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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Sext on Wednesday
Wednesday at Sext – Short Lesson – As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; since it is written, “You shall […]
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None on Tuesday
Tuesday at None – Short Lesson – Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. For he wounds, but […]
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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 […]
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None on Friday
Friday at None – The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates the lover of violence. ~Psalm 11:5 ~Image: The Last Judgement by […]
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Second Vespers of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
August 6 – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – His face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light, alleluia. ~Psalm Antiphon 2, with […]
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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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First Vespers of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
August 5 – First Vespers of the Transfiguration of Our Lord – Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up […]
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