Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning Prayer

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 21, 2022 | Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

"I am the way, the truth and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father, except through me." - John 14:6

On this holy day of rest, God invites us to seek the values that will bring us lasting joy in this changing world. May we love His command and desire what He promise and our hearts may be fixed on that place where true gladness is found.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 20, 2022 | Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Doctor of the Church

"The Lord is the source of all wisdom: come, let us adore him." - antiphon, Lauds

St. Bernard of Clairvaux was born near Dijon, in France, in 1090, of a noble family. In 1112 he joined the new monastery at Cîteaux with four of his five brothers and two friends. Within three years he had been sent out to found a new monastery at Clairvaux, in Champagne, where he remained abbot for the rest of his life, practicing a life of primitive poverty and austerity.

Bernard was a man of great holiness and wisdom, and although he was often in very poor health, he was active in many of the great public debates of the time. He strongly opposed the luxurious lives of some of the clergy, and fought against the persecution of the Jews. He was also a prolific writer, of an inspiring rather than a technical kind.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 19, 2022 | Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

"Your inmost being must be renewed, and you must put on the new man." - Ephesians 4:23-24

Lord, fill our hearts with your love as morning fills the sky. By living your law may we have your peace in this life and endless joy in the life to come. Listen, share and subscribe to Friday's Morning Prayer here:  https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 18, 2022 | Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

"If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts." - Ps. 95:8

In creating us, God gave us the freedom to choose to honor or dishonor Him. He speaks to us through His creation, the Scriptures, and His Son, Jesus so that we may share life with Him. We pray for open and humble hearts that know how to listen and obey His will. 

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 17, 2022 | Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

"Let us serve the Lord in holiness all the days of our life." - Benedictus antiphon

God of glory and power, those who have put all their trust in you are happy indeed. Shine the brightness of your light on us, that we may love you always with a pure heart.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 16, 2022 | Memorial of St. Rock (Roque), healer

St. Rock was the son of the governor of Montpellier, France. At the age of twenty, he went on a pilgrimage to Rome. When a plague broke out in Italy he took care of the infected and cured many. He himself caught the disease, but not wishing to be a burden to others, he went to the woods to die. There a dog brought him food and licked his sores. Later its owner found Rock and looked after him. He died around the year 1378. A model of those who carry out works of mercy, he is invoked in time of pestilence.

St. Rock, pray for us!

Full-text to Tuesday's Morning Prayer is available at ibreviary.com. Listen, share and subscribe to the daily podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 15, 2022 | Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation. 

On Nov. 1, 1950, Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption. Thus he solemnly proclaimed that the belief whereby the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the close of her earthly life, was taken up, body and soul, into the glory of heaven, definitively forms part of the deposit of faith, received from the Apostles. To avoid all that is uncertain the Pope did not state either the manner or the circumstances of time and place in which the Assumption took place — only the fact of the Assumption of Mary, body and soul, into the glory of heaven, is the matter of the definition.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 14, 2022 | Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

"The Word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through the depths of our being." - Heb. 4:12

God's Word has the power to change and transform lives. As His beloved children, we are invited to abide by his words and discern his plans so that we can profit by his salvific work especially when we would have to go against our natural weaknesses. We are God's work in progress. He has led us thus far, let us trust Him all the way.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 13, 2022 | Memorial of Sts. Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, Martyrs

"Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to the little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom." - Matt 11:25

St. Pontian (Pontianus) was a victim of the persecution of Alexander Severus, who directed his attention particularly against the leaders of the Church. St. Pontian governed the Church from 230 to 235. He was exiled to the mines of Sardinia and died in exile. St. Hippolytus, a priest and a person of some importance in the Church in Rome at the beginning of the third century, provoked a schism which lasted for some years. He was exiled to Sardinia with St. Pontian, where he was reconciled with the Church and died for the faith in 235.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 12, 2022 | Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time

"The Lord has come to his people and set them free." - Benedictus antiphon

May the all-powerful Father's radiance dawn in our lives, that we may walk in the light of His law and be truly free as His beloved sons and daughters.

Start your day with the universal prayer of the Church through the ancient tradition of Lauds. Full-text to Friday's Morning Prayer is available at ibreviary.com.

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