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Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -SATURDAY, 19 July 2025 |Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryLISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 19, 2025 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Do you have a long list of things you think God should do? Do you pray with the hope that persistence will make Him grant your requests? If your prayers align with His will, they will bear fruit. But if they stem from your own desires, no amount of prayer will make them so. If this is your struggle, begin again by fixing your eyes on the Suffering Servant. Remember that God’s ways are often far ab...2025-07-1812 min
Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 18 July 2025 |Fifteenth Week in Ordinary TimeLISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 18, 2025 | Fifteenth Week in Ordinary TimeReflect today on any tendency you may have to judge or condemn others. If you notice this in yourself, consider the example of the Pharisees—their self-righteousness was both harmful and unattractive. Let their example serve as a warning, and choose instead to reject judgmental thoughts the moment they arise.Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever yo...2025-07-1713 min
Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2024 | Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary TimeLISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 25, 2024 | 29th Week in Ordinary Time
"... Every human person, created in the image of God, has the natural right to be recognized as a free and responsible being. All owe to each other this duty of respect. the right to the exercise of freedom, especially in moral and religious matters..." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 1738)
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Sunday Mass ReadingsAugust 11, 2024 - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
19th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - August 11, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: 1 Kgs 19:4 – 8
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 34:2 – 3, 4 – 5, 6 – 7, 8 – 9
Second Reading: Eph 4:30 — 5:2
Gospel: Jn 6:41 – 51
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
whom, taught by the Holy Spirit,
we dare to call our Father,
bring, we pray, to perfection in our hearts the spirit of adoption as your sons a...2024-08-1005 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -THURSDAY, 01 AUGUST 2024 | Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchLISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 01, 2024 | Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
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“Wherever we go, even to the smallest parish in the most remote corner of this earth, there is the one Church. And this is a great gift of God! The Church is one for us all.” (Francis)
2024-07-3115 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -THURSDAY, 06 June 2024 | Ninth Week in Ordinary TimeLISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 06, 2024 | 9th Week in Ordinary Time
“If the love of God has planted deep roots in a person, then he is able to love even those who do not deserve it, as God does us.” (Benedict XVI)
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2024-06-0513 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -SATURDAY, 18 May 2024 | Seventh Week of EastertideLISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 18, 2024 | 7th Week of Eastertide
“The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also profess it, confidently bear witness to it, and spread it: ‘All however must be prepared to confess Christ before men and to follow him along the way of the Cross, amidst the persecutions which the Church never lacks’ (Second Vatican Council)” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nº 1816)
2024-05-1711 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 30 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 30, 2023 | Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
"Come, let us worship Christ, the King of martyrs." - invitatory antiphon
The Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church is in honor of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the mad Emperor Nero as scapegoats for the fire in Rome. The pagan historian Tacitus and St. Clement of Rome tell of a night of horror (August 15, 64 A.D.) when in the imperial parks Christians were put into animal skins and hunted, were brutally...2023-06-2915 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 29 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 29, 2023 | Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
"Come, let us worship Christ, the King of martyrs." - invitatory antiphon
Today the Church universally celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (d. 64-67). Veneration of the two great Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, has its roots in the very foundations of the Church. They are the solid rock on which the Church is built, the origin of her faith and will forever remain her protectors and her guides. To them Rome owes her true greatness, for...2023-06-2815 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 28 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 28, 2023 | Memorial of St. Ireneaus, Bishop, Martyr and Doctor of the Church
"Come, let us worship Christ, the King of martyrs." - invitatory antiphon
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop and Martyr (130-202). He was born in Asia Minor around the year 140. It is not known when he came to Gaul. He was a priest of the Church of Lyons during the persecution of 177 when St. Pothinus, first bishop of the city and the first martyr of Lyons, was put to death. Irenaeus...2023-06-2714 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 27 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 27, 2023 | Memorial of St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
"I will sing to you, O Lord, and I will walk in the way of perfection." - invitatory antiphon
Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria (376-444). Cyril was one of the metropolitan sees of the Christian Church in the east, was one of the great defenders of the faith against the heresy of Nestorius who denied the oneness of person in Jesus Christ. At the Council of Ephesus in 431, over...2023-06-2614 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - MONDAY, 26 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 26, 2023 | Monday in the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
"Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged" - Mt. 7:1-2
It is sometimes easier to point out the tiny and insignificant faults of others and trivialize the very serious sins that we have. Jesus invites us for an honest self-reflection so that we can see ourselves as we truly are and participate in God's work of healing and conversion, instead of being quick to judge those around us. Let...2023-06-2514 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 25 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 25, 2023 | Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." - Mt. 10:31
The Lord is always at our side and He has our best interest in mind. Therefore let us constantly be on the lookout for anything that can cause us to turn away from Him and to strive to let go of anything that hinders us to become the people He wants us to be. With Him by our side, there is nothing to fear.
...2023-06-2416 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 25, 2023 - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - June 25, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading Jeremiah 20:10-13
Resp. Psalm Psalms 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35
2nd Reading Romans 5:12-15
Gospel Mt. 10:26-33
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COLLECT Prayer:
Grant, O Lord, that we may always revere and love your holy name, for you never deprive of your guidance those you set firm on the foundation of your love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ev...2023-06-2406 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 24 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 24, 2023 | Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
"What, then, will this child be?" - Luke 1:79
With the birth of John the Baptist, a new era has dawned on Israel. For God's chosen people, the period of waiting is over, and God's promises are now being fulfilled. The barren womb of Elizabeth bears and give birth to a child as announced by Archangel Gabriel. God has shown his generosity and faithfulness to his people. God has looked with mercy on Elizabeth, turning her barrenness into fertility.2023-06-2315 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 23 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 23, 2023 | Friday in the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
"Where your treasure is, there also will your heart be." - Mt. 6:21
We are easily deceived by the lures and enticements of earthly things. However, if we want to be truly happy, let us net set our hearts on material trappings that enslave. Through his teachings, healings, miracles, and acts of forgiveness, Jesus has given his disciples a glimpse of the heavenly Kingdom. He too invites us to acquire a new spiritual insight to understand that the deepest longings...2023-06-2214 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 22 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 22, 2023 | Memorial of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, Martyrs
John Fisher studied Theology in Cambridge (England) and became Bishop of Rochester. His friend, Thomas More, wrote of him, 'I reckon in this realm no one man, in wisdom, learning and long approved virtue together, meet to be matched and compared with him.' Thomas More was born in London, England and was Chancellor of King Henry VIII. As a family man and a public servant, his life was a rare synthesis of human sensitivity and Christian wisdom. They...2023-06-2113 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 21 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 21, 2023 | Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religous
"How wonderful is God among his saints: come, let us adore him." - antiphon
St Aloysius was the eldest son of a Mantuan nobleman, and was intended by his father to be a soldier. Aloysius, on the other hand, had determined to be a missionary, and even to die for his faith. He renounced his birthright in favour of his brother and at the age of 16 became a Jesuit novice in Rome, living the same life of severe austerity and penance...2023-06-2013 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 20 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 20, 2023 | Tuesday in the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." - Mt. 5:44
Love is the greatest commandment that Jesus left us. His love does not discriminate but embraces and loves everyone with the same measure He loves us. As God's beloved children, let us imitate Jesus' way of loving. It may cost us our pride and comfort, but it is the only way to truly love as Jesus did.
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"Brothers and sisters: As your fellow workers, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain." - 2 Cor. 6:1
God has given us the greatest gift we could ever receive: His only begotten Son, Jesus, to die and rise again for our salvation. This grace is not cheap. It demands a response from us. Let us receive the grace of God in truth, honoring and pleasing Him by obeying His commands and following His example, walking...2023-06-1813 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 18 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 18, 2023 | Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." - Mark 6:34
The world today is in dire need of healing. This is no different from Jesus' time. He took pity on those who were yearning to see and encounter the Lord like lost sheep and He longs to gather them back to His fold.
Are you ready to be one...2023-06-1715 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 18, 2023 - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - June 18, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading Exodus 19:2-6
Resp. Psalm Psalms 100:1-2, 3., 5
2nd Reading Rom 5:6-11
Gospel Mt. 9:36-10:8
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, strength of those who hope in you, graciously hear our pleas, and, since without you mortal frailty can do nothing, grant us always the help of your grace, that in following your commands we may please you by our resolve and our deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and re...2023-06-1706 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 17 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 17, 2023 | Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
"I am the good shepherd, says the Lord, I know my sheep, and mine know me." - John 10:14
In the midst of the second world war Pope Pius XII put the whole world under the special protection of our Savior's Mother by consecrating it to her Immaculate Heart, and in 1944 he decreed that in the future the whole Church should celebrate the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is not a new devotion. In the seventeenth century, St...2023-06-1615 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 16 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 16, 2023 | Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
"I am the good shepherd, says the Lord, I know my sheep, and mine know me." - John 10:14
Today is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, designated the Friday after the Second Sunday of Pentecost. From the Catechism of the Catholic Church 478:
"Jesus knew and loved us each and all during his life, his agony and his Passion, and gave himself up for each one of us: "The Son of God. . . loved me and...2023-06-1515 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 15 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 15, 2023 | Thursday in the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
"I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven." - Mt. 5:20
Seeking the "spirit" of the Law, as God intended from the start, is more crucial than becoming righteous for the sake of adherence. Jesus challenges us to sincerely keep God's commandments. He impresses his command of love, mercy, and reconciliation as the supreme Lawgiver, even greater than Moses.
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"I have come not to abolish but to fulfill." - Mt. 5:17
Jesus was a faithful Jew who followed the Sabbath rest and the traditional forms of piety. However, he also puts more importance to delivering people from their ailments and torments even if it means healing on a Sabbath. May we learn to adhere to the spirit of God's commandments and not simply obeying out of compliance as our way of loving God.
Join...2023-06-1314 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 13 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 13, 2023 | Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church
St. Anthony of Padua was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1195. He became a canon regular and then a Franciscan preaching the Gospel everywhere in Portugal and Italy. Both as a theologian and as a popular preacher, he fought vigorously against heresy. His preaching was inspired by the love of God and of souls and had an extraordinary power of conviction; it was filled with the penetrating power of the Bible. Pope Gregory IX, who heard him preach...2023-06-1214 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - MONDAY, 12 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 12, 2023 | Monday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time
"Taste and see the goodness of the Lord." - Ps. 34
When we persevere through the hardships of life while loving, serving, praising and glorifying the Lord, then we will be blessed by the reward promised to us by the Lord. Let us ask the Lord for the grace to persevere and remain strong in faith especially in times when we encounter sufferings and persecutions for the sake of God's Kingdom.
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"While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, gave it to them, and said, 'Take it; this is my body.' Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, 'This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.'" - Mt. 26:26-28
The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ is observed on the...2023-06-1015 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 11, 2023 - Corpus Christi Sunday (Year A)CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - June 11, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14B-16A
Resp. Psalm Psalms 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Gospel John 6:51-58
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion, grant us, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your redemption. Who live and reign with God the Father...2023-06-1006 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 10 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 10, 2023 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
"Praise God and tell everyone about the good things he has done for you, so that they too will honor him and sing his praises. Let everyone know what God has done. Never stop praising him. - Tobit 12:6
How do you thank God for all that He is and all that He has done for you?
The gesture of the widow in today's Gospel speaks of her total generosity and trust to the providence...2023-06-0912 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 09 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 9, 2023 | Memorial of St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, Deacon (306-373), called "the Harp of the Holy Spirit." Ephrem is the great classic Doctor of the Syrian church. As deacon at Edessa, he vigorously combated the heresies of his time, and to do so more effectively wrote poems and hymns about the mysteries of Christ, the Blessed Virgin and the saints. He had a great devotion to Our Lady. He was a commentator on Scripture and a preacher as...2023-06-0815 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 08 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 8, 2023 | Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these." - Mark 12:30-31
Love is God's greatest command to the human heart.
All of us ache for a connection and no matter where we look, our hearts will always be restless until it rests...2023-06-0714 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 07 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 7, 2023 | Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
"I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is the God of the living, not of the dead." - Mark 12:26-27
When we physically die in this life part of us lives on forever. For those who trust in the Lord, Christ promises eternal life. Let us seek to nurture that which no moth on this earth can destroy.
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"Pay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God." - Mark 12:17
God is the source of everything, and we owe him our gratitude and appreciation for everything he has given us. Since He is the Lord of Creation, He deserves to be truly praised and acknowledged always, even when circumstances are not going our way.
Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen...2023-06-0516 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - MONDAY, 05 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 5, 2023 | Memorial of St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
For the first forty years of his life Boniface was known as Wynfrith. He was born in Devon and educated at the monastery at Exeter, and then joined the Benedictine abbey at Nursling, near Southampton. He was a teacher and preacher, but he desired to preach the gospel in a foreign land. In 718, Pope Gregory II commissioned him to do so, at the same time changing his name from Wynfrith to Boniface.
Boniface left England, never to return, and took...2023-06-0414 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 04 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 4, 2023 | Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
The fundamental dogma, on which everything in Christianity is based, is that of the Blessed Trinity in whose name all Christians are baptized.
The feast of the Blessed Trinity needs to be understood and celebrated as a prolongation of the mysteries of Christ and as the solemn expression of our faith in this triune life of the Divine Persons, to which we have been given access by Baptism and by the Redemption won for us by Christ. Only...2023-06-0317 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 4, 2023 - Trinity Sunday (Year A)SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY | Sunday Mass Readings - June 4, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Exodus 34:4B-6, 8-9
Resp. Psalm Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56
2nd Reading 2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Gospel John 3:16-18
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COLLECT Prayer:
God our Father, who by sending into the world the Word of truth and the Spirit of sanctification made known to the human race your wondrous mystery, grant us, we pray, that in professing the true faith, we may acknowledge the Trinity of eternal glory and adore your Unity, powerful in maj...2023-06-0304 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 03 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 3, 2023 | Memorial of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Today is the Memorial of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions (d. 1886), the companions numbering twenty-one other Ugandan martyrs. They are the first martyrs of Sub-Saharan Africa and true witnesses of the Christian faith. Charles Lwanga, a catechist and a young leader, was martyred in 1886 with a group of Catholic and Anglican royal pages, some of whom were not yet baptized. King Mwanga, who despised the Christian religion, gave orders that all the Christian pages in his service be laid upon a...2023-06-0214 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 02 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 2, 2023 | Memorial of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs
Pope St Damasus I dedicated his life to establishing and strengthening the Church after the great persecutions, and took much care over the restoration of the Roman catacombs and the proper burial of the martyrs there, including Marcellinus and Peter.
As a boy, Pope Damasus had heard the story of these martyrs from their executioner. Marcellinus was a priest, Peter was an exorcist. They were beheaded during the emperor Diocletian’s persecution, and buried on the Via La...2023-06-0115 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 01 June 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 1, 2023 | Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest
On the first Thursday after Pentecost, the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest is observed on the particular calendars in Spain, Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic and England and Wales. Approval for this feast was first granted by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in 1987. In 2012 the Congregation sent a letter to all conferences of bishops, offering the feast to be inscribed in their respective liturgical calendars if they ask for it. (Catholicculture.org)2023-06-0117 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 31 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 31, 2023 | Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
"The moment your greeting sounded in my ears, the baby within me suddenly leapt for joy.'" - Luke 1:44
Is your presence a cause of joy for others?
God's presence in us is life-giving. Joy accompanies those whose feet walk in the ways of God. Like Mary's and Elizabeth's, this joy is not easy and pain-free. As it entailed sacrifices for them, so it could also cost us. Let us not be surprised by the demands of the Gospel. But let us strive to bring God...2023-05-3015 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 30 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 30, 2023 | Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
"Peter spoke up and said, 'We have given up everything to follow you.'" - Mark 10:28
Everything we have is a gift from God. He sees our acts of generosity and He promises to reward us in abundant measure. God doesn't match our generosity. He surpasses it a hundredfold so that our joy may be full.
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"Go, sell what you have and give the money to the poor and you will have riches in heaven. Then come and follow me." - Mark 10:21
We can be obedient to God when we follow His commandments. But He calls us beyond obedience. As disciples of Christ, we are called to give Him all that we have and are in His service, even if it entails making sacrifices for the good of others.
Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you...2023-05-2813 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 28 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 28, 2023 | Pentecost Sunday
"Receive the Holy Spirit." - John 20:22
God cannot be outdone in generosity. By sending us the Holy Spirit, He too invites us to live a life of generous service to our brothers and sisters by sharing our giftedness to build His Body, the Church.
How do you glorify God in and through the Holy Spirit?
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Brought...2023-05-2717 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 28, 2023 - Pentecost Sunday (Year A)PENTECOST SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - May 28, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 2:1-11
Resp. Psalm Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 12:3B-7, 12-13
Gospel John 20:19-23
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who by the mystery of today's great feast sanctify your whole Church in every people and nation, pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit across the face of the earth and, with the divine grace that was at work when the Gospel was first proclaimed, fill now once more t...2023-05-2706 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 27 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 27, 2023 | Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter
"Follow me." - John 21:22
It is a very human reaction to compare ourselves to others even when it comes to our spiritual life. But Jesus reminds us today to keep our eyes fixed on Him and not on others. Instead of spending time if others are kinder than us or serving the Lord better than us, let us focus our time giving God the best of ourselves for His glory.
Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe to...2023-05-2611 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 26 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 26, 2023 | Memorial of St. Philip Neri, priest
"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?" - John 21:15
To love as Jesus loves is nearly impossible. But in our striving to be like Him, we allow our Risen Lord to purify our way of loving and let it grow in perfection. While we are in this journey, God does not wait for us to be perfect but accepts whatever love we can give. May we not grow weary in walking the way of love.
Join the universal Church in praying the Office of...2023-05-2514 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 25 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 25, 2023 | Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
"I pray not only for these, but also for those who through their word will also believe in me." - John 17:20
God sees you and the efforts you make to remain in Him. At times you fail, but with hope, humility and courage, you get up again trusting in God's loving mercy and forgiveness. Keep walking and you will find others walking with you.
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"I do not ask you to remove them from the world, but to keep them from the evil one." - John 17:11-19
Jesus did not pray that His disciples would be protected from the struggles of this world but that God may strengthen them as they pass through it.
It is easy to be faithful when all is going well. But it is in the trying times in our life that we are able to grow in our faith, to learn to depend on God's grace and continue...2023-05-2313 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 23 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 23, 2023 | Tuesday in the Seventh Week of Easter
"Holy Father, keep those you have given me in your name, so that they may be one, as we also are." - John 17:11
How blessed we are to have our Lord as our King, Prophet and Priest! God desires nothing more than to have us united in Him, to share in His eternal loving. Whenever we feel that our sin is drifting us away from His will for us, let us plead for Him to bring us back and strengthen us in His Word, the Sacraments and His...2023-05-2213 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - MONDAY, 22 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 22, 2023 | Monday in the Seventh Week of Easter
"I have told you all this, so that in me you may have peace. You will have trouble in the world, but courage! I have overcome the world." - John 16
Our peace lies in the Lord. When we are rooted in Christ, nothing can shake us despite the darkness and confusion in the world. Let us continuously renew our faith in the holy Triune God so we may share in His peace even in this world.
Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you...2023-05-2113 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 21 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 21, 2023 | Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
"I am with you always even to the end of the world..." - Mt 18:20
How comforting Jesus' words are to us who struggle to follow Him. No matter the circumstance we may find ourselves in, Jesus assures us of His most loving presence within and among us. Just as we encounter Him in prayer and in our relationship with others, may we also strive to be his hands, feet and heart to all those we meet so that they too may experience God dwelling in us.
Join the...2023-05-2015 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 21, 2023 - Ascension Sunday (Year A)ASCENSION SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - May 21, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 1:1-11
Resp. Psalm Psalms 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
2nd Reading Ephesians 1:17-23
Gospel Matthew 28:16-20
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COLLECT Prayer:
Gladden us with holy joys, almighty God, and make us rejoice with devout thanksgiving, for the Ascension of Christ your Son is our exaltation, and, where the Head has gone before in glory, the Body is called to follow in hope. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the un...2023-05-2006 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 20 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 20, 2023 | Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter
"...that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me." - John 17:21
God's love is extravagant! He desires us to share in their Trinitarian unity so that we may be with Him wherever He is. This means the joy of eternal life with Him for those who believe.
Let our hearts yearn to be...2023-05-1914 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 19 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 19, 2023 | Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
"But I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take from you." - John 16:22
Goodbyes generally cause sorrow and fear. The disciples were mournful of Jesus' goodbye, but knowing their hearts, Christ assures his followers that their sorrow at his departure will only be temporary. Soon after, they will rejoice as the kingdom of God spreads across the earth.
Like the first followers of Christ, it is our duty to...2023-05-1815 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 18 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 18, 2023 | Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter
"A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will se me." - John 16:16
God has destined us for eternal life.
Everything we experience in our earthly life will come to pass. All things are small compared to the greater reality that awaits those who believe.
The disciples grieved when they lost Jesus to a brutal death, but their sorrow turned to joy when they saw the...2023-05-1714 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 17 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 17, 2023 | Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
"When he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth." - John 16:13
Aside from the Holy Spirit being our Advocate, it is also the role of the Spirit to guide us into all truth -- that is, in all that is necessary to be known, in all that is useful and profitable for our life with God, in all doctrine and ways of spirituality. As the Spirit of Truth, he goes before us, leads the way...2023-05-1615 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 16 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 16, 2023 | Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
"It is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you." - John 16:7
The earthly life of Jesus, the Word Incarnate, would come to an end. In a few days, we will be celebrating His ascension to heaven where He will sit at the right hand of the Father. He had spent the last years of his life preparing the disciples to go out on their own without Him, proclaiming...2023-05-1514 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - MONDAY, 15 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 15, 2023 | Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer
"How wonderful is God among his saints: come, let us adore him." - antiphon
St. Isidore was born near Madrid to very poor parents. He was a Spanish laborer who worked most of his life as a ploughman for a nobleman who lived near Madrid, Spain. Although working many hours a day, he never failed to attend daily Mass, and spend time praying before the Holy Eucharist. He married a maid-servant, Maria de la Cabeza, who was also canonized a saint...2023-05-1414 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 14 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 14, 2023 | Sixth Sunday of Easter
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever," - John 14:16
As we enter the final weeks of Easter, we also anticipate the coming of the Holy Spirit whom Jesus promised to be our Advocate who will stay with us forever. The Spirit of truth will continue directing and aiding the Church to preserve the faith, doctrine and morals which Christ taught His apostles. Despite the weaknesses and waywardness of her members, the Blessed...2023-05-1316 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 14, 2023 - Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A)SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - May 14, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 8:5-8, 14-17
Resp. Psalm Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
2nd Reading 1 Peter 3:15-18
Gospel John 14:15-21
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COLLECT Prayer:
Grant, almighty God, that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy, which we keep in honor of the risen Lord, and that what we relieve in remembrance we may always hold to in what we do. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the...2023-05-1306 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 13 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 13, 2023 | Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima
"Pray, pray much, and sacrifice for sinners, for many souls go to hell because there is no one to sacrifice and pray for them." - Message of Our Lady of Fatima, August 1917
Today the Church celebrates an Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, which is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary following apparitions to three shepherd children — Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco — in Portugal in 1917. The message of Fatima includes a call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin and a de...2023-05-1212 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 12 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 12, 2023 | Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
"No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." - John 15:13
A friend is a beloved, someone truly loved.
The friendship that Jesus manifests at the "hour" of his passion and death ennobles and saves. He becomes a servant and washes his disciples' feet that they may have part with him, that they may be elevated to the honor of friends.
Are you a friend of Jesus? What kind of...2023-05-1114 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 11 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 11, 2023 | Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
"As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love." - John 15:9
To remain with Jesus means not only to stay with Jesus but also to "know" him, to have a close relationship with him, to share his fate. The true measure of union with Christ is imitating his love for the Father and for his "own". The one who truly loves Jesus loves one's brothers and sisters. And the measure of the disciple's love for...2023-05-1013 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 10 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 10, 2023 | Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit." - John 15:1-2
Pruning is an essential part of our intimate union with Jesus. This ensures that the branch, once trimmed and removed of all the elements that hinder its productivity, will bear abundant fruit.
As friends of Christ, let us allow...2023-05-0913 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 09 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 9, 2023 | Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
"Jesus said to his disciples: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you." - John 14:27
Where do you find your peace?
The peace that Jesus gives is rooted in the accomplishment of God's constant and unchanging will rather than the will and whim of men. From a worldly perspective, peace is the absence of conflict. And yet the lives of the saints tell about...2023-05-0815 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - MONDAY, 08 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 8, 2023 | Monday in the Fifth Week of Easter
"Not to us, Lord, but to your name give glory." - Psalm 115:1
Despite the miracles and conversions that accompanied the apostles in their missionary work, they always remember that they were just mere instruments of the Risen Lord.
Let us take to heart the words of the psalmist in moments when we are tempted to take credit for the good works that we do instead of honoring and giving glory to God who enables His graces in us.2023-05-0713 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 07 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 7, 2023 | Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A)
"Jesus said to his disciples: 'Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me.'" - John 14:1
Jesus is our way to the Father and to eternal life but we must put our trust and faith in Him if we are to succeed along this way. This would mean turning over all our concerns to God and placing our hope in His love and providence, while opening ourselves to be led even through uncomfortable paths...2023-05-0616 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 7, 2023 - Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A)FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - May 7, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 6:1-7
Resp. Psalm Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
2nd Reading 1 Peter 2:4-9
Gospel John 14:1-12
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty ever-living God, constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us, that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism may, under your protective care, bear much fruit and come to the joys of life eternal. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the...2023-05-0607 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 06 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 6, 2023 | Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
"Whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father." - John 14:12
Jesus is the face of God's mercy and His life, works and teachings testify to His communion with the Father. As He invited disciples to follow Him, He too challenges us to grow in our knowledge and love of Him with the graces that are disposed to us through the Church. Our faith...2023-05-0513 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 05 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 5, 2023 | Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6
Do you know where you are going to?
We are meant to go to the Father's house where dwelling places are prepared for us. Jesus is the way to the Father. Following Him means surrendering our will to Him and letting Him take us to places, people and situations where we can grow in faith, hope and love...2023-05-0415 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 04 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 4, 2023 | Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter
"Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me." - John 13:20
God continues to call men and women to be messengers and witnesses of the Good News. As members of God's family, we are called to be open to receive God's message through the people He sends into our lives. Likewise, we too are challenged to be faithful witnesses of Jesus and to share His message with...2023-05-0313 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 03 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 3, 2023 | Feast of Sts. Philip and James, Apostles
"Philip said to him, 'Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.'" - John 14:8
Today is the Feast of the Apostles Philip and James. Like Sts. Peter and Andrew, St. Philip was from Bethsaida, in Galilee. According to tradition, he was crucified at Hierapolis in Phyrgia, where he had preached the Gospel. He introduced St. Bartholomew (Nathaniel) to Christ. Christ declared to St. Philip, "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father...I am the...2023-05-0316 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 02 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 2, 2023 | Memorial of St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Athanasius (295-373), Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy. By denying the Godhead of the Word the Arians turned Christ into a mere man, only higher in grace than others in the eyes of God. St. Athanasius took part in the Council of Nicea in 325 and until the end remained a champion of the faith as it was defined by...2023-05-0114 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - MONDAY, 01 May 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 1, 2023 | Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker
The Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 in order to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector. By the daily labor in his shop, offered to God with patience and joy, St. Joseph provided for the necessities of his holy spouse and of the Incarnate Son of God, and thus became an example to all laborers. "Workmen and all those laboring in conditions of poverty will have...2023-05-0115 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 30 Apr 2023
LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 30, 2023 | Fourth Sunday of Easter - Good Shepherd Sunday
World Day of Prayer for Vocations
"I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me." - John 10:14
How comforting it is to have Jesus as our Good Shepherd who knows each one of us by name, leads us to good pastures and protects us from the marauding wolf. He continues to shepherd us through the Church and bestows on us His life through the Sacraments...2023-04-2916 minSunday Mass ReadingsApril 30, 2023 - Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A)FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - April 30, 2023 (Year A)
Good Shepherd Sunday | World Day of Prayer for Vocations
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1st Reading Acts 2:14A, 36-41
Resp. Psalm Psalms 23: 1-3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6
2nd Reading 1 Peter 2:20B-25
Gospel John 10:1-10
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty ever-living God, lead us to a share in the joys of heaven, so that the humble flock may reach where the brave Shepherd has gone before. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity o...2023-04-2906 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 29 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 29, 2023 | Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
"The Lord is the king of virgins: come, let us adore him." - Morning antiphon
Today is the Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). She was born Catherine Benincasa in Siena at a date that remains uncertain, and was favored with visions from the age of seven. Seeking perfection, she entered the Third Order of the Dominicans when she was still in her teens.
In 1370 she was commanded by a vision to...2023-04-2812 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 28 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 28, 2023 | Friday of the Third Week of Easter
"Go out to all the world and tell the Good News." - Ps. 117
How have you encountered the Risen Lord in your life?
God's unbounded generosity to us His beloved children is present throughout our lives. Even the faith that allows us to respond to His love is also a gratuitous gift from Him. How right and just it is that we acknowledge and thank Him for all the graces we receive each day so that our faith...2023-04-2713 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 27 Apr 20223LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 27, 2023 | Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
"No one can come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise him up on the last day." - John 6:35b
Each of us is called to be a messenger of Jesus, a bearer of His Good News, in all aspects of our being.
Is there anything in your way of doing things, of speaking, of being, that is consistent with the life and ways of someone who has been...2023-04-2613 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 26 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 26, 2023 | Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter
"I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall never be hungry, and whoever believes in me shall never be thirsty." - John 6:35b
Jesus is the bread from heaven par excellence. He alone gives true life and joy for those who believe and He invites us to listen to His Word and partake of His Body and Blood in the Most Holy Eucharist. This way, He can strengthen us in our journey to the Father and witness...2023-04-2513 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 25 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 25, 2023 | Feast of St. Mark, Evangelist
"Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them: 'Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature.'" - Mark 16:15
Today is the Feast of St. Mark, the Evangelist, the author of the second Gospel, was the son of Mary whose house at Jerusalem was the meeting place of Christians, where St. Peter sought refuge after having been freed from prison. He was baptized and instructed by St. Peter and accompanied St. Paul and his own cousin...2023-04-2415 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - MONDAY, 24 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 24, 2023 | Monday of the Third Week of Easter
"Truly I say to you, you look for me, not because of the signs which you have seen, but because you ate bread and were satisfied." - John 6:26
What are you seeking in life?
Many of those who followed Jesus sought Him because their hunger was satiated during the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves. They want to be fed again.
Jesus challenges us to look beyond our physical needs and desires, and to seek...2023-04-2313 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 23 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 23, 2023 | Third Sunday oƒ Easter
"While he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: and he vanished out of their sight." - Luke 24:30-31
Even in moments of doubt and confusion, Jesus walks with us. He reveals Himself to those who seek Him as He did to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Let us ask the Lord for the gift of faith that we may b...2023-04-2216 minSunday Mass ReadingsApril 23, 2023 - Third Sunday of Easter (Year A)THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - April 23, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 2:14, 22-33
Resp. Psalm Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
2nd Reading 1 Peter 1:17-21
Gospel Luke 24:13-35
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COLLECT Prayer:
May your people exult for ever, O God, in renewed youthfulness of spirit, so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption, we may look forward in confident hope to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the uni...2023-04-2209 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 22 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 22, 2023 | Saturday of the Second Week of Easter
"They were frightened, but (Jesus) said to them, 'It is I! Do not be afraid!'" - John 6:19c-20
What storms are you facing at this time of your life?
The disciples were terrified when they were caught in the middle of a storm. But Jesus walked on the water and calmed the storm to reach his disciples, reassuring them of his abiding presence and showing them his authority over nature and his compassion for his followers. As...2023-04-2114 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 21 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 21, 2023 | Friday of the Second Week of Easter
"And Jesus took the loaves: and when he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down. In like manner also of the fishes, as much as they would." - John 3:36
God knows our needs even before we ask Him. It is when we acknowledge our own poverty and our dependence on God that He can fill us with his riches. Everything that we have and surrender to the Lord has meaning and value in His hands. Let...2023-04-2015 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 20 April 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 20, 2023 | Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life." - John 3:36
Jesus came from heaven to reveal God's truth and grace to us. Even if he knew many would reject His message, Jesus was intent in obeying the Father's will.
Let us pray that we too may desire to surrender ourselves to God's most gracious will and allow Him to work in our lives as He sees fit, confident that He will envelope us with His boundless mercy.
2023-04-1914 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 19 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 19, 2023 | Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
"God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life." - John 3:16
The extravagant love of God led Him to give His Beloved Son, Jesus, for the life of the world. It is beyond what we can think or imagine, yet He gives it to us freely, not based on any merit or recompense from us. He does so even while we were yet...2023-04-1815 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 18 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 18, 2023 | Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
"The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." - John 3:8
An encounter with Christ turned into a life-changing experience for Nicodemus. He had approached the Lord under cover of darkness, and would later be illumined by the Light of Christ.
No matter what our circumstances in life, God...2023-04-1714 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - MONDAY, 17 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 17, 2023 | Monday of the Second Week of Easter
"Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord." - Ps. 21
God always makes the first move. We just trust and follow his lead. It is God who initiates a relationship with us and it is He who love us first. Whatever we do as disciples, alone or as a community, it is all because of God's grace and not our own efforts. After all, the Spirit is the source of life, and the Spirit guides and inspires us. Blessed...2023-04-1613 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SUNDAY, 16 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 16, 2023 | Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
"I shall sing forever the Lord's mercy" (Ps 89)
Today is the Sunday of Divine Mercy, the Octave Day of Easter.
From Creation, God has revealed his nature as love itself, in Sacred Scripture and most perfectly in the life, Passion, death and Resurrection of his Son, Jesus.
The Divine Mercy Sunday origin is from a revelation to Saint Faustina, a Sister of Mercy in Poland who initiated the Divine Mercy devotion. Between 1930 and 1938 Jesus requested numerous...2023-04-1516 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - SATURDAY, 15 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 15, 2023 | Saturday within the Octave of Easter
"Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News." - Mark 16:15
Despite their wavering faith, the disciples took Jesus' mandate to heart and carried out His message of hope and salvation to the ends of the earth with their very lives.
Are you ready to proclaim and transmit your faith in the risen Lord by your thoughts, words and deeds?
Go, ye out, and tell of the Good News that God is love!
Join...2023-04-1415 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - THURSDAY, 13 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 13, 2023 | Thursday within the Octave of Easter
"This is the day the LORD has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it." - Ps 118:24
"Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 'Peace be with you!'" The Gospel tells of an appearance of Jesus in the Cenacle on the very day of His resurrection. The newly baptized (neophytes) and all Christians with them, must live like the risen Christ, none but a heavenly life and by their manner of living proclaim their faith in Christ...2023-04-1215 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - WEDNESDAY, 12 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 12, 2023 | Wednesday within the Octave of Easter
"This is the day the LORD has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it." - Ps 118:24
The Resurrection changes everything. Little wonder that it took so long for the disciples walking to Emmaus to recognize the Risen One and to grasp what had happened to him, and to them. Amid that struggle to understand, however, the Risen Lord walks with those whose hearts burn within them, yearning for the embrace of the love that can never die again because...2023-04-1115 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - TUESDAY, 11 Apr 2023LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 11, 2023 | Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
"This is the day the LORD has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it." - Ps 118:24
At the tomb of the risen Savior, Mary was made an apostle: “Go to My brethren [the apostles] and say to them: I ascend to My Father and to your Father.” The liturgy lingers about the tomb today with the penitent Magdalen, to whom Christ first appeared after appearing to His mother.
Today the Lord appears to us in the Mass and...2023-04-1015 minSunday Mass ReadingsMarch 5, 2023 - Second Sunday of Lent (Year A)SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT | Sunday Mass Readings - March 5, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Genesis 12:1-4A
Resp. Psalm Psalms 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22
2nd Reading 2 Timothy 1:8B-10
Gospel Matthew 17:1-9
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Collect Prayer:
O God, who have commanded us to listen to your beloved Son, be pleased, we pray, to nourish us inwardly by your word, that, with spiritual sight made pure, we may rejoice to behold your glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, G...2023-03-0405 min
Sunday Mass ReadingsFeb 26, 2023 - First Sunday of Lent (Year A)FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT | Sunday Mass Readings - February 26, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7
Resp. Psalm Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17
2nd Reading Romans 5:12-19
Gospel Matthew 4:1-11
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Collect Prayer:
Grant, almighty God, through the yearly observances of holy Lent, that we may grow in understanding of the riches hidden in Christ and by worthy conduct pursue their effects. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
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Sunday Mass ReadingsFeb 19, 2023 - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - February 19, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18
Resp. Psalm Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 3:16-23
Gospel Matthew 5:38-48
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Collect Prayer:
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, always pondering spiritual things, we may carry out in both word and deed that which is pleasing to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
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