Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning Prayer

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 20, 2024 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Each man is established as an "heir" and receives certain "talents" that enrich his identity and whose fruits he must develop. He rightly owes loyalty to the communities of which he is part...(Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 1880) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 19, 2024 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time “Holy Communion separates us from sin. The body of Christ we receive in Holy Communion is "given up for us," and the blood we drink "shed for the many for the forgiveness of sins." For this reason the Eucharist cannot unite us to Christ without at the same time cleansing us from past sins and preserving us from future sins”...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 18, 2024 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time “Faith makes us taste in advance the light of the beatific vision, the goal of our journey here below. Then we shall see God "face to face"(1 Cor 13:12), "as he is" (Jn 3:2). So faith is already the beginning of eternal life...” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 163) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lau...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 17, 2024 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Collect Prayer Grant us, we pray, O Lord our God, the constant gladness of being devoted to you, for it is full and lasting happiness to serve with constancy the author of all that is good. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Join th...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 16, 2024 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary “The traitor knows that he has already lost that soul which perseveres in prayer” (Saint Teresa of Jesus) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/praying-the...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 15, 2024 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Charity is the greatest social commandment. It respects others and their rights. It requires the practice of justice, and it alone makes us capable of it. Charity inspires a life of self-giving: ‘Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it’ (Lk 17:33).” (Catechism of the Catholic C...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 14, 2024 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time “Even suffering, the daily cross of life —the cross of work, of the family, of carrying out things well— this small daily cross is part of the Kingdom of God” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFX...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 13, 2024 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time “How shall we repay the Lord for all his goodness to us? God is so good that he asks no recompense except our love.” (Saint Basil the Great). Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR https://podcasts.apple...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 12, 2024 | Memorial of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr "The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. the choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1733) Join the universal Church in praying the Offi...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 11, 2024 | Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop Saint Martin of Tours was born in in Savaria, Pannonia in either the year 316 or 336 AD. That region is what is today the nation of Hungary. Martin, the son of a military tribune, grew interested in Christianity despite his parents' Roman pagan beliefs. At ten, he began preparing for Baptism, which took ten years...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 10, 2024 | Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Collect Prayer Almighty and merciful God, graciously keep from us all adversity, so that, unhindered in mind and body alike, we may pursue in freedom of heart the things that are yours. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Jo...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 09, 2024 | Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica “Today, the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, let us remember that the Lord wishes to dwell in all hearts. Even if it happens that we move away from Him, three days are enough for the Lord to rebuild His temple within us" (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 08, 2024 |31st Week in Ordinary Time "In God's plan man and woman have the vocation of "subduing" the earth (Gen 1:28) as stewards of God. This sovereignty is not to be an arbitrary and destructive domination. God calls man and woman, made in the image of the Creator "who loves everything that exists" (Wis 11:24), to share in his providence toward other creatures...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 07, 2024 |31st Week in Ordinary Time "Because of “the Good Shepherd, the good Christian goes out, is always outward bound: he always goes out of himself, is always going out toward God, in prayer, in adoration”. And “he goes out toward others to bring the message of salvation”. (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 06, 2024 |31st Week in Ordinary Time “For Christians carrying the cross is not an option but a mission to be embraced for love. In our world today, Christ does not cease to offer to all his clear invitation: anyone who wants to be my disciple must renounce his own selfishness and carry the cross with me.” (Pope Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying t...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 05, 2024 |31st Week in Ordinary Time By his Revelation, ‘the invisible God, from the fullness of his love, addresses men as his friends, and moves among them, in order to invite and receive them into his own company’ (Vatican II). The adequate response to this invitation is faith. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, nº 142) Join the universal Church in praying the...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 04, 2024 |Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop “A word, a kindly smile, will often suffice to gladden a wounded and sorrowful heart.” (Saint Therese of the Child Jesus) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR https://podcasts.apple.com/us...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 03, 2024 |31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Collect Prayer Almighty and merciful God, by whose gift your faithful offer you right and praiseworthy service, grant, we pray, that we may hasten without stumbling to receive the things you have promised. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever an...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 02, 2024 |The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Communion with the dead. "In full consciousness of this communion of the whole Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church in its pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honored with great respect the memory of the dead; and 'because it is a holy and a wholesome thought to...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 01, 2024 |Solemnity of All Saints The sixth beatitude proclaims, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Mt 5:8). "Pure in heart" refers to those who have attuned their intellects and wills to the demands of God's holiness, chiefly in three areas: charity; chastity or sexual rectitude; love of truth and orthodoxy of faith. There is a connection b...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 31, 2024 | Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time “Jerusalem was the bride, the betrothed of the Lord: He really loved her!”. However, “she wasn’t aware of the Lord’s visitations” and she “made the Lord weep”… Jerusalem fell because of distraction, for not welcoming the Lord who came to save her”. (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, w...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 30, 2024 | Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time “The passage to eternal life is open to all, but it is ‘narrow’ because it is demanding: it requires commitment, self-denial and the mortification of one's selfishness.” (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/sho...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 29, 2024 | Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time “Let confidence and a lively Faith uphold the soul; he who believes and hopes obtains all things.” (Saint Teresa of Jesus) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 28, 2024 | Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles "May both Simon the Cananaean and Jude Thaddeus help us to rediscover the beauty of the Christian faith ever anew and to live it without tiring, knowing how to bear a strong and at the same time peaceful witness to it." (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Liste...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 27, 2024 | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Collect Prayer: Almighty ever-living God, increase our faith, hope and charity, and make us love what you command, so that we may merit what you promise. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Join the universal Church in praying the Off...