Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning Prayer

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 08, 2023 | Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary The "splendor of an entirely unique holiness" by which Mary is "enriched from the first instant of her conception" comes wholly from Christ: she is "redeemed, in a more exalted fashion, by reason of the merits of her Son." (Catechism of the Catholic Church,...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 06, 2023 | Memorial of St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church “Watch, for when a heavy torpor of weakness and sadness rules over the soul, it is the enemy who holds sway over it and leads it against its own desire. That is why our Lord spoke of vigilance of soul and of body.” (St. Ephrem) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever yo...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 06, 2023 | Memorial of St. Nicholas, Bishop “Mercy is love’s second name.” (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.apple.com/us/podcast/praying-the-lauds-your-daily-christian-morning-prayer/id1651413437 Brought...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 05, 2023 | 1st Week of Advent “that adoring God means recognizing his presence as Creator and Lord of the Universe. The hallmark of worship is, recognizing the greatness of God that arises from the depths of one's heart and marks one's whole being, (…) ensuring that God is the most important part of one's life with the realization that with God at the...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 04, 2023 | First Week of Advent “The Lord marvelled at the centurion. He marvelled at his faith. Therefore, he not only encountered the Lord, but he came to know the joy of being encountered by him. This is very important.” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spo...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 03, 2023 | First Sunday of Advent COLLECT PRAYER Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God, the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ with righteous deeds at his coming, so that, gathered at his right hand, they may be worthy to possess the heavenly kingdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 02, 2023 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary “Nostalgia for slavery is nestled in our heart, because it is seemingly more reassuring than freedom, which is far more risky. How we like being captivated by lots of fireworks, beautiful at first glance but which in reality last but a few seconds.” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of La...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 01, 2023 | 34th Week in Ordinary Time “Truth suffers, but never dies.” (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-lauds-your-daily-christian-morning-prayer/id1651413437 Br...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 30, 2023 | Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle "Peter and Andrew had not seen Jesus Christ perform any miracle. They had heard nothing of the eternal prize, and yet, upon hearing the voice of the Savior, they forgot everything they believed they possessed” (Saint Gregory the Great) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen,...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 29, 2023 | 34th Week in Ordinary Time “This is the grace for which we must ask: perseverance. And that the Lord may save us from fantasies of triumphalism. Triumphalism is not Christian, it is not of the Lord. The daily journey in the presence of God, this is the way of the Lord. Continue on the path.” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Offic...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 28, 2023 | 34th Week in Ordinary Time “To prevent his disciples from questioning him about the time of his coming Christ said, 'It is not for you to know the times or moments'. He hid the time from us so that we would be on the watch.” (Saint Ephrem) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe he...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 27, 2023 | 34th Week in Ordinary Time “The Scripture invites us to consider almsgiving with a more profound gaze that transcends the purely material dimension, teaches us that there is more joy in giving than in receiving.” (Pope Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://ope...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 26, 2023 | Solemnity of Christ the King “Love is shown more in deeds than in words.”-St. Ignatius of Loyola Jesus shows us that the meaning of kingship - or authority - is serving others. On the Cross there was an inscription that said “Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews” (Jn 19:19): what appearances denied was confirmed by the deep reality of the mystery o...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 25, 2023 | 33rd 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 in...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 24, 2023 | 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Andrew Trần Dũng-Lạc, French: André Dũng-Lạc; c. 1795 – 21 December 1839 was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by beheading during the reign of Minh Mạng. Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXb...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 23, 2023 | 33rd Week in Ordinary Time "The true God, who comes to meet us in the disarming docility of love" (Benedict XVI) 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-lauds-your-daily-c...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 22, 2023 | 33rd Week in Ordinary Time “Arise, soldiers of Christ, throw away the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.” - St Cecilia St. Cecelia was born in Rome to an esteemed family late in the first century. She lived a life of prayer. She was given in marriage to a young pagan named Valerian. Cecelia shared her promise of celibacy and consecration...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 21, 2023 | 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Today the Church remembers the moment when the little Mary completely surrendered her heart to the Most High. Holy Mary was full of grace and without any hint of sin from the first moment of her conception in her mother’s womb, St. Anne. Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 20, 2023 | 33rd Week in Ordinary Time “When humanity’s cry, like Bartimaeus’, becomes stronger still, there is no other response than to make Jesus’ words our own and, above all, imitate his heart. Today is a time of mercy!” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.sp...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 19, 2023 | 33rd Week 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 the...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 18, 2023 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time “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-lauds-yo...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 17, 2023 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Andreas II of Hungary and niece of St Hedwig, was born in Bratislava (in modern-day Slovakia) in 1207. At the age of fourteen she married Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (Blessed Louis of Thuringia) and they had three children. Six years later, in 1227, her world was shattered when Louis...

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:...