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Wednesday 26 May 2021 Wednesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Wednesday 26 May 2021 Wednesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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Wednesday 26 May 2021 Saint Philip Neri, Priest on Wednesday of week 8 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...
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Wednesday 26 May 2021 Wednesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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The Gandhi's Christian Hope Tuesday, May 25, 2021 In the early twentieth century, people of India were under the rule of the British. Mahatma Gandhi, the father of modern India, was approached by Lord Irwin, the British viceroy. Irwin asked him what he considered to be the so...
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Jesus: A Righteous Man So when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous Man!" Luke 23:47 Jesus was a Righteous Man, which means Jesus did right things in the right way. A righteous man is right in his desir...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You that You are with me always, as Jesus promised... ...I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:20 Thank You that if I stumble and fall, I will fall int...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46:10 …I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:20
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Saint of the Day St. Bede the Venerable St. Bede (672–735 A.D.), also known as the Venerable Bede, was born to a wealthy family in England. At the age of seven he was sent to the Benedictine monastery to be educated by the monks. He discerned a v...
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Verse of the Day "Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'He who believes will not be in haste.'"" Isaiah 28:16
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Yesterday, we considered why people fail to forgive themselves for wrongdoing. Today, let’s look at questions to ask yourself when you struggle with self-condemnation. 1. Why should I continue to condemn myself when God no longer condemns me? 2. Is my self-condemnation affecting my re...
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Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 348 Reading I Sir 35:1-12 To keep the law is a great oblation, and he who observes the commandments sacrifices a peace offering. In works of charity one offers ...
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Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 10,28-31): Peter began to say to Jesus, ‘We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has ...
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Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time or Saint Gregory VII, Pope or Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, Virgin or Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Ti...
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Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time or Saint Gregory VII, Pope or Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, Virgin or Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are recitin...
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Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time or Saint Gregory VII, Pope or Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, Virgin or Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are rec...
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Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 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 Fat...
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Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 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 an...
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Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 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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Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time or Saint Gregory VII, Pope or Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, Virgin or Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are r...
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Tuesday 25 May 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
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Every human being has a sin problem. We lose our temper, make mistakes, and harbor selfish motives, but God offers forgiveness for everyone who will accept it. And yet many believers find it impossible to forgive themselves. Why? First, we struggle with self-forgiveness at times because we ...
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The Man at the Wedding Monday, May 24, 2021 During a wedding ceremony, I shared the Gospel and closed with a prayer to receive salvation. During the reception, this restlessness came over me. I had to get up and go for a walk outside. I saw a guy smoking a cigarette. I walked...
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The Trinity: The God of Forgiveness (Elohim Selichot) But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness. Nehemiah 9:17 The Lord is Elohim Selichot, the God of Forgiveness. When you look at God through the c...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of Forgiveness, Elohim Selichot, I am so grateful for Your grace and for your forgiveness of my sins. I am so blessed to be covered by the sacrifice of Jesus, lifted by the intercession of the Holy Spirit and loved ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Revelation 21:4
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Saint of the Day St. Simeon Stylites the Younger St. Simeon Stylites the Younger (521-596 A.D.) was born in Antioch in ancient Syria (present-day Turkey). Like his namesake and predecessor, Simeon was drawn from a young age to a life of penance and aus...
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Verse of the Day "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8
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Today’s Feast Day Mary, Mother of the Church Mary, by virtue of being the mother of Jesus Christ, has always been recognized as the Mother of the Church, which Jesus established during His Passion. Before He expired on the Cross, Jesus gave His fin...
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Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Lectionary: 572A Reading I Gn 3:9-15, 20 After Adam had eaten of the tree, the LORD God called to him and asked him, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in th...
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Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Monday after Pentecost) listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 19,25-27): Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When ...
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Monday 24 May 2021 Mary, Mother of the Church on Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Mary, Mother of the Church From an allocution by Pope Paul VI at the Second Vatican CouncilThe Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church M...
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Monday 24 May 2021 Mary, Mother of the Church on Monday of week 8 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 h...
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Monday 24 May 2021 Mary, Mother of the Church on Monday of week 8 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 ...
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Monday 24 May 2021 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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Monday 24 May 2021 Monday of week 8 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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Monday 24 May 2021 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
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Monday 24 May 2021 Mary, Mother of the Church on Monday of week 8 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 hast...
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Monday 24 May 2021 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
The apostle Paul writes, “For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:12). He explains that though one part of the body can’t accomplish what another part can, this doesn...
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Jesus: A Refiner's Fire But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. Malachi 3:2 Jesus is the Refiner’s Fire to judge those who call themselves God’s chi...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord, Please waken me this morning, open my ears to hear from You... The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ear...
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Saint of the Day St. William of Rochester St. William of Rochester (d. 1201), also known as St. William of Perth, was born in Perth, Scotland. He was a wild youth who matured into a devoted man of God. He became a baker, and out of his charity he would...
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Verse of the Day "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Ro...
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Today’s Feast Day Pentecost Sunday When Jesus ascended into heaven forty days after His resurrection, He instructed the Apostles to wait in Jerusalem for the sending of the Holy Spirit. Ten days later the eleven Apostles, together with the Blessed ...
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Meditation of the Day "My daughter, faithfully live up to the words which I speak to you. Do not value any external thing too highly, even if it were to seem very precious to you. Let go of yourself, and abide with Me continually. Entrust everything to Me and do nothin...
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Pentecost Sunday Mass during the Day Lectionary: 63 Reading I Acts 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house i...
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Pentecost Sunday listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 20,19-23): On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, &ld...
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Sunday 23 May 2021 Pentecost Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Pentecost An altarpiece at Siena (1308-1311) by Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255-1319). From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusThe sending of the Holy Spirit When the Lord told his...
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Sunday 23 May 2021 Pentecost 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 Son and to th...
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Sunday 23 May 2021 Pentecost 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 the Son and t...
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Sunday 23 May 2021 Pentecost 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 the Son and to ...
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Sunday 23 May 2021 Pentecost 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 and to the Ho...
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Sunday 23 May 2021 Pentecost 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 Son and to the...
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Sunday 23 May 2021 Pentecost 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 to the Son and...
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Sunday 23 May 2021 Pentecost 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. ________ Exami...
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Jesus: A Ransom for Many Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Matthew 20:28 A ransom is the price paid to release someone who is captured or kidnapped. Satan tempted Eve to eat the...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I ask that You will give me understanding for how to use the blessings which You have given to me for Your glory, and to bless others. Whether those blessings are my spiritual gifts, my talents, my abilitie...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me. Matthew 25:40
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Which interests you more—who Jesus is or what He can do for you? I’m afraid many of us are more concerned about what He gives than discovering who He is. But this is nothing new. When Jesus walked the earth, the crowds often sought Him out for what He could do for them. Even though their...
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Saint of the Day St. Rita of Cascia St. Rita of Cascia (1381-1457) was born in Italy during an era of violent strife between cities and warring family tribes. As a child she repeatedly requested to enter the convent, but instead her parents arranged he...
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Verse of the Day "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jes...
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Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter Mass in the Morning Lectionary: 302 Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 When he entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him. Three days later he called together the lea...
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Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 21,20-25): Peter looked back and saw that the disciple Jesus loved was following as well, the one who had reclined close to Jesus at the supper and had asked him, &laqu...
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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Rita of Cascia Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide A reading from a 6th-century African authorThe Church in its unity speaks in the language of ...
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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Rita of Cascia 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 has...
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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Rita of Cascia 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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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th 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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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th 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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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th 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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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Rita of Cascia (First Vespers of tomorrow, Pentecost) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm inst...
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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th 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.A...
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Have you ever been given the wrong directions and gotten frustrated? It causes confusion and often makes you late to your final destination. But those consequences aren’t nearly as devastating as the results of wrong instructions regarding salvation. We know there are false teachers a...
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The Hand That Reaches Down Friday, May 21, 2021 There are many different religious teachings. Hinduism teaches that salvation comes when man merges back into God through reincarnation. Islam teaches that salvation is to obey the Shariah, Islamic Law. Buddhism teaches that sal...
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Saint of the Day St. Eugene de Mazenod St. Eugene de Mazenod (1782-1861) was born in southern France to a noble family. When he was eight years of age his family was forced to flee the turmoil of the French Revolution and seek political asylum in ...
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Verse of the Day "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love he destine...
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The Holy Spirit: Rivers of Living Water If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 7:37-38 The Holy Spirit is Rivers of Living Water; He q...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of Heaven and of Earth and of all creation, I'm thirsty for more of You. I'm thirsty for Your anointing on my life, and for Jesus' Rivers of Living Water... Whoever drinks of the water that I s...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life. John 4:14
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Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 21,15-19): After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than th...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs About Today Year: B(I). Psalm week: 3. Liturgical Colour: White. Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions Cristóbal Magallanes Jara was born in the state...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide ________ Gospel AcclamationJn14:26 Alleluia, alleluia!The Holy Spirit will teach you everythingand remind you of all I have said to you.Alleluia! ________ GospelJohn 21:15-19Feed my lambs, feed my sheep Jesus showed himself...
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Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter Lectionary: 301 Reading I Acts 25:13b-21 King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea on a visit to Festus. Since they spent several days there, Festus referred Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There is a man h...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide From the treatise on the Trinity by Saint Hilary of PoitiersThe...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs 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, c...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs 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 Go...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th 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 Fa...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th 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 a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th 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 Fathe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th 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 an...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
People don’t like to hear that living by faith guarantees hardship, but it’s true. When we choose to obey God, we will at times suffer and have to make painful sacrifices—like Moses in today’s reading. Growing up in Pharaoh’s palace, Moses must have known that ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
It's not the Rank, it's the Side You're On Thursday, May 20, 2021 In an army, you can be many things: a private, a sergeant, a lieutenant, a corporal, a captain, a major, a colonel, a general. Each has its own rights, status, and responsibilities. But the main object is not y...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: A Stronghold in the Day of Trouble The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him. Nahum 1:7 Ever since Adam and Eve disobeyed the command of God, there has been trouble on Earth. There have been political trou...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for opening Your arms and welcoming me to come to You, to find forgiveness in You, to find rest in You, to find freedom in You, to have abundant life in You. I cry out to You now for those who are ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him. Nahum 1:7
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Bernardine of Siena St. Bernardine of Siena (1380–1444) was born to a noble family in Siena, Italy. As a young man he witnessed the bubonic plague raging mercilessly through the city, and volunteered to care for the sick...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight." Proverbs 9:10
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter Lectionary: 300 Reading I Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 Wishing to determine the truth about why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander freed him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to convene. Then he ...