Monday at Lauds – With prayer the Father we implore: O Father, glorious evermore, We plead with thee for grace and power To conquer in temptation’s hour, […]
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Monday Housekeeping – Sext
Monday Housekeeping – Daily Life at St. Augustine’s House – The second of the “Little Hours” is at noon and is called “Sext” because it is at […]
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Lauds on Sunday
Sunday at Lauds – Shed through our hearts, O Lord, thy ray, Our souls’ dull slumber drive away: Thy Name be first on every tongue, To thee […]
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Terce on Saturday
Saturday at Terce – Let your hand, O Lord, be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. ~Psalm Antiphon
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Sext on Friday
Friday at Sext – Antiphon – Be not far from me, O Lord, for trouble is near and there is none to help. My God, my God, […]
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Lauds on Thursday
Thursday at Lauds – May this new day be calmly passed; May we keep pure while it shall last, Nor let our lips from truth depart, Nor […]
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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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Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
August 29 – Beheading of St. John the Baptist – The biblical account portrays the beheading of Saint John the Baptist by Herod Antipas. According to the […]
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Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
August 28 – St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430), Bishop of Hippo Regius (present-day Annaba, Algeria). He was a Latin-speaking philosopher […]
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Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
Our patronal feast day, the celebration of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, is tomorrow. It will officially begin today at Vespers, as First Vespers of St. Augustine. […]
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