August 15 – Mary, Mother of Our Lord – The honor paid to Mary, the virgin mother of Jesus Christ our Lord and God, goes back to […]
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Wigbert, Abbot & Missionary
August 13 – Wigbert, Abbot and Missionary – c.670-747 – Born in Wessex, he was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk from the monastery of Glastonbury and a missionary […]
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Wednesday at None – Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. ~Psalm 127: 2
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Vespers on Tuesday
Tuesday at Vespers We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks; we call on your name and recount your wondrous deeds. ~Psalm 75:1
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Saint Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr
August 10 – St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr – He is remembered for his charitable works which ultimately resulted in a death sentence. The story persists that […]
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Sunday, Nineteenth of the Year
Nineteenth Sunday of the year (LBW 12 Pentecost) – Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we are to pray, and to […]
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Saint Dominic
August 8 – St. Dominic After his ordination to the priesthood, Dominic spent nine years in Osma, pursuing a life of intense prayer. Dominic and a group […]
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Lauds on Friday
Friday at Lauds – Within our senses ever dwell, And worldly darkness thence expel; Long as the days of life endure, Preserve our souls devout and pure. […]
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The Transfiguration of Our Lord
August 6 – The Transfiguration of Our Lord Today we celebrate the occasion on which Christ, as he was beginning to teach his disciples that he must […]
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Lauds on Wednesday
Wednesday at Lauds His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles. ~Psalm 97: 4
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