-working power in my life. I bow in worship of You because You are the Lord of my life. You are my Lord ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
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Saint of the Day Pope St. Pius X Pope St. Pius X (1835-1914) was born Giuseppe Melchiore, one of ten children from an impoverished family living in Venetia, then under the political control of the Austrian Empire. His parents valued education and ensur...
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Verse of the Day "Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble. Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing...
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Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope Lectionary: 423 Reading 1 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and led me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the center of the plain, which was now filled with bones. He made me walk among the bo...
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Liturgical day: Friday 20th in Ordinary Time View saints August 21st: St. Pius X, pope View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 22,34-40): When the Pharisees heard how Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. One of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to test him with this...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Pius X, Pope A photograph of Pope Pius X from 1905. From the apostolic constitution Divino afflatu of Pope Saint Pius XThe song of ...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 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 ...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 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 h...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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Friday 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 21 August 2020 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 21 August 2020 Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Bernard of Clairvaux St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) was one of seven children born to a noble family in Burgundy, France. All seven children, six sons and one daughter, were offered to the service of God by their devout mothe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everythin...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Only God Can Make What Was Become What Never Was Thursday, August 20, 2020 The first miracle Messiah is ever recorded as having done was to turn the water into wine. How does water become wine? Wine, by definition, is aged. Wine takes years to age. So God made the wine complete with age,...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Malefactor They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. John 18:30 Those who had Jesus arrested called him a Malefactor, which means “evildoer.” They had to bribe their witnesses ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for loving me... For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 422 Reading 1 Thus says the LORD:I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it.Thus the natio...