Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning Prayer

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 16, 2023 | Thursday in the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time "Who do you say that I am?" - Mark 8:29 As Jesus asked his disciples, so He is also asking us. How have you personally experienced the Lord in your life? God is indeed a powerful God who heals our sicknesses, intervenes in our life, and solves our problems. But we must remember that His way is through the cro...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 15, 2023 | Wednesday in the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time "To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise." - Ps. 116:17 Everyday, God blesses us beyond what we can imagine and it takes the eyes of faith to recognize these blessings. Today is a new day to give thanks to God for all that we have received in life no matter how trivial it may seem, remembering also...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 14, 2023 | Memorial of Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop "These are holy men who became friends of God, glorious heralds of divine truth." - Entrance antiphon St. Cyril (827-869) was a priest and a philosopher and accompanied his brother St. Methodius (826-885) to Moravia to preach the Gospel. They both perfected a Slavonic alphabet which is now known as...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 13, 2023 | Monday in the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time  "Be kind to me Lord, and I shall live." - Ps. 119 How many more signs do we need to believe that God is present in our life? As we start a new week, let us recall the many signs with which God manifests his infinite loving mercy to us. Let us pray that the Lord may make our faith in Him grow deeper and deeper....

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 12, 2023 | Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time  "I have come not to annul (the Law) but to fulfill them." - Mt 5:17 How have you experienced God's love today? Opening ourselves to God's daily manifestations of love helps us grow in faith, and enables us to share that love generously to others without counting the cost. When we immerse ourselves in God's unconditional l...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 11, 2023 | Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes "Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father." - Luke 11:27 The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes today, marking the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old Marie Bernade (St. Bernadette) Soubirous. Between February 11 and...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 10, 2023 | Memorial of St. Scholastica, Virgin "The holy virgins praise their Lord and King; come, let us join in their worship." - antiphon St. Scholastica (480-547) was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the Patriarch of Western monasticism. She was born in Umbria, Italy, about 480. Under Benedict's direction, Scholastica founded a community of nuns near the grea...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 9, 2023 | Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time "Awake, lyre and harp, with praise let us awake the dawn" - antiphon All-powerful and ever-living God, at morning, noon, and evening we pray: cast out from our hearts the darkness of sin and bring us to the light of your truth, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 8, 2023 | Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time "The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being." - Genesis 2:2 The breath of God is our breath of life. Within each one of us is the capacity for beauty, goodness and love. Let us draw out from the source of all goodness,...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 7, 2023 | Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time "O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!" - Ps. 8:2 God created us out of His goodness and love and we give praise to Him for all His magnificent creation. As stewards of His gifts, He has entrusted us to take care of the earth on His behalf in the way in which He intends. Let us listen more...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 6, 2023 | Memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs "Blessed are those who suffer persecution for the sake of justice; the kingdom of heaven is theirs." - Gospel canticle Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit, and his twenty-five companions (d. 1597) were martyred in Nagasaki, Japan. They were the first martyrs of East Asia to be canonized. They were killed simult...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 5, 2023 | Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time "The just man is a light in darkness to the upright." - Psalm 112:4a Jesus promises the light of life to those who will follow Him. He instructed his disciples to share that light to others so that they may experience God's presence among them. Today, we too are invited to become modern day heralds of the Good News and we t...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 4, 2023 | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary "When Jesus disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things." - Mark 6:34 At some point in our lives, we may feel lost and abandoned amidst all the challenges of the world today and we see so many f...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 3, 2023 | Memorial of St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr "Go and teach all nations, says the Lord; I am with you always, until the end of the world." - Mt. 28:19a, 20b St. Blaise (or Blase) (d. 320) enjoyed widespread veneration in the Eastern and Western Churches due to many cures attributed to him. According to tradition, he was Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia and was...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 2, 2023 | Feast of the Presentation of the Lord "My eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in the sight of all the peoples." - Luke 2:30-31 Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord which occurs forty days after the birth of Jesus.  Though Jesus was the Son of God and himself is God, Jesus was still brought up in the faith b...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - February 1, 2023 | Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house." - Mark 6:4 How do you handle rejections in life? Rejection, especially by our own relatives can be a very painful experience. Jesus was also rejected. Yet despite this, it did not stop doing him from doing...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 31, 2023 | Memorial of St. John Bosco, Priest "Christ is the chief shepherd, the leader of his flock: come, let us adore him." - antiphon St. John Bosco (1815-1888), born in Italy, was the founder of the Salesian Society, named in honor of St. Francis de Sales, and of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians. His lifework was the welfare of young boys and girls,...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 30, 2023 | Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time "Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord" - Ps. 31:25 All of us, in one way or the other, battle with our inner demons. These "evil spirits" like pride, attachments, bad habits and many more, isolate us from others. Jesus alone can drive these "evil spirits" from us. Let us take comfort in His Wo...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 29, 2023 | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) "Blessed are the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs!" - Mt. 5:3 God's heavenly reward awaits those of us who persevere in loving, serving, praising and glorifying Him despite the many hardships and difficulties we may endure.  Let us ask God for the grace to recognize the blessings amidst the challeng...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 28, 2023 | Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church "The Lord is the source of all wisdom: come, let us adore him." - antiphon St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is the Dominican Order's greatest glory. He ranks among the greatest writers and theologians of all time. His most important work, the Summa Theologiae, an explanation and summary of th...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 27, 2023 | Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time "Take delight in the LORD, and he will grant you your heart’s requests." - Ps. 37:4 God holds our best interest and it is in Him that we will find the joy and fullness we seek in life. He invites us to commit all our ways to Him for He is trustworthy and He will act. May we open our hearts to God's merciful love...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 26, 2023 | Memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus, Bishops "Go into all the world, and proclaim the Gospel." - Mk 16:15 Timothy and Titus were converted to Christianity by St Paul, and became his companions and helpers. Paul entrusted Timothy with the care of the Christians in Ephesus, and sent Titus to Crete to look after the Christians there. He wrote them the so-ca...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 25, 2023 | Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle "I live by faith in the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself up for me." - Gal 2:2 The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul celebrates St. Paul turning away from persecution of Christians to promoting Christianity. St. Paul, named Saul at his circumcision, a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, was born at...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 24, 2023 | Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church "Behold a faithful and prudent steward to give them their allowance of food at the proper time." - Lk 12:42 Today is the Memorial of St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Bishop and Doctor of the Church. St. Francis' ardent love of God and souls, his great kindliness, rare wisdom and sure tea...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - January 23, 2023 | Monday in the Third Week in Ordinary Time "Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel." - 2 Tim. 1:10 The Word of God nourishes and sustains His people for the Kingdom. From Jan. 23 to 29, the Church in the Philippines celebrate National Bible Week. All Filipinos are enjoined for one week to focus on the rea...