Friday, June 25-2021 Morning Prayer Week 12 Ordinary Time

Galatians 2:19-20

Through the Law, I am dead to the Law, so that now I can live with God. I have been crucified with Christ, and I live now not with my own life but with the life of Christ who lives in me. The life I now live in this body I live in faith: faith in the Son of God who loved me and who sacrificed himself for my sake.

Thursday, June 24-2021  Evening Prayer Week 12 Ordinary Time Solemnity The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist

Blessed is the man who fears the Lord

and loves his commands above all things.

His seed will be powerful on earth:

the descendants of the just will be blessed.

Glory and riches will fill his house,

and his righteousness will stand firm forever.

Jueves, Junio 24-2021 Oración Nocturna - Semana 12 Tiempo Ordinario

Col 1,23

Permaneced cimentados y estables en la fe, e inamovibles en la esperanza del Evangelio que escuchasteis. Es el mismo que se proclama en la creación entera bajo el cielo.

Jueves, Junio 24-2021 Conoce a ....  San Juan El Bautista Profeta

La vida de Juan será muy original; iba predicando por todas partes: "Preparad los caminos del Señor. Enderezad sus sendas. Que todo valle se rellene y todo monte se allane... Ya está puesta el hacha a la raíz de los árboles y el árbol que no dé buen fruto será talado y echado al fuego...".

La misión de Juan es pues: "Ahí, tenéis al Cordero de Dios que quita los pecados del mundo... seguidle".

Thursday, June 24-2021 Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Prophet 

When Mary the mother of Jesus visited Elizabeth, Luke’s Gospel recounts that the baby “leaped” in Elizabeth’s womb at the greeting of Mary.  As Christians, we know this is John’s first act of prophecy.

The Nativity of St John the Baptist is one of the oldest feasts of the Christian church, being listed by the Council of Agde in 506 as one of that region’s principal Feasts, where it was a day of rest and, like Christmas, was celebrated with three Masses: a vigil, at dawn, and at midday.

The Nativity of St John the Baptist on June 24 comes three months after the celebration on March 25 of the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gabriel told Our Lady that her cousin Elizabeth was in her sixth month of pregnancy, and six months before the Christmas celebration of the birth of Jesus. The purpose of these Feasts is not to celebrate the exact dates of these events, but simply to commemorate them in an interlinking way.

Thursday, June 24-2021 Solemnity Morning Prayer Week 12 Ordinary Time - The Birthday of Saint John the Baptist

Malachi 3:23-24

Know that I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before my day comes, that great and terrible day. He shall turn the hearts of fathers towards their children and the hearts of children towards their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a curse.

Wednesday, June 23-2021 Evening Prayer Week 12 Ordinary Time

Acts 13:23-25

To keep his promise, God has raised up for Israel one of David’s descendants, Jesus, as Saviour, whose coming was heralded by John when he proclaimed a baptism of repentance for the whole people of Israel. Before John ended his career he said, ‘I am not the one you imagine me to be; that one is coming after me and I am not fit to undo his sandal.’

Miércoles Junio 23-2021 conoce a ...Santa María de Oignies

Santa María de Oignies, una reclusa de Nivelles, en Bélgica, a quien Dios favoreció con muchas revelaciones. Nació en una familia noble, fue prometida en matrimonio la edad de 14 años con Jean de Nivelle. El matrimonio terminó en mutuo acuerdo con su marido para dedicarse la vida religiosa. A partir de entonces María fue consagrada la castidad y la caridad, ejerciendo una labor de asistencia en la leprosería de Willambroux.

Wednesday, June 23-2021 Get to know ...Saint Mary of Oignies

Her holy life caused admiration in her spouse and decided him to follow her examples; and together they resolved to practice continence for life, to distribute their wealth to the poor, and consecrate themselves to works of piety.