Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning Prayer

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 20, 2022 | Memorial of St. Andrew Kim Taegǒn, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, Martyrs

"The Lord is the king of martyrs: come, let us adore him." - antiphon, Lauds

St. Andrew was born in Seoul, Korea, to converts to the faith. His father was a martyr. Baptized at the age of 15, he travelled 1300 miles to the nearest seminary in South China and was ordained Korea's first native priest. In 1846 he was tortured and beheaded along with his lay associate, St. Paul Chong Hasang. Between 1839 and 1867, 113 martyrs gave their lives for the faith in Korea.

St. Andrew Kim Taegǒn, Paul Chong Hasang, and companion-martyrs, pray for us!

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 19, 2022 | Memorial of St. Januarius, Bishop and Martyr

"Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father." - Mt. 5:16

Little is known about St. Januarius. He was Bishop of Benevento in Campania. He died near Naples, about the year 305, martyred under the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. Around the year 400 the relics of St. Januarius were moved to Naples, which honors Januarius as a patron saint. He supposedly protected Naples from a threatened eruption of the volcano Mt. Vesuvius. The "miracle of Januarius" has world-wide fame. At least three times a year—on his feast day, December 16 and the first Sunday of May—the sealed vial with congealed blood of the saint liquifies, froths and bubbles up. This miraculous event has occurred every year, with rare exceptions. Popular tradition holds that the liquefaction is a sign that the year will be preserved from disasters. (In 1939, the beginning of World War II, the blood did not bubble up. But the blood does not always liquefy, and failed to do so September 1939, 1940, 1943, 1973, 1980, and in December 2016 and 2020.)

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 18, 2022 | Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

"On this day, the first of days, God the Father’s Name we praise;

Who, creation’s Lord and spring, Did the world from darkness bring." - Hymn, Lauds

Every Sunday we commemorate Christ's resurrection and we thank God our Creator for the first rays of the dawn, for another new day, another new week to praise and dwell with Him in our midst. Let us gather as God's people around the table of His Word and Body as we celebrate today's Eucharistic feast.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 17, 2022 | Saturday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

"Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance." - LK 8:15

God is pleased when we bear lasting fruits for His Kingdom. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, He nurtures us and prunes us so that we may grow in faith, hope and love. May we not be forgetful hearers of the Word but, more importantly, doers of the same.

Are you willing to listen and accept His message today?

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 16, 2022 | Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs

"The Lord is the king of martyrs: come, let us adore him." - Lauds antiphon

Today's Memorial of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian commemorates two friends in the service of Christ and his Church. Cornelius, a Roman, was the twenty-first Pope during the reign of the Emperor Gallus and Volusian. He had to oppose Novatian, the first anti-pope, who believed that apostates who repented could not be forgiven. Helped by St. Cyprian, Cornelius confirmed his papal authority. He was beheaded in exile at Civitavecchia, Italy in 253. (CatholicCulture.org)

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 15, 2022 | Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows

"Rejoice, O sorrowful Mother; after your great sufferings, you sine forth as Queen, enthroned beside your Son." - Benedictus, antiphon

Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady has its roots in Sacred Scripture and in Christian piety, which always associates the Blessed Mother with her suffering Son. Today's feast was introduced by the Servites in order to intensify devotion to Our Lady's Sorrows. In 1817 Pius VII, suffering grievously in exile but finally liberated by Mary's intercession, extended the feast to the universal Church.(CatholicCulture.org)

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 14, 2022 | Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross 

"We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Cross you have redeemed the world." - Lauds, responsory

This Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was observed in Rome before the end of the seventh century. It commemorates the recovery of the Holy Cross, which had been placed on Mount Calvary by St. Helena and preserved in Jerusalem, but then had fallen into the hands of Chosroas, King of the Persians. The precious relic was recovered and returned to Jerusalem by Emperor Heralius in 629.(CatholicCulture.org)

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 13, 2022 | Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

"Those who are wise will shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament and those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars for ever." - Dn 12:3

St. John Chrysostom (347-407), born in Antioch, was a great genius. His powerful eloquence earned him the surname of Chrysostom, or golden mouthed. With St. Athanasius, St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Basil, he forms the group of the four great doctors of the Eastern Church. As Archbishop of Constantinople, his courageous stance against the vices of even the wealthy caused him to be exiled several times. As a result he died in 407, still in exile. In 1204 his body was brought to St. Peter's in Rome but was returned to the Orthodox on November 27, 2004 by Pope Saint John Paul II. (CatholicCulture.org)

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 12, 2022 | Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Mary

God the Father is glorified by the exalted role in salvation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thus, her name is a name of honor, a holy name, a maternal name, and a name responsive to the needs of the Church.

Through the intercession of Mary,  may we offer our lives as our continuous praise to God,  Father,  Son and Holy Spirit. 

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - September 11, 2022 | Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

"Praise the Lord, for his loving kindness will never fail, alleluia." - Lauds, antiphon

God called us while we were yet sinners, let us open our hearts to praise the God of power and goodness, for he loves us and knows our needs.

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