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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Martin de Porres
November 3 – Martin de Porres (December 9, 1579 – November 3, 1639) – A lay brother of the Dominican Order who lived in Lima, Peru. He […]
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Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
November 2 – Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls) – Eternal God, our maker and redeemer, grant us, with all the faithful departed, the sure benefits […]
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All Saints’ Day
November 1 – All Saints’ Day – The earliest certain observance of a feast in honor of all the saints is an early fourth-century commemoration of “all […]
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First Vespers of All Saints’
First Vespers of All Saints’ Day – Lesson – For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and […]
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