November 11 – St. Martin of Tours, Bishop, 316 – November 8, 397 – While Martin was still a soldier in the Roman army and deployed in […]
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Saint Leo the Great
November 10 – St. Leo the Great – Leo’s pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant and important in Christian antiquity. At […]
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Compline on Wednesday
Wednesday at Compline – Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger and give no opportunity to the devil. […]
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
The hymn sung at the Holy Eucharist this morning – 1. O God of earth and altar, bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter, […]
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John Christian Frederick Heyer, Missionary to India
November 8 – John Christian Frederick Heyer, Missionary to India – John Christian Frederick Heyer was the first missionary sent out by Lutherans in America. Born in […]
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Pray for Professions
Pray for Professions – Raise up, we ask you, Almighty God, men and women of faith to serve you in religious communities to the praise and glory […]
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Vigils on Monday
Monday at Vigils – Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats […]
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Sext on Sunday
Sunday at Sext – Short Lesson – The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the […]
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Lauds on Saturday
Saturday at Lauds – O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise. ~Psalm 51: 15
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Vespers on Friday
Friday at Vespers – Maker of men from heav’n thy throne, Who ord’rest all things God alone; By whose decree the teeming earth To reptile and to […]
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