Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning Prayer

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 28, 2024 | Fourth Week in Ordinary Time “Christian is someone who has a a deep desire within him: to meet his Lord with his brothers and sisters.. This is our happiness.” ( 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/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR https://podcasts...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 28, 2024 | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time COLLECT PRAYER: Almighty ever-living God, who govern all things, both in heaven and on earth, mercifully hear the pleading of your people and bestow your peace on our times. 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 Chu...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 27, 2024 | Memorial Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary “When we pray properly, sorrows disappear like snow before the sun.” (Saint John Mary Vianney) 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-la...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 26, 2024 | Memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus, Bishops “The seed’s weakness is its strength, its breaking open is its power. Thus the Kingdom of God is like this: a humanly small reality, made up of those who are poor in heart, of those who do not rely on their own power but on that of the love of God.” (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Offic...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 24, 2024 | Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle “Paul's conversion matured in his encounter with the Risen Christ; it was this encounter that radically changed his life. In this consists his and our conversion: in believing in Jesus dead and risen” (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 23, 2024 | Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church “Care of our soul is is just like cultivating the land: pull up what is evil and plant what is good; dig out pride by the root and plant humility; throw away avarice and keep mercy; disdain impurity and love chastity.” (Saint Caesarius of Arles). Join the universal Church in praying the O...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 23, 2024 | 3rd Week in Ordinary Time “`My soul magnifies the Lord’ (Lk 1:46). In these words Mary expresses her whole programme of life: not setting herself at the centre, but leaving space for God; only then does goodness enter the world.” (Benedict XVI). Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here:...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 22, 2024 | 3rd Week in Ordinary Time -“The devil is an evil master, who always mingles false things with true, that the semblance of truth may cover the witness of fraud.” (Saint Bede the Venerable). Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR htt...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 21, 2024 | 3rd Week in Ordinary Time COLLECT PRAYER: Almighty ever-living God, direct our actions according to your good pleasure, that in the name of your beloved Son we may abound in good works. 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. Amen. Join the universal Church in prayin...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 20, 2024 | Memorial of Sts. Fabian and Sebastian, Martyrs “A sector of the people pejoratively judges the work and message of Christ. We should learn from the fortitude of Christ in suffering such defamation and slander. What does it matter that men dishonor us, if our conscience defends us?” (Saint Gregory the Great) Join the universal Church in praying the Offic...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 19, 2024 | Second Week in Ordinary Time “Goodness always tends to spread. As it expands, goodness takes root and develops (…). In this regard, several sayings of Saint Paul will not surprise us: ‘The love of Christ urges us on’ (2 Cor 5:14); ‘Woe to me if I do not proclaim the Gospel’ (1 Cor 9:16).” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 18, 2024 | Second Week in Ordinary Time “His person [Jesus] is nothing but love. The signs he works, especially in favour of sinners, the poor, the marginalized, the sick, and the suffering, are all meant to teach mercy.” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotif...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 17, 2024 | Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot St. Anthony, Abbot, is one of the most popular Fathers of the Church. Born in Egypt, he lived between the 3rd and 4th centuries. He was one of the first monks of Christianity and a pioneer among the hermits: after giving his possessions to the poor, he retired to the desert to subsist on a life of prayer and penance. Join...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 16, 2024 | 2nd Week in Ordinary Time “Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. In Christ's Passover, Sunday fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish sabbath and announces man's eternal rest in God.” (Catechism Of The Catholic Church, Nº 2...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 15, 2024 | 2nd Week in Ordinary Time “The word of God is living and is free. The Gospel is newness. Revelation is newness. Jesus is very clear: new wine in fresh wine skins. God must be received with openness to what is new. And this disposition is called docility.” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen,...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 14, 2024 | 2nd Week in Ordinary Time COLLECT PRAYER: Almighty ever-living God, who govern all things, both in heaven and on earth, mercifully hear the pleading of your people and bestow your peace on our times. 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. Amen. Join the universal Ch...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 13, 2024 | 1ST Week in Ordinary Time “Those who seem to be the farthest from holiness can even become a model of the acceptance of God's mercy and offer a glimpse of its marvelous effects.” (Pope Benedicto XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbv...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 12, 2024 | 1ST Week in Ordinary Time “The Gospel presents Christ who triumphs over the paralysis of humanity. It portrays the power of divine mercy which forgives and wipes away every sin when it encounters authentic faith. Christ’s command ‘Rise and walk!’ can reverse the situation.” (pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, whereve...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 11, 2024 | 1ST Week in Ordinary Time “‘Beautiful love’ is learned above all by praying. Prayer brings always some kind of secluded retreat with Christ in God. The Holy Spirit only acts in such ‘secluded retreat’.” (Saint John Paul II) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify....

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 10, 2024 | 1ST Week in Ordinary Time “‘Beautiful love’ is learned above all by praying. Prayer brings always some kind of secluded retreat with Christ in God. The Holy Spirit only acts in such ‘secluded retreat’.” (Saint John Paul II) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify....

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 09, 2024 | 1ST Week in Ordinary Time “The novelty of Jesus is that he brings the Word of God, God's love for each of us. Jesus look for people’s hearts. And he seeks to bring God close to people and people close to God.” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 08, 2024 |Feast of the Baptism of the Lord “You parents have a baby boy or girl to baptize. Such is the chain of faith: you have a duty to hand on the faith to these children. It is the most beautiful inheritance you will leave to them. Think about this.” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and s...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 07, 2024 |Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord “The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world. The great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee (Mt 2:1). In the magi, representatives...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 06, 2024 |Christmas Weekday “Baptism has freed us from all evils, which are the sins, but with God's grace we must fulfill all goodness.” (Saint Caesarius of Arles) 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 - January 04, 2024 |Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop “The Father's only Son, conceived as man in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is "Christ", that is to say, anointed by the Holy Spirit, from the beginning of his human existence, though the manifestation of this fact takes place only progressively: to the shepherds, to the magi, to John the Baptist, to the disciples. Thu...