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Thursday 29 April 2021 Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor on Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Thursday 29 April 2021 Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 29 April 2021 Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 29 April 2021 Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 29 April 2021 Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor on Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 29 April 2021 Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Amats and the Hardness of Ruth Wednesday, April 28, 2021 In the Book of Ruth, Naomi, the Jewish mother-in-law, tries to convince her Gentile daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth, to leave her as she returns to her homeland, Israel. Orpah agrees, but Ruth still refuses. Finally, N...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Father: My Father and Your Father Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'" John 20:17 ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for Your promises, Oh God my Father. I want to draw near to You... Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 4:8 Please let me experience You...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 4:8 The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18
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Yesterday we learned what “born again” means, but do we know how it comes about? Is it something we choose or something God does to us? And are Jesus’ words in John 3:7— “You must be born again”—a command or a factual statement? Actually, the new bi...
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Saint of the Day St. Louis De Montfort St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673 – 1716) was born in Brittany, France, to a large farming family. As a child he displayed an unusual spiritual maturity and spent much time in prayer before the Bles...
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Verse of the Day "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust." Matthew 5:44-45 ...
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Get Daily Readings E-mails Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 281 Reading I Acts 12:24—13:5a The word of God continued to spread and grow. After Barnabas and Saul completed their relief mission, they return...
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Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 12,44-50): Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me, and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me...
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Wednesday 28 April 2021 Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr or Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Priest Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide From the treatise ...
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Wednesday 28 April 2021 Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr or Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Priest Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wi...
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Wednesday 28 April 2021 Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr or Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Priest Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the versio...
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Wednesday 28 April 2021 Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Wednesday 28 April 2021 Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Wednesday 28 April 2021 Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Wednesday 28 April 2021 Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr or Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Priest Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the vers...
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Wednesday 28 April 2021 Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
There is a great deal of misinformation regarding the meaning of the term “born again.” Such ignorance and confusion could have disastrous ramifications if those who think they are born again really aren’t. In a conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus used this term to explain how one enters the kin...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
This World, Your Bridal Chamber Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Every bride seeks to appear beautiful in the eyes of her groom. The custom of the ancient Hebrews was the bride and groom would stay separate for a year. The groom would prepare a place for the bride, the bride would pre...
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The Trinity: Most High God (El Elyon) But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth." Genesis 14:22 The Lord is El Elyon, the Most High God, a name that means He owns Heaven and E...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Most High God, You know my heart and my heartaches. You have showered me with blessings and You have carried me through the valleys of pain and sadness. Thank You for the godly influenc...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear... 1 John 4:18
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Saint of the Day St. Zita of Lucca St. Zita (d. 1271) was born into poverty in Tuscany, Italy. Her mother taught her to develop a strong prayer life, which, combined with her happy disposition, enabled her to seek God's will in all her life circumstanc...
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Verse of the Day "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23
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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 280 Reading I Acts 11:19-26 Those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but Jews. There were some Cyp...
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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 10,22-30): The feast of the Dedication was then taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter. And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon. So the Jews...
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Tuesday 27 April 2021 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishopEach one of us is called to be both a sacrifice to God and his priest I app...
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Tuesday 27 April 2021 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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 ...
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Tuesday 27 April 2021 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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 ...
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Tuesday 27 April 2021 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Tuesday 27 April 2021 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Tuesday 27 April 2021 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Tuesday 27 April 2021 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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 t...
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Tuesday 27 April 2021 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Be Grateful in All Things Life can be full of surprises, you can be going on your way, and God sends you a surprise. Something that you ask for, except; it is not in the package that you expected it to be. If you are not careful you will miss it, the answer to your prayers...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
What’s the biggest mistake you’ve ever made? Many people may not recognize their greatest error until after death, when their expectation of life in heaven is replaced by the horrible reality that they are denied entrance for rejecting Christ. Nicodemus was a man who had built h...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Hard Lesson of the French Revolution Monday, April 26, 2021 In the late 18th century, France was overthrown by a revolutionary government, proclaiming there was no God and declared France atheistic. Soon afterwards, the government realized that man cannot exist without Go...
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Jesus: The Son of God But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31 Jesus is the Son of God, the second Person of the Godhead. That the description &l...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, You have given to every follower of Jesus a great mission for Your kingdom. I know that You have called me for Your mission. I pray that each day, I will seek You and follow Your guid...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the en...
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Saint of the Day Sts. Cletus & Marcellinus St. Cletus (1st c.) and St. Marcellinus (3rd c.) were both Romans, popes, and martyrs who ruled the Holy See during the terrible persecution of Christians at the hands of the Roman Empire. St. Cletus was a conve...
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Verse of the Day "As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, s...
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Meditation of the Day "Everything that exists is a gift from God. Yet oftentimes we look to the things and creatures created by God for a satisfaction and fulfillment that only God Himself can provide. When the soul wraps itself around the things and the people of this...
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 279 Reading I Acts 11:1-18 The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers confronted h...
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 10,1-10): Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever e...
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Monday 26 April 2021 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide St Basil the Great on the Holy SpiritThe Spirit gives life For this cause the Lord, who gives us our life, gave us the covenan...
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Monday 26 April 2021 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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 Fa...
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Monday 26 April 2021 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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 th...
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Monday 26 April 2021 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Monday 26 April 2021 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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...
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Monday 26 April 2021 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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 Fat...
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Monday 26 April 2021 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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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Monday 26 April 2021 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide 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 ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Son of the Father Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 2 John 3 Jesus is the Son of the Father, sent by the Father to save a sinful world. He ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer (this prayer is based upon Psalm 8) O Lord, my Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your glory in the heavens. When I look at Your heavens, at the work of Your f...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 2 John 3
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A crowd came together at Mount Carmel to watch a showdown between 450 prophets of Baal—the prominent false god of the time—and Elijah, the one prophet speaking for the true God. (See 1 Kings 18.) Elijah was used to standing up to the powerful, and this occasion would be no different. &n...
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Saint of the Day St. Mark St. Mark the Evangelist (1st c.) was born to Jewish parents living in Libya in North Africa, later settling in Cana of Galilee not far from Jerusalem. Mark became one of the 70 disciples of Jesus and the author of the Gospel t...
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Verse of the Day "The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous. In the path of thy judgments, O Lord, we wait for thee; thy memorial name is the desire of our soul. My soul yearns for thee in the night, my spirit within me earnestl...
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Today’s Feast Day Good Shepherd Sunday The Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as “Good Shepherd Sunday” because the Mass reading is taken from the Gospel of John, where Jesus uses the imagery of a shepherd guiding and guarding his flock to descr...
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Meditation of the Day "No one can fail to understand that the Divine Eucharist bestows upon the Christian people an incomparable dignity. Not only while the Sacrifice is offered and the Sacrament is received, but as long as the Eucharist is kept in our churches and ora...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter Lectionary: 50 Reading I Acts 4:8-12 Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said: “Leaders of the people and elders: If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved, then all of ...
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Fourth Sunday of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 10,11-18): Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf...
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Sunday 25 April 2021 4th Sunday of Easter Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 4th Sunday of Easter From a homily on the Gospels by Saint Gregory the Great, popeChrist the Good Shepherd I am the good shepherd. I know my own – by which I mean, I lo...
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Sunday 25 April 2021 4th Sunday of Easter 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 and to the ...
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Sunday 25 April 2021 4th Sunday of Easter 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 Father and to ...
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Sunday 25 April 2021 4th Sunday of Easter Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to th...
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Sunday 25 April 2021 4th Sunday of Easter Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son ...
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Sunday 25 April 2021 4th Sunday of Easter Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the S...
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Sunday 25 April 2021 4th Sunday of Easter 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 Father and t...
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Sunday 25 April 2021 4th Sunday of Easter 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. Alleluia. __...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
On Palm Sunday, Jesus entered the Court of Gentiles (the only area that non-Jews could enter) and pushed through the hordes of customers haggling with merchants over livestock and doves used for sacrifices. Other pilgrims crowded around money changers’ tables, protesting unfair rates of exchan...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Holy Spirit: The Breath of Life The breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. Revelation 11:11 The Holy Spirit is the Breath of Life. When God breathed into the nostrils of Adam, the Holy...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, You breathed the breath of life into me as you have with all people who have ever lived... And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of l...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in beli...
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Saint of the Day St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577-1622) was born with the name Mark Rey in what is today Germany. He studied and taught law and became known for his charity, austerities, and great devotion to God. He gained a...
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Verse of the Day "My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver...
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Saturday of the Third Week of Easter Lectionary: 278 Reading I Acts 9:31-42 The Church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. She was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit she gre...
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Saturday of the Third Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 6,60-69): After hearing his doctrine, many of Jesus' followers said, «This language is very hard! Who can accept it?». Jesus was aware that his disciples were...
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Saturday 24 April 2021 Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide or Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest, Martyr Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide From a commentary on the gospel of John by Saint Cyril of Alexandri...
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Saturday 24 April 2021 Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide or Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest, Martyr 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...
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Saturday 24 April 2021 Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide or Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest, Martyr 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, com...
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Saturday 24 April 2021 Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide 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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Saturday 24 April 2021 Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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Saturday 24 April 2021 Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 24 April 2021 Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide or Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest, Martyr (First Vespers of tomorrow, 4th Sunday of Easter) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the v...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 24 April 2021 Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Learning from the Haredim Friday, April 23, 2021 In Israel there are healthy young men who live off of public assistance, not because they can't find a job, but because they devote their life to studying the Torah. The ultra-Orthodox Haredim do little else but study, at the e...
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Jesus: The Son of the Living God Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16 Jesus is the Son of the Living God. All false gods have no life in them. False gods don’t think or love; nor do they answer th...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Without Jesus I was lost. With Jesus as my Lord and Savior I am a Your child and You are my loving heavenly Father, my Good Shepherd and my King. You have given me life eternal and I am able...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. George St. George (d. 303 A.D.) was born in Palestine to noble Christian parents. Like his father, he enlisted as a soldier in the Roman army serving under Emperor Diocletian. He was renowned for his bravery and outstanding militar...
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Verse of the Day "But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord ha...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Have you ever suddenly awoken in the middle of the night with a heavy burden on your heart? Sometimes this kind of weight is from the Lord and will be lifted when He has accomplished His purpose—for example, an impulse to pray or a strong motivation to do God’s will. Other burdens are ca...