Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning Prayer

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 16, 2023 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time How do we thank God for the great gift of our life, and that of our family; for the grace of the faith, the Holy Eucharist, the forgiveness of sins...? If we too want to be part of the Kingdom, then we must reach out to others every day. There is a powerful reminder that Jesus Christ is to be found in every person we meet or...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 15, 2023 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time How do we thank God for the great gift of our life, and that of our family; for the grace of the faith, the Holy Eucharist, the forgiveness of sins...? If we too want to be part of the Kingdom, then we must reach out to others every day. There is a powerful reminder that Jesus Christ is to be found in every person we meet or...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 14, 2023 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time "If we do God's will today with humility, without claiming anything from him, it will be Jesus himself who serves us, who helps us, who encourages us, who gives us strength and serenity." (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.s...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 13, 2023 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time “To practice fraternal correction — which is so deeply rooted in the Gospel — is a proof of supernatural trust and affection. Be thankful for it when you receive it, and don’t neglect to practice it with those around you.” (Saint Josemaria) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, sh...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 12, 2023 | 32nd Week 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. Join the uni...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 11, 2023 | 31st Week in Ordinary Time Martin of Tours, the patron saint of the poor, soldiers, conscientious objectors, tailors, and winemakers, is celebrated annually on November 11. He was born in A.D 316 in what is modern-day Hungary, and converted to Christianity at a young age. "Now let me fight for God. As for your bonus, let someone who is going to join th...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 10, 2023 | 31st Week in Ordinary Time "The habit of bribes and kickbacks is a worldly and extremely sinful habit.... God commanded us to bring home bread through honest work”. (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://pod...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 09, 2023 | 31st Week in Ordinary Time “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" (Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 08, 2023 | 31st Week in Ordinary Time The nucleus of the spiritual life is to love God, and love everything else for his sake. To put it differently: to detach oneself from family, property, and wealth and to attach oneself only to God. Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spoti...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 07, 2023 | 31st Week in Ordinary Time How do we respond to people in our ordinary lives? Salvation is offered to everyone. Among those invited, the choosing is ours in response to God. To God's invitation to come to the banquet we respond each day in many ways: when we help clothe the poor, feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, we are choosing to come to God's b...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 06, 2023 | 31st Week in Ordinary Time “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/podcast/pray...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 05, 2023 | 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 a...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 04, 2023 | Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop Saint Charles Borromeo, who was bishop of the diocese of Milan. He was a descendant of a very rich family. He gave up everything to devote himself 100% to the service of the Church (not "piecework"). He resisted the various traps - honors, pomp, luxuries ... - so prevalent among clergy, bishops and cardinals o...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 03, 2023 | 30th Week in Ordinary Time Do we simply go through the motions of fulfilling the commandments or do we live our life because we believe in the Word of God? 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/podca...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 02, 2023 | 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 t...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 01, 2023 | SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS "Divinity is purity, it is liberation from the passions and the removal of every evil: if all these things are in you, God is truly in you" (Saint Gregory of Nyssa) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR ht...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 31, 2023 |30th 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/prayi...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 30, 2023 |30th Week in Ordinary Time "The true temple of Christ is the soul of the faithful: adorn it and beautify this shrine, place your offerings in it and receive Christ. What is the use of decorating the walls with precious stones if Christ dies of hunger in the person of the poor?" (Saint Jerome) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wher...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 29, 2023 |30th Week in Ordinary Time COLLECT 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 Office of Laud...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 28, 2023 |Feast of Saints 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. List...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 27, 2023 | 29th Week in Ordinary Time "... Every human person, created in the image of God, has the natural right to be recognized as a free and responsible being. All owe to each other this duty of respect. the right to the exercise of freedom, especially in moral and religious matters..." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 1738) Join the universal Church in pr...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 26, 2023 | 29th Week in Ordinary Time "The “yes” to following Jesus Christ includes the value of allowing oneself to be burned by the fire of His passion." (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe to Sunday's Morning Prayer here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR https...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 25, 2023 | 29th Week in Ordinary Time “In Jesus ‘the Kingdom of God is at hand’, He calls his hearers to conversion and faith, but also to watchfulness. In prayer the disciple keeps watch, attentive to Him Who Is and Him Who Comes (...). In communion with their Master, the disciples' prayer is a battle; only by keeping watch in prayer can one avoid falling into te...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 24, 2023 | 29th Week in Ordinary Time “We can be persuaded God will ask us to render accounts not only of our deeds and words, but also of how we have been spending our time” (St. Gregory of Nazianzus) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe to Sunday's Morning Prayer here: https://open.spotify.com/sh...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 23, 2023 | 29th Week in Ordinary Time “The economy of law and grace turns men's hearts away from avarice and envy (...). The God of the promises always warned man against seduction by what from the beginning has seemed ‘good for food... a delight to the eyes... to be desired to make one wise’ (Gen 3:6).” (Catechism Of The Catholic Church, Nº 2541) Join the univers...