Friday at Terce – V. Indeed our heart is glad in him. R. Because we trust in his holy name. ~Responsory
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Sext on Thursday
Thursday at Sext – V. You are good and do good; R. Teach me your statutes. ~Responsory ~Image: a few years ago a rainy time yielded lush […]
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Sext on Wednesday
Wednesday at Sext – Rise up, come to our help. Deliver us for the sake of your steadfast love. ~Psalm 44: 28
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Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux
August 20 – St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux – He was born of noble parentage in Burgundy, France. In 1113, Bernard, with thirty young noblemen, presented himself […]
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Compline on Saturday (after First Vespers of Sunday)
Saturday Compline – O God, the source of eternal light: Shed forth your unending day upon us who watch for you, that our lips may praise you, […]
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Compline on Friday
Friday at Compline – Short Lesson – You, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; leave us not. ~Jeremiah […]
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Mary, Mother of Our Lord
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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Wednesday at Vespers
Vespers on Wednesday – As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and […]
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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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Vespers on Monday
Monday at Vespers – O great Creator of the sky, Who wouldest not the floods on high With earthly waters to confound, But made the firmament their […]
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