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Verse of the Day "Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerus...
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Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 448 Reading I 1 Tm 6:13-16 Beloved: I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession, to keep the co...
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Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,4-15): As a great crowd gathered and people came to him from every town, Jesus began teaching them through stories, or parables, «The sower went ou...
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Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsOffer the bandage of consolation Scripture says: God chastises every son whom he acknowl...
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Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come ...
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Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, c...
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Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 t...
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Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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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Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 t...
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Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today,...
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Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 e...
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Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body– Hebrews 13:3 What a selfless, sacrificial, thoughtful command to service! It is not enough, the writer of Hebrews clearly implies, to merely pity the poor or to ...
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The Return of The Falashas Friday, September 17, 2021 In Africa, there lived a people known as the Falashas who call themselves Beta Yisrael, the House of Israel. They are descendants of Jewish people who ultimately intermarried. But they were removed from the rest of the Jew...
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Jesus: The Beginning and the End "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,“ says the Lord, “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8 Jesus is the Beginning and the End; He was the Creator of all thing...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Today I pray and ask You, and depend on You, to be the source of victory in my life. I put my hope in You and I praise You today... Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 43:5 He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love...
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Saint of the Day St. Hildegard von Bingen St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) was born to a large and noble German family. She began to have mystical visions at the age of three which continued throughout her life. Her parents, promising her to ...
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Verse of the Day "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace." Numbers 6:24-26
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Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 447 Reading I 1 Tm 6:2c-12 Beloved: Teach and urge these things. Whoever teaches something different and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the religious teaching is co...
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Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,1-3): Jesus walked through towns and countryside, preaching and giving the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve followed him, and also some women wh...
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Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On Pa...
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Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with t...
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Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wi...
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Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 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 th...
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Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 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 Fath...
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Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 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 F...
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Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version ...
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Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 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 Fathe...
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If any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel– 1 Timothy 5:8 We live in an age of self-justification. We can excuse or explain almost any personal behavior or habit or shortcoming, making a case for our...
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The Mystery of Beit Lechem Thursday, September 16, 2021 Bethlehem - in Hebrew is really two words: Bet and Lechem. Bet means house. Lechem means bread. Bethlehem means - THE HOUSE or PLACE - OF BREAD. What is the Bread of Life? It's what we need more than anything else. If yo...
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Jesus: The Son of the Blessed But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" Mark 14:61 During the trial of Jesus, the high priest asked Him, “Are You . . . the Son of...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Thank You for the example You gave us while You walked on the earth. There were times when Your silence was powerful. Other times Your wise questions and Scripture responses spoke volumes. ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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 was made that was made. In Him was life, and the lif...
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Saint of the Day Pope St. Cornelius Pope St. Cornelius (d. 253 A.D.) was a Roman citizen and a holy priest who became the twenty-first successor to the chair of St. Peter, following a fourteen-month vacancy when Pope St. Fabian was martyred by Rom...
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Verse of the Day "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because i...
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Meditation of the Day "Let us recognize with lively faith and with the help of the Holy Ghost the great evil of sin, which robs us of grace. Then we shall immediately detest it with all the power of our soul and banish it from our heart. We shall detest it because, in ...
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Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lectionary: 445 Reading I 1 Tm 3:14-16 Beloved: I am writing you, although I hope to visit you soon. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the p...
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Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 7,36-50): One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to share his meal, so He went to the Pharisee's home and as usual reclined on the sofa to eat. And it happened t...
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Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs A letter of St CyprianA faith that is eager and f...
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Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Thursday of week 24 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, com...
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Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Thursday of week 24 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,...
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Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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 t...
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Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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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Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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 t...
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Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Thursday of week 24 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 Go...
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Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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 F...
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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind– 2 Timothy 1:7 Fearfulness does not come from God. As children of God, who believe in the perfection and power of Jesus Christ, we don’t need to worry about the future, or fret over circumstances, or be a...
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Messiah B.C. Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Jesus was born before Christ! We know through the writings of Josephus that Herod the Great died in the year 4 B.C. Therefore Messiah had to be born B.C., before Christ, no later than the year 4 BC. How did that happen? A monk made a...
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The Holy Spirit: The Wisdom of His Spirit I pray that the great God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the wisdom of His Spirit. Then you will be able to understand the secrets about Him as you know Him better. Ephesians 1:17 The Wisdom...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, There are people in this world that I can learn so much from. People who have gone through hard times and have strengthened their faith. People who have been Christians for years and are so...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. Jame...
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Saint of the Day St. Catherine of Genoa St. Catherine (1447–1510) was born into an aristocratic family in Genoa, Italy. She was a quiet, obedient, physically beautiful, and holy child who devoted herself to prayer and penance. At the ag...
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Verse of the Day "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.'" Isaiah 52:7
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Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa) Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa - Mother of Sorrows) became widespread in the Church around the 14th century. It was revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) that devo...
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Meditation of the Day "In this valley of tears, every man is born to weep, and all must suffer, by enduring the evils that take place every day. But how much greater would be the misery of life, if we also knew the future evils that await us! 'Unfortunate, indeed,...
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Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lectionary: 445 Reading I 1 Tm 3:14-16 Beloved: I am writing you, although I hope to visit you soon. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the p...
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September 15th: Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2:33-35): Jesus’ father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child...
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Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows on Wednesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady of Sorrows From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxHis mother stood by the cross The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth b...
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Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows on Wednesday of week 24 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 hast...
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Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows on Wednesday of week 24 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 ...
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Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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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Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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 th...
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Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...
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Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows on Wednesday of week 24 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, mak...
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Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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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Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord– Romans 12:11 The word “business” here refers to any responsibility or activity in which we might be engaged, not just career or financial obligations. Paul exhorts us not to be slothful, or lazy, in anything that we do. Whether you...
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The Paradises of Hell Tuesday, September 14, 2021 Hitler promised to usher in a thousand year kingdom of glory for the Aryan people. Stalin promised a worker's paradise on earth. Mao, likewise, promised China a people's paradise. Around 6 million Jews perished under Hitler; 9...
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Jesus: The Seed of the Woman And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. Genesis 3:15 Jesus is the Seed of the Woman who judged Satan. After Adam and Eve sin...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Please search me and know my heart... Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting. Psal...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by pray...
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Saint of the Day St. Albert of Jerusalem St. Albert of Jerusalem (d. 1215) was born to a noble family in Italy, and was well educated in theology and law. He went on to become a priest and bishop and served in important posts as a peacemaker; he served a...
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Verse of the Day "We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
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Today’s Feast Day Exaltation of the Cross September 14th is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (also known as the Triumph of the Cross). Early in the 4th century St. Helena, mother of Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in searc...
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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Lectionary: 638 Reading I Nm 21:4b-9 With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food ...
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September 14th: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 3:13-17): Jesus said to Nicodemus: “No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Mose...
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Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 'Christ of St John of the Cross' by Salvador Dalí. Image © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection. From a di...
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Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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.Glor...
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Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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....
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Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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.Gl...
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Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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...
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Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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...
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Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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 u...
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Tuesday 14 September 2021 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 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 ...
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I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints– Philemon 4-5 Where does faith in Jesus Christ come from? How does one come to truly love Jesus Christ and Christians? As Paul writes with un...
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The Barefoot Entrance Monday, September 13, 2021 Every year, on Yom Kippur, the High Priest would begin his entrance into the Holy of Holies. But the first thing he had to do was strip himself. On the holiest day of the year, the high priest had to strip himself of his priest...
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Jesus: A Prophet Without Honor So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." Matthew 13:57 When Jesus returned to His hometown, the people did not receive Him; H...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for providing a way for me to move from death to life... For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23 ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God...
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Saint of the Day St. John Chrysostom St. John Chrysostom (347-407 A.D.) was born to noble parents in Antioch, an important center of Christianity in his day. After the death of his father, his mother sent him to the best schools for his education. As a...
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Verse of the Day "Many are invited, but few are chosen." Matthew 22:14
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Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 443 Reading I 1 Tm 2:1-8 Beloved: First of all, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we ...
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Monday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 7,1-10): When Jesus had finished teaching to the people, He went to Capernaum. There was a captain whose servant was very sick and near to death, a man very ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 13 September 2021 Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor on Monday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor A sermon by St John ChrysostomFor me, life means Christ, and death is gain The wat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 13 September 2021 Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor on Monday of week 24 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 Lor...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 13 September 2021 Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor on Monday of week 24 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 13 September 2021 Monday of week 24 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 th...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 13 September 2021 Monday of week 24 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 Fath...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 13 September 2021 Monday of week 24 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 F...
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Monday 13 September 2021 Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor on Monday of week 24 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....
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 13 September 2021 Monday of week 24 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 Fathe...