Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning Prayer

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 1, 2022 | Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

"The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good." - St. Alphonsus Liguori

St. Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787) was a great preacher of the Gospel to the poor. His charity and apostolic spirit led him to found the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer to carry on this work. He sent his Redemptorists, as our Lord did the Apostles, into the countryside and the market towns and villages, to announce the Kingdom of God. He became Bishop of Sant' Agata dei Goti, near Naples, and died at the age of ninety, in 1787. For his great works on Moral Theology, he has been declared a Doctor of the Church. (CatholicCulture.org)

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

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 31, 2022 | Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)

"O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me! You are my rescuer, my help; O Lord, do not delay." - Ps 70(69): 2, 6

Draw near to your servants, O Lord,

and answer their prayers with unceasing kindness,

that, for those who glory in you as their Creator and guide,

you may restore what you have created

and keep safe what you have restored.

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

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 30, 2022 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

"Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven." - Matt 5:10

What are you willing to give up for the sake of God's Kingdom? We know that those who follow Christ do not have it easy. The radical discipleship that Jesus calls us to may mean oppressions and persecutions of every kind. Yet no matter the obstacle, joy awaits those who persevere to the end. Keep fixing your eyes on Jesus and He will grant you your heart's desires, according to His most gracious will.

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

This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on  Anchor, Spotify and Google.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 29, 2022 | Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus

"Jesus entered a village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home." - Lk 10:38

In the household of Bethany, the Lord Jesus experienced the family spirit and friendship of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus, and for this reason the Gospel of John states that he loved them. Martha generously offered him hospitality, Mary listened attentively to his words and Lazarus promptly emerged from the tomb at the command of the One who humiliated death.

Pope Francis, considering the important evangelical witness they offered in welcoming the Lord Jesus into their home, in listening to him attentively, in believing that he is the resurrection and the life, and accepting the proposal of this Dicastery, has decreed that July 29 be designated in the General Roman Calendar as the Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. (CatholicCulture.org)

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

This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on  Anchor, Spotify and Google.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 28, 2022 | Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

"Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, house of Israel." - Jer. 18:6

God is always at work in our lives, whether we acknowledge Him or not. But the moment we do let Him transform us daily into a new creation, we get a glimpse of the joy of His presence... the joy of His friendship... even as we strive to overcome the challenges we face everyday. Let us pray for the grace to be open to God's transforming love in our lives whatever that may cost us.

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

This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on  Anchor, Spotify and Google.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 27, 2022 | Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

“Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.  When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”  Matthew 13:45-46

What are you searching for in your life? Is it a tireless search for God and His will? Commit yourself to the search of a lifetime because Jesus has promised the Kingdom for those who strive diligently to seek it. May God fill your heart with zeal and hope as He reveals to you the mysteries of His Kingdom.

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

This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on  Anchor, Spotify and Google.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 26, 2022 | Memorial of Saints Joachim and Ann, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

"Let us praise Joachim and Anne, to whom, in their generation, the Lord gave him who was a blessing for all the nations." - Entrance Antiphon, Cf. Sir 44:1, 25

It was in the home of Saints Joachim and Anne where the Virgin Mary received her training to be the Mother of God. Thus, devotion to Anne and Joachim is an extension of the affection Christians have always professed toward our Blessed Mother. We, too, owe a debt of gratitude to our parents for their help in our Christian formation. (CatholicCulture.org)

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

This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on  Anchor, Spotify and Google.

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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 25, 2022 | Feast of St. James, apostle

"As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother mending their nets and he called them." - Mt. 4:18,21

St. James, the Apostle, known as the Greater, in order to distinguish him from the other Apostle St. James, our Lord's cousin, was St. John's brother. With Peter and John he was one of the witnesses of the Transfiguration, as later he was also of the agony in the garden. He was beheaded in Jerusalem in the year 42 or 43 A.D. on the orders of Herod Agrippa. 

Since the ninth century Spain has claimed the honor of possessing his relics, though it must be said that actual proof is far less in evidence than the devotion of the faithful. The pilgrimage to St. James of Compostella, Spain (known as Camino de Santiago, "the Way of St. James") in the Middle Ages attracted immense crowds; after the pilgrimage to Rome or the Holy Land, it was the most famous and the most frequented pilgrimage in Christendom. The pilgrim paths to Compostella form a network over Europe; they are dotted with pilgrims' hospices and chapels, some of which still exist. (Catholic Culture)

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

This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on  Anchor, Spotify and Google.

*Music: Deeper Melodies by WTB Records

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 24, 2022 | Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

"Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." - Luke 11:9-10

God our loving Father knows what we need and yet he wants us to ask, seek and knock. Like a little child turning to his/her parent, may we turn to the Lord with trust and confidence knowing that He loves us with an everlasting love. Let us dispose ourselves to His will and guidance and call on Him with sincere hearts: Abba, Father!

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

This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on  Anchor, Spotify and Google.

*Music: Deeper Melodies by WTB Records

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 23, 2022 | Memorial of St. Bridget, Religious

"Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls."- James 1:21bc

Patron saint of Sweden, St. Bridget married a young prince and lived happily with him for 28 years, bearing him eight children. St. Catherine of Sweden was their daughter. After her husband died, Bridget founded the Order of the Most Holy Savior, erecting at Vadstena a double monastery for monks and nuns. Following the guidance of the Holy Spirit, she later went to Rome, where she worked for the return of the Popes from Avignon. She died of natural causes in 1373, at the age of seventy-one. This Scandinavian mystic is famous for her Revelations concerning the sufferings of our Redeemer. (CatholicCulture.org)

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

This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on  Anchor, Spotify and Google.

*Music: Deeper Melodies by WTB Records