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Vespers (Evening 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 withou...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
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Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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Saint of the Day St. Joseph Mary Tomasi St. Joseph Mary Tomasi (1649-1713) was born in Sicily to noble and virtuous parents. He received a good Christian education and was drawn to the things of God from an early age. He renounced his inheritance and tit...
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Verse of the Day "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:33-34
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Today’s Feast Day Holy Mary, Mother of God The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God is celebrated on January 1st, the final day of the Christmas octave and a Holy Day of Obligation. The origin of this feast goes back to the 7th century in the Latin...
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The calendar of Saints at evangeli.net Audio: listen download subscribe (podcast) View other days: Liturgical day: January 1st (8th Day after Christmas): Mary, Mother of God View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 2,16-21): The shepherds came hurriedly and found Mary and Joseph w...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings January 1 2019 « December 31 | January 2 » The Octave Day of ChristmasSolemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of GodLectionary: 18 R...
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Meditation of the Day "Let us ask the Lord to grant us one very special grace—to love Our Lady, especially through all the work we do for Jesus, with Jesus, and to Jesus. We must ask him to deepen our love for Mary, making it more personal and intimate. We want t...
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USCCB > Prayer and Worship > Prayers and Devotions > Prayers Prayer for the New Year On New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, the household gathers at the table or at the Christmas ...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Revelation 22:13 NIV A Time to Think Christ was born to bring new Life. May the New Year renew new Life in you. –Author Unknown ...
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Dear Heavenly Father, Today, on this last day of 2018, I reflect on the passage of time and I remember that You are outside the limits of both time and space. You move in mysterious and transcendent ways. Lord, I pray that You will occupy my every...
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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...
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Vespers (Evening Prayer) (First Vespers of tomorrow, Mary, Mother of God) 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...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
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Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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Saint of the Day Pope St. Sylvester Pope St. Sylvester (c. 250-335 A.D.) was born in Rome and raised as a Christian under the care of pious parents, and the religious instruction of a devout priest. He was later ordained to Holy Orders in Rome, and witne...
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Verse of the Day "Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of t...
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Liturgical day: December 31st (7th Day afterChristmas) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 1,1-18): In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God and the Word was God; he was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him and without him nothing came to be. Whate...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 31, 2018 « December 30 | January 1 » The Seventh Day in the Octave of ChristmasLectionary: 204 Reading 1 1 Jn 2:18-21 Children, it ...
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Meditation of the Day "If you would suffer with patience the adversities and miseries of this life, be a man of prayer. If you would obtain courage and strength to conquer the temptations of the enemy, be a man of prayer. If you would mortify your own will with all its i...
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It's what your life feels like, every day - a wasteland. You searched for heaven, thought you'd found it, and discovered hell on earth; cruelty in the guise of a lover. You mistakenly invite evil into your life. To read the rest of this short post, please follow the attache...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection My child, don’t reject the LORD’s discipline and don’t be upset when He corrects you. Proverbs 3:11 NLT A Time to Think The New Year is a time to learn to rely more heavily on the grace of God. –Author Unknown &nb...
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Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You that Your mercies are new every morning... Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-2...
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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...
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Vespers (Evening 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 withou...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
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Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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Saint of the Day St. Anysia St. Anysia of Salonika (d. c. 298 A.D.), also known as St. Anysia of Thessalonica, was born to wealthy and pious Christian parents near Thessalonica, Greece. After the death of her parents, while she was still a young lady, An...
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Verse of the Day "But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spi...
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Today’s Feast Day The Holy Family Jesus and his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and his earthly guardian, protector, and foster-father, St. Joseph, make up the Holy Family. God was made incarnate into the embrace of the human family, and the major...
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Liturgical day: Holy Family (C) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 2,41-52): Every year the parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover, as was customary. And when Jesus was twelve years old, he went up with them according to the custom for this feast. After the fe...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 30, 2018 « December 29 | December 31 » Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and JosephLectionary: 17 Reading 1 Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 ...
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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...
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Vespers (Evening Prayer) (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Holy Family) 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...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
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Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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Saint of the Day St. Thomas Becket St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170), also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, was the son of a prosperous London merchant. Being a well-educated youth, he was appointed as clerk to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and was later...
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Verse of the Day "Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits sin." James 4:17
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Liturgical day: December 29th (5th Day after Christmas) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lc 2,22-35): When the day came for the purification according to the law of Moses, they brought the baby up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every fi...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 29, 2018 « December 28 | December 30 » The Fifth Day in the Octave of ChristmasLectionary: 202 Reading 1 1 Jn 2:3-11 Beloved:The wa...
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Meditation of the Day "Let us pass on now to the other question—namely, what you can do to strengthen your resolutions and make them succeed? There is no better mean than to put them into practice. But you say that you are still so weak that, although you often m...
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December 28, 2018 Scripture Speaks: Feast of the Holy Family Gayle Somers Today, the Church gives us an episode from Jesus’ early family life to ponder. Why? Gospel (Read Lk 2:41-52) After the profusion of Scriptures describing Jesus’ Nativity in this liturgical seaso...
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Sometimes I think what most Christians, ministers, and priests do, is just say anything that comes into their heads. Usually, that entails quoting biblical scripture which, then, requires the listener to have a modicum of faith. Think of it as a horse race. The Bible, an hour befor...
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Dear Lord God, Thank You for Your Word, The Bible, and the truth it provides. Please help me to spend time with You each day in Your Word, in conversational prayer, in worship and in Your presence and with Your Holy Spirit. Let me focus on You and Your goodness... ...whatever is true,whatever is...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you. Philippians 2:13 MSG A Time to Think Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal...
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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...
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Vespers (Evening 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 withou...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
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Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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Saint of the Day Holy Innocents The Holy Innocents (1st c.) are the children mentioned in the account of Jesus' birth in Matthew's Gospel (2:16-18). When the Magi came to Jerusalem to find and adore the Baby Jesus, the newborn King of the Jews, King Hero...
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Verse of the Day "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23-24
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Liturgical day: December 28th: Holy Innocents, martyrs View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 2,13-18): After the wise men had left, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said, «Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you ...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 28, 2018 « December 27 | December 29 » Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrsLectionary: 698 Reading 1 1 Jn 1:5—2:2 Beloved:Thi...
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Secrets of the Spiritual Realm: 12 Angelic Facts Every Christian Must Know Articles Lists Supernatural by ChurchPOP Editor - December 26, 2016 Public Domain, Wikipedia / ChurchPOP “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a ...
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December 24, 2018 Evangeline’s Story and Christmas: Expect the Unexpected Andrew Garofalo Nothing about our third child, Evangeline, has been ordinary. In 2015 Julie and I thought we were done having children. We had a boy in 2003 and a girl in 2006 and our three-bedroom home was just t...
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December 27, 2018 No Greater Gift Br. Humbert Kilanowski, O.P. His whole life had turned out differently from what he had expected. Born and raised in a small town in upstate New York, he had dreamed since his childhood of traveling the whole world. Yet he always yielded his desires to his c...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Psalm 97:11 A Time to Think In daily life, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. —Brother David Steindl-Rast ...
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The Miracle In The Bread Box Thursday, December 27, 2018 Do you ever feel like you don’t have enough in your life; enough money, enough time, enough affection, or enough anything? The Lord’s Prayer says, “Give us this day our daily bread.” Do you have daily bread?...
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Dear Father God, Your power goes beyond my understanding. In a time when hope can seem dim, I know that Your light is brighter than any darkness in my life. I look to You for my hope for today and for my future with You... So we do not lose heart.Though our outer self is wasting away,our inner...
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Protect Us Lord, as we stay awake; Watch over us as We Sleep, That Awake, We May Keep Watch With Christ, and a sleep. Rest in his Peace. (Alleluia)
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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...
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Vespers (Evening 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 withou...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
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Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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Saint of the Day St. John the Evangelist St. John the Evangelist (1st c.) was one of the Twelve Apostles, and one of the three in Jesus' inner circle, along with his brother, James, and Simon Peter. St. John was the disciple who reclined on the breast ...
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Verse of the Day "In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, ...
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Liturgical day: December 27th: John, apostle and evangelist View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 20,2-8): On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala ran to Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved. And she said to them, «They have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we don't...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 27, 2018 « December 26 | December 28 » Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelistLectionary: 697 Reading 1 1 Jn 1:1-4 Beloved:What...
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December 26, 2018 Keeping Christmas with God’s Creation Matthew B. Rose Throughout the Christmas season, we echo the refrain “O come, let us adore Him,” and every fiber of our being prays. We celebrate in feasting, rejoicing in the gifts shared through the generous mer...
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Saint of the Day St. Stephen St. Stephen (1st. c.) was one of the Church's first deacons in Jerusalem and an eloquent preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. According to Sacred Scripture he was "a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost" and "full of...
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Liturgical day: December 26th: Stephen, First Martyr View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10,17-22): Jesus said to his disciples, «Be on your guard with respect to people, for they will hand you over to their courts and they will flog you in their synagogues. You will be brought to...
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Liturgical day: December 26th: Stephen, First Martyr View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10,17-22): Jesus said to his disciples, «Be on your guard with respect to people, for they will hand you over to their courts and they will flog you in their synagogues. You will be brought to...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 26, 2018 « December 25 | December 27 » Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyrLectionary: 696 Reading 1 Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen, ...
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Meditation of the Day "We might say the whole mystery of our redemption in Christ, by his incarnation, his death and his resurrection, consists of this marvelous exchange: in the heart of Christ, God has loved us humanly, so as to render our human hearts capable of lov...
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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...
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Vespers (Evening 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 withou...
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None (Afternoon 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...
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Sext (Midday 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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Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
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The Turnpike Of The Righteous Wednesday, December 26, 2018 Proverbs 16:17 says, “The highway of the upright (righteous) is to depart from evil; He who watches his way preserves his life.” It doesn’t say the old country road of the righteous or the old winding dirt road ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionJesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 NIV A Time to ThinkSomehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, the joy you give to others is the joy that comes back to you. –John Greenleaf Whittier, poet A Time to ActRemem...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily PrayerDear Father God, I desire to be more like You. Thank You for The Bible and for Your Holy Spirit and how they help me to know You more deeply. Please use Your Word and Your Holy Spirit to shape my heart, my mind, and my spirit. There is power in the name of Jesus...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Anastasia St. Anastasia (c. 281-314 A.D.) was a Roman citizen of the noble class, born to a wealthy pagan father and a Christian mother. She was secretly baptized due to her mother's desire to raise her as a Christian. Anastas...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Today’s Feast Day Christmas December 25th is the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the greatest Christian holy day after Easter. “Christ Mass” is the Eucharistic feast celebrating the birth of Christ, the Incarn...