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Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 451 Reading I Ezr 9:5-9 At the time of the evening sacrifice, I, Ezra, rose in my wretchedness, and with cloak and mantle torn I fell on my knees, stretching out my hands to the LORD, my God. I s...
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Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9,1-6): Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to drive out all evil spirits and to heal diseases. And He sent them to proclai...
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Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsDo what they say, not what they do Well then, shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!&r...
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Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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 t...
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Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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 ...
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Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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.Glor...
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Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 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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My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise – Psalm 57:7 David begins this psalm asking God to be merciful to him in the time of his calamities. He describes those calamities as facing those with tongues like swords and those who had prepared a net to entr...
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The First of Loves Tuesday, September 21, 2021 The very first mention of love in the Bible - where is it? The Hebrew word for love is Ahava. It's found in Genesis 22. Ahava is first mentioned when God said to Abraham, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love (Ahava) and o...
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The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2 The Holy Spirit i...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, I am Your grateful servant. I look forward to the day when I am no longer held by the chains of human frailty and earthly concerns. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his f...
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Precious in the sight of the Lordis the death of his faithful servants.Truly I am your servant, Lord;I serve you just as my mother did;you have freed me from my chains. Psalm 116:15-16
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Saint of the Day St. Matthew St. Matthew the Apostle (1st c.) was a Jew who also went by the name of Levi. He was from Galilee and served in Capernaum as a tax collector for Herod Antipas before becoming a disciple of Jesus. It was in the home of St. M...
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Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist Lectionary: 643 Reading I Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bear...
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September 21st: Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9,9-13): As Jesus moved on, He saw a man named Matthew at his seat in the custom-house, and He said to him, «Follow me». And Matthew got up and follo...
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Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist Saint Matthew and the Angel (1661) by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Musée du Louvre, Paris. A sermon by...
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Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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.Gl...
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Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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 u...
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Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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....
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Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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 ...
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Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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.Glo...
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Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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...
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Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - 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 b...
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It would be unfortunate for individuals to go to school but fail to graduate because of low academic grades. Every school document that students handle contributes to the general scores of the individual. Many times, individuals find it challenging to handle such papers. As such, most of them opt to...
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Enter not into the path of the wicked…Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away– Proverbs 4:14-15 Have you ever been stuck in slow-moving traffic, only to discover finally that the entire delay was caused by people rubber-necking an accident on the other side of the...
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The Passover Lamb New Year's Connection Monday, September 20, 2021 Here in the West, we begin the New Year in January. But in the Bible it wasn't that way. The biblical New Year wasn't January nor was it September as many think. It was in the Spring. It came with the month in...
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Jesus: Praying in My (Jesus') Name If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:14 “Jesus” is the name through whom you get your prayers answered. God created humans to have daily needs; that way, they will depend on God and cry out daily to Him. &ld...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Your Word teaches that faith without works is dead... Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:17 Please give me the wisdom and motivation to ste...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:17
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Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs Lectionary: 449 Reading I Ezr 1:1-6 In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord inspired King C...
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Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,16-18): Jesus said to his disciples, «No one, after lighting a lamp covers it with a bowl or puts it under the bed; rather he puts it on a lamp-stand ...
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Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Compan...
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Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 25 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 Invitat...
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Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 25 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 Inv...
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Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 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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Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 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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Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 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 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the I...
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Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 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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Jesus: Our Hope By the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope. 1 Timothy 1:1 Jesus is your Hope when things go wrong; He can change circumstances when you pray. Jesus is your Hope when you’re in a hole and it seems you can’t ge...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord, If tomorrow never comes for me on this earth, I pray that I will leave behind a testimony that points to You. Please help me to live as if today was my last before entering eternity with You, for I know not what t...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:1
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Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him– Job 13:15 There is perhaps no man in history, besides Jesus Christ himself, who has suffered as greatly as Job. Job’s afflictions came because of his obedience to God, yet he seemed to be u...
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Fotballdrakter klubben bruker pengene sine klokt I dag kom det frem at United stengte seg Manchester United Drakt, Kjøpe Fotballdrakter, Billige Fotballdrakter i dag kom det frem at united fotballdrakter eget trykk på euro 2020 lørdag De røde djevlene ...
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Fotballdrakter tyske manageren har blitt beskyldt Den tyske manageren har blitt beskyldt for Messi Drakt, Chelsea Drakt united har blitt tildelt 20 fotballdrakter til bedriftslag premier league -trofeet Den tyske manageren har blitt beskyldt for å ha spilt tankekamper fora...
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Saint of the Day St. Januarius St. Januarius (d. 305 A.D.), also known as San Gennaro, was the Bishop of Benevento, Italy. Little is known of his early life. He was arrested and imprisoned for his faith while visiting other Christians in jail duri...
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Verse of the Day "One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple." Psalm 27:4
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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 134 Reading I Wis 2:12, 17-20 The wicked say: Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself against our doings, &...
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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9,30-37): After leaving the mountain, Jesus and his disciples made their way through Galilee; but Jesus did not want people to know where He was because He was teachi...
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Sunday 19 September 2021 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsOn weak Christians You have failed to strengthen the weak, says the Lord. He is speaking to wicked shepher...
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Sunday 19 September 2021 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 Fa...
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Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 Fath...
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Sunday 19 September 2021 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
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Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 ...
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Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 ...
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Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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. A...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth – 1 Timothy 3:15 Paul makes three astonishing claims for the church, in rapid-fire succession, which we would do well to remember. First, the church is the house of God.Don’t let the wond...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Might The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2 The Holy Spirit is the Spirit o...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Almighty God, Please increase my faith in You today. Help me to understand what your Holy Bible says about faith... Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
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Saint of the Day St. Joseph of Cupertino St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663) was the son of a poor Italian carpenter. His father died before he was born, leaving his mother destitute. As a result Joseph was underfed and often sick. He was an intellectu...
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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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
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...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
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. ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
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...