October 4 – St. Francis of Assisi, Renewer of the Church – Born Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226), he was an Italian Catholic […]
Read moreOctober 4 – St. Francis of Assisi, Renewer of the Church – Born Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226), he was an Italian Catholic […]
Read moreThursday at Lauds – As golden dawn begins to rise And night forsakes the eastern skies, Let us, the children of the day, Praise God the Lord, […]
Read moreWednesday at Vespers – O God, whose hand hath spread the sky And all its shining hosts on high, And painting it with fiery light Made it […]
Read moreTuesday at Lauds – With earnest cry, with tearful care, Call we the Lord to hear our prayer; While supplication, pure and deep, Forbids each chastened heart […]
Read moreSeptember 30 – St. Jerome, translator and teacher – He is known as the 4th-5th century scholar who translated the Bible into the language ordinary people could […]
Read moreSunday at Sext – Short Lesson – The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the […]
Read moreSaturday at Lauds – Dawn sprinkles all the East with light; Day o’er the earth is gliding bright; Morn’s glittering rays their course begin: Farewell to darkness and to sin. […]
Read moreSeptember 27 – St. Vincent DePaul – (24 April 1581–27 September 1660) – Born in Pouy, Landes, Gascony, France, he was a priest of the Catholic Church […]
Read moreThursday at Lauds – O keep us, as the hours proceed, From lying word and evil deed; Our roving eyes from sin set free, Our body from […]
Read moreWednesday at Lauds – Earth’s gloom flees broken and dispersed, By the sun’s piercing shafts coerced: The day-star’s eyes rain influence bright, And colors glimmer back to […]
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