Sunday
\nJohn 10:1\u201c Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.\u201d 6 \u00a0 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. 7 \u00a0 Then Jesus said to them again, \u201cMost assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All who ever came before Me* are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 O my God I firmly believe that Thou art one God in three Divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; I believe that Thy Divine Son became man, and died for our sins, and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, who canst neither deceive nor be deceived. (Act of Faith)<\/p>\n
Monday
\nJohn 10:\u00a011\u201c I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 15As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring,\u00a0\u00a0and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. 17\u201c Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.\u201d 19 \u00a0 Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. 20 \u00a0 And many of them said, \u201cHe has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?\u201d 21 \u00a0 Others said, \u201cThese are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Prayer:\u00a0 Having risen from sleep I hasten to Thee, O Lord, Lover of men, and by Thy loving-kindness I strive to do Thy work, and I pray to Thee:\u00a0 help me at all times, in everything, and deliver me from every evil thing of the world and every attack of the devil, and lead me into Thine eternal Kingdom. For Thou art my Creator, the Giver and Provider of everything good, and all my hope is in Thee, and to Thee I send up glory, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.\u00a0 Amen.
\n*Prayer for the next day\u2019s morning<\/p>\n
Tuesday
\nJohn 10:22 \u00a0 Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23 \u00a0 And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon\u2019s porch. 24 \u00a0 Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, \u201cHow long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.\u201d 25 \u00a0 Jesus answered them, \u201cI told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father\u2019s name, they bear witness of Me. 26But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.* 27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father\u2019s hand. 30I and My Father are one.\u201d 31 \u00a0 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 \u00a0 Jesus answered them, \u201cMany good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?\u201d 33 \u00a0 The Jews answered Him, saying, \u201cFor a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.\u201d 34 \u00a0 Jesus answered them, \u201cIs it not written in your law, \u2018I said, \u201cYou are gods\u201d \u00a0\u2019?* 35If He called\u00a0them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 36do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, \u2018You are blaspheming,\u2019 because I said, \u2018I am the Son of God\u2019? 37If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 38but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe* that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.\u201d 39 \u00a0 Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand. 40 \u00a0 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. 41 \u00a0 Then many came to Him and said, \u201cJohn performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.\u201d 42 \u00a0 And many believed in Him there.<\/p>\n
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Prayer:\u00a0 Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears! Turn, then, O most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
\nV. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
\nR. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
\n*Salve Regina<\/p>\n
Wednesday
\nLuke 13:22 \u00a0 And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 \u00a0 Then one said to Him, \u201cLord, are there few who are saved?\u201d And He said to them, 24\u201c Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, \u2018Lord, Lord, open for us,\u2019 and He will answer and say to you, \u2018I do not know you, where you are from,\u2019 26then you will begin to say, \u2018We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.\u2019 27But He will say, \u2018I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.\u2019 28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. 29They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. 30And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 Queen of Heaven rejoice, alleluia: For He whom you merited to bear, alleluia, Has risen as He said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. Because the Lord is truly risen, alleluia.
\nLet us pray : O God, who by the Resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, granted joy to the whole world: grant we beg Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may lay hold of the joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
\n*Regina Coeli<\/p>\n
Thursday
\nLuke 13:31 \u00a0 On that very day* some Pharisees came, saying to Him, \u201cGet out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.\u201d 32 \u00a0 And He said to them, \u201cGo, tell that fox, \u2018Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.\u2019 33Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. 34\u201c O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! 35See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly,* I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, \u2018Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!\u2019<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.\u00a0\u00a0 And she conceived of the Holy Ghost.
\nHail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and in the hour of our death.<\/p>\n
Friday
\nLuke 14:1 \u00a0 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. 2 \u00a0 And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. 3 \u00a0 And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, \u201cIs it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?\u201d* 4 \u00a0 But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. 5 \u00a0 Then He answered them, saying, \u201cWhich of you, having a donkey* or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?\u201d 6 \u00a0 And they could not answer Him regarding these things. uJesus Teaches about Humility \/ Luke 14: 7-14 7 \u00a0 So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: 8\u201c When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best\u00a0\u00a0place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; 9and he who invited you and him come and say to you, \u2018Give place to this man,\u2019 and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, \u2018Friend, go up higher.\u2019 Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. 11For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.\u201d 12 \u00a0 Then He also said to him who invited Him, \u201cWhen you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. 13But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. 14And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 \u00a0Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that, we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may by His Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n
Saturday
\nLuke 14:15 \u00a0 Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, \u201cBlessed is he who shall eat bread* in the kingdom of God!\u201d 16 \u00a0 Then He said to him, \u201cA certain man gave a great supper and invited many, 17and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, \u2018Come, for all things are now ready.\u2019 18But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, \u2018I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.\u2019 19And another said, \u2018I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.\u2019 20Still another said, \u2018I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.\u2019 21So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, \u2018Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.\u2019 22And the servant said, \u2018Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.\u2019\u00a0\u00a023Then the master said to the servant, \u2018Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.\u2019 \u00a0\u201d<\/p>\n
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Prayer:\u00a0 May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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