Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning Prayer

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 10, 2022 | Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion "See your king shall come to you, a just Savior is he." - Zech 9:9b Are you ready to welcome the King of kings? How are you welcoming Him? Today, we enter the holiest of weeks. In the Christian tradition, Palm Sunday, also called Passion Sunday, opens the Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Ta...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 9, 2022 | Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent "The Lord is my strength, and I shall sing his praise, for he has become my Savior" - Lauds, April 9 Cast all your cares on the Lord because He cares for you. Join us in praying the Psalms today. This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Available on Anchor, Spotify...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 8, 2022 | Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent "Prayer and sacrifice constitute my strength." - St. Therese of the Child Jesus He who knew no sin was made sin for us, to save us and restore us to His friendship. May we receive this day of penance as His gift, and give it back to Him through works of mercy. Join us in praying the Psalms today. Text for Friday's Lauds is...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 7, 2022 | Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent The liturgy of these days during Lent brings us closer to the fundamental mystery of our Faith -- the Resurrection of the Lord. We will not be able to share in Our Lord's Resurrection unless we unite ourselves with him in his Passion and death. So let us accompany Jesus, in our prayers, along his painful way to Calvary an...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 6, 2022 | Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent "Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance." - Lk 8:15 It is one week before the end of Lent. How are you in your Lenten practices? Let us continue to persevere in faith, hope and love offering all our prayers, works and sacrifices for the conversion of sins, t...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 5, 2022 "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, says the Lord, you will know that I am he." - Lauds, April 5 God will do everything, even send His only begotten Son for our redemption, just so we can be with Him. Let us persevere in acknowledging our sinfulness with contrite hearts and humble spirits and look to Him whom we have wounded with our offenses. By His wo...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 4, 2022 | Monday in the Fifth Week of Lent "Whoever follows me does not walk in the dark; he will have the light of life." - Lauds, April 4 By His wondrous grace, God has enriched us with every blessing day by day. Let us pray that He may help us to pass from our old life of sin to the new life of grace. Join us in praying the Psalms today. Text for Monday's Lauds i...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - April 3, 2022 | Fifth Sunday of Lent Today, previously called "Passion Sunday," marks the beginning of Passiontide, a deeper time of Lent. Let us seek God's help that we may walk eagerly in charity even if it entails embracing our crosses each day. For by His cross, we have been redeemed. Join us in praying the Psalms today. Text for Sunday's Lauds is available at ibrevia...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - APRIL 2, 2022 | Saturday in the Fourth Week of Lent   As we come closer to the sacred days of the Church, we draw our strength and hope in the Cross of Christ, who conquered sin and death to bring us back to Him.  In the Archdiocese of Cebu, we also remember St. Pedro Calungsod on his feast today, who stood firm in proclaiming the faith even to his death 350 yea...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - APRIL 1, 2022 | Friday in the Fourth Week of Lent   How are you embracing your small crosses today? God has prepared fitting helps for us in our weaknesses and difficulties. May we receive their healing effects with joy and reflect them in a holy way of life. Join us in praying the Psalms today. Text for Friday's Lauds is available at ibreviary.com.  This daily...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 31, 2022 | Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent   In this last day of the month, recall and ponder the works of the Lord and offer Him the praise He is due. Join the universal prayer of the Church, wherever you are.  Text is available at ibreviary.com. This daily podcast is brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Availabl...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 30, 2022 | Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent   "I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me will never die." - Jn 11:25a, 26   God affirms His love for us everyday. Amidst all the trials and challenges we face in life, God is with us. As he consoled the Jewish captives in Babylon, so he comforts us in our captivity. Our del...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 29, 2022 | Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent With your whole hearts turn to God and he will blot out all your sins (Acts 3:19) The mercy of God is not an invitation to sin. He may forgive us and take away the punishment due to sin. But let us not take it as an encouragement to sin more freely. The warning which Christ has just given to the man cured of his long inf...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 28, 2022 | Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent "Each morning, Lord, you fill us with your kindness." - Lauds, March 28 Praise God for a new day! Start it by disposing yourself to prayer, listening to God's Word, and making it alive in your words, thoughts and actions this day.  Join the whole Church in praying Monday's Lauds, wherever you are, and offer it for yo...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 27, 2022 | Fourth Sunday of Lent  "Taste and see the goodness of the Lord" - Ps. 34:8  Today is Laetare Sunday. Lent is half over, and Easter is enticingly near. This Sunday is our foretaste of Easter joy. How have you experienced God's goodness today? Look around and within you. His mercy endures forever. Let us strengthen one another in prayer and hope.&...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 26, 2022 | Saturday of the Third Week of Lent Saturdays are especially dedicated to our Blessed Mother. We just celebrated yesterday Mary's role in the plan of salvation.  In this third week of Lent, let us ask her maternal inspiration and encouragement as we face our troubled times. She who has placed all her trust in the Lord despite not understanding fully w...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 25, 2022 | Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord The feast of the Annunciation, now recognized as a solemnity, was first celebrated in the fourth or fifth century. Its central focus is the Incarnation: God has become one of us. From all eternity God had decided that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity should become human. Mary has an important role to play...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 24, 2022 | Thursday of the Third Week of Lent "Blessed + be the Lord, the God of Israel; * he has come to his people and set them free." - Benedictus The feast of our salvation draws ever closer. Let us not grow weary in doing what is right. Let us press on with faith, hope and love, for the Lord comes to free us from our enemies and those who hate us. Join the whol...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 23, 2022 | Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent "Blessed be God who comforts us in all our trials." (2 Cor. 1:3, 4) Do not forget the things the merciful God has done for you. He has brought you thus far. Trust him the rest of the journey. Keep walking. Keep praying. Join the whole universal Church in praying Wednesday's Lauds, wherever you are.  Text is availab...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 22, 2022 | Monday of the Third Week of Lent "Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord is an eternal rock." - Is. 26:4 Our own strength can only get us so far. It is the Lord who makes us victorious against our battles. May we find in ourselves, a soul yearning for God's abiding presence and a heart longing for his salvation. Join the whole universal Church in praying...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 21, 2022 | Monday of the Third Week of Lent How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, God of hosts. - Ps. 84:1 Everyday is a new opportunity to grow in friendship with God. May we find in His Word a sure guide to His loving presence and the strength to walk in this valley of tears. Join the whole universal Church in praying Monday's Lauds, wherever you are.  Tex...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 21, 2022 | Third Sunday of Lent Lent is the time of effort, warfare, discipline. Let us look and look again at the suffering Jesus and take the weight of shame and sorrow. Let us continue our Lenten practices for our conversion and the healing of the world. Follow Sunday's Morning Prayer (Lauds) wherever you are. Text is available at ibreviary.com. This daily podcas...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - March 19, 2022 | Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin "Well done, good and faithful servant. Come, share your master's joy." - Mt. 25:21 St. Joseph, the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster-father of Jesus, was probably born in Bethlehem and probably died in Nazareth. His important mission in God's plan of salvation was "to legally insert Jesu...

LISTEN: Morning Prayer - March 18, 2022 | Friday in the Second Week of Lent This Friday, we continue our Lenten fast and offer our works, prayers and sacrifices for all catechumens of the faith.  Today, we also commemorate St. Cyril, the bishop of Jerusalem who, along with St. Athanasius and others, belongs to the great champions of faith in the fight against Arianism. Famous as a teacher and...

LISTEN: Morning Prayer - March 17, 2022 | Thursday in the Second Week of Lent "My strength and my courage is the Lord, * and he has been my savior." - Lauds, March 17 What battles are you fighting today? Whether they be physical, emotional or spiritual, let God fight for you. Go to him with your trembling hands and weak spirit and He will deliver you from all your enemies.  "Put on the whole...