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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.St. Barlaam of Antioch Saint of the Day St. Barlaam of Antioch (d. 304 A.D.) was an elderly, uneducated peasant laborer from a village near Antioch. He was arrested for his Christian faith under the persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian. He was detained for a long time in a dungeon before bein...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Daily Verse "And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not pass over it, and fools shall not err therein." Isaiah 35:8
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 501 Reading I 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59 Judas and his brothers said, “Now that our enemies have been crushed, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and rededicate it.” So the whole army assemble...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,45-48): Jesus entered the Temple area and began to drive out the merchants. And He said to them, «God says in the Scriptures: ‘My house shall b...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 19 November 2021 Friday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 33 in Ordinary Time The treatise of St John Eudes on the kingdom of JesusThe mystery of Christ in us and in the Church We must strive to follow and...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 19 November 2021 Friday 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 Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 19 November 2021 Friday 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. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 19 November 2021 Friday 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 19 November 2021 Friday 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 19 November 2021 Friday 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 19 November 2021 Friday 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. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 19 November 2021 Friday 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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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? – James 4:1 Have grudges, or petty differences, or personality clashes been tearing at your church lately? Has your own love for the Lord, and his people, been diminished by some strif...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Saint of the Day St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852) was born in Grenoble, France, to a wealthy and prominent family. At the age of 18 she joined the Visitation nuns against the wishes of her family, taking her religious name after St. Rose of Lima and St....
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Daily Verse "I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the Lord!" Psalm 27:13-14
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 500 Reading I 1 Mc 2:15-29 The officers of the king in charge of enforcing the apostasy came to the city of Modein to organize the sacrifices. Many of Israel joined them, but Mattathias and his son...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,41-44): When Jesus had come in sight of the city, He wept over it and said, ‘If only today you knew the ways of peace! But now your eyes are held f...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles or Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St Gregory...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles or Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles or Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday 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 F...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday 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 th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday 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, u...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday 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 Fa...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet – John 13:14 What a shocking scene this is! Even the disciples, who had watched Jesus touch lepers and heal cripples and eat with sinners, were unprepared for this parting command and example. The ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.St. Elizabeth of Hungary Saint of the Day 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 Ludwig of Thuringa, whom she was to ma...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Daily Verse "So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today's Meditation "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 Jesus cures). Jesus frequently refers...
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by Nieves Mariakunne disse meddelelser komme hurtigere Englands engagement i Euro 2020 Fodboldtrøjer, Juventus Trøje med et betydningsfuldt sidste fodboldtrøjer med tryk ville være i stand Nogle rapporter indikerer, at der allerede er aftalt en aftale mellem de to k...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Lectionary: 499 Reading I 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31 It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat pork in violation of God’s ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,11-28): Jesus was now near Jerusalem and the people with him thought that God's reign was about to appear. So as they were listening to him, Jesus went ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 17 November 2021 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Wednesday 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 17 November 2021 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Wednesday 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. ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 17 November 2021 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Wednesday 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 a...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 17 November 2021 Wednesday 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 17 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 17 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 17 November 2021 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Wednesday 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 17 November 2021 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 ...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil – Proverbs 3:7 Here is a lesson for young people, from a loving and godly parent: “do not think highly of yourself; do not trust your young and inexperienced instincts and emotions; do not trust your own wisdom.” Conversely, fe...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.St. Gertrude the Great Saint of the Day 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 of four or five, possibly as an orphan or a...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Daily Verse "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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today's Meditation "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, and for the elect there will be sti...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 498 Reading I 2 Mc 6:18-31 Eleazar, one of the foremost scribes, a man of advanced age and noble appearance, was being forced to open his mouth to eat pork. But preferring a glorious death to ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week 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 s...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday 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: Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time From the discourse "On the Palm Branches" by Saint Andrew...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday 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 inste...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 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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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you– Matthew 6:33 Life can often seem very complicated. Career decisions, family dynamics, academic ambitions — every area and issue of life has its own challenges. However, Jesus spotlights for u...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.St. Albert the Great Saint of the Day 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-founded Dominican order as a mendicant friar, fo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Daily Verse "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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today's Meditation "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 sermon, nor to address God with fine...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 497 Reading I 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 [From the descendants of Alexander’s officers] there sprang a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus, once a hostage at Rome...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Thirty-third Week 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday 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: Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time From the discourse "On the Palm Branches" by Saint Andrew...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday 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 inste...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 15 November 2021 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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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy – James 3:17 What a wonderful, and revealing, description of heavenly wisdom! When we become embittered or angry with another ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Blessed John Licci Saint of the Day 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. One day a neighbor woman heard the baby's...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Daily Verse "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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 158 Reading I Dn 12:1-3 In those days, I Daniel, heard this word of the Lord: "At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 13,24-32): Jesus said to his disciples: «Later on, in those days after that disastrous time, the sun will grow dark, the moon will not give its light, the stars...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 14 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 14 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 14 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 14 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 14 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 14 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 14 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 14 November 2021 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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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.By [Jesus] therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name – Hebrews 13:15 We cannot praise God without thanking God. That is the clear implication of this verse. The praise to which we are called mus...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Saint of the Day 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 on the lives of the saints. St. Frances was ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Daily Verse "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, your Savior." Isaiah 43:2-3
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin Lectionary: 496 Reading I Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9 When peaceful stillness compassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent, Your all-powerful word, from heaven’s royal throne bounded, a f...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Thirty-second Week 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 13 November 2021 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Saturday 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 Yor...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 13 November 2021 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Saturday 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, mak...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 13 November 2021 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Saturday 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,...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 13 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 13 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 13 November 2021 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 13 November 2021 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time (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, use the version with t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 13 November 2021 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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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool – Isaiah 1:18 This verse is a parenthesis in the middle of Isaiah’s prophecy of rebuke and warning. We might have expecte...
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by Emilio Caraballostora sommarutflykten kanske inte slutar Och den stora sommarutflykten kanske inte slutar Dortmund Tröja, Frankrike Fotbollströja och den stora sommarutflykten göra egna fotbollströjor kampanjen för united Den franske försvararen kommer att ha en l...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A."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 shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.St. Josaphat Saint of the Day 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 reverence for ancient liturgy. During a revival ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today's Meditation "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 as well, in the marketplaces, in c...
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by Emilio CaraballoNiko Kovac och Hansi Flick och kommer troligen Sverigetröja Barn, Barcelona Tröja goretzka har hjälpt bayern fotbollströjor barn med tryck samma klimax som alaba Han har visat sig vara en värdefull tillgång under Niko Kovac och Hansi Flick och komme...