Sunday<\/p>\n
Various readings from the OT this week<\/p>\n
Osee 6:1-6<\/em> NOTE:\u00a0 \u00a0foretells the Resurrection after three days.<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n Monday<\/p>\n Hab 3,2-3<\/em><\/p>\n O Lord, I have heard Thy hearing and was afraid: I have considered Thy works and trembled. NOTE:\u00a0 \u00a0foretells Christ’s birth between the ox and ass in the stable<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0\u00a0 O my God! I offer Thee all my actions of this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works, by uniting them to its infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of Its Merciful Love. (Part of St. Therese morning offering)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tuesday<\/p>\n Exod 12:1-11<\/em> NOTE:\u00a0 \u00a0Christ is always proclaimed the Lamb of God….this Old Testament event symbolizes Christ’s perfect sacrifice<\/p>\n Prayer: Blessed be the name of the Lord from henceforth and forever more.<\/p>\n Wednesday NOTE:\u00a0 \u00a0unleavened bread is used in communion, the Body of Christ the Lamb, in the Church.<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 Queen of the most holy Rosary, pray for us.<\/p>\n Thursday NOTE:\u00a0 \u00a0reflects Christ’s prayer in the garden and even His words from the cross of God forsaking him:\u00a0 \u00a0reflects his humanity\u00a0 and can be applied to us in our difficulties of life.<\/p>\n We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great\u00a0 glory<\/p>\n Friday \u2123. For thy sake I scourged Egypt with its first-born: and thou hast scourged Me and delivered Me up. Prayer:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee. I beg pardon for all those that do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee.\u00a0Amen. (Fatima prayer)<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Saturday<\/p>\n Chant Part 2of Holy Friday Adoration of the Cross summarizing Christ’s ministry on earth…<\/p>\n \u2123. I gave thee the water of salvation from the rock to drink: and thou hast given Me gall and vinegar. NOTE:<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart, make my heart like unto Thine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday Various readings from the OT this week Osee 6:1-6 Thus saith the Lord: In their affliction they will rise early to Me: Come, and let us return to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orthodox-daily-devotional","has_no_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16359,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16358\/revisions\/16359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThus saith the Lord: In their affliction they will rise early to Me: Come, and let us return to the Lord, for He hath taken us, and He will heal us, He will strike, and He will cure us. He will revive us after two days: on the third day He will raise us up and we shall live in His sight. We shall know and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light and He will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth. What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, O Juda? Your mercy is as a morning cloud and as the dew that goeth away in the morning. For this reason have I hewed them by the Prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgements shall go forth as the light. For I desired mercy and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.<\/p>\n
\n\u2123. In the midst of two animals Thou shalt be made known: when the years shall draw nigh Thou shalt be known: when the time shall come, Thou shalt be manifested.
\n\u2123. When my soul shall be in trouble, Thou wilt remember mercy, even in Thy wrath.
\n\u2123. God will come from Libanus, and the Holy One from the shady and thickly covered mountain.
\n\u2123. His majesty covered the heavens: and the earth is full of His praise.<\/p>\n
\nIn those days the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it shall be the first in the months of the year. Speak ye to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them: On the tenth day of this month let every man take a lamb by their families and houses. But if the number be less than may suffice to eat the lamb, he shall take unto him his neighbor that joineth to his house, according to the number of souls which may be enough to eat the lamb. And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a male, of one year: according to which rite also you shall take a kid. And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month: and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening.<\/p>\n
\nExod 12:1-11\u00a0<\/em> And they shall take of blood thereof, and put it upon both the side posts, and on the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh that night roasted at the fire: and unleavened bread with wild lettuce. You shall not eat thereof any thing raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted at the fire. You shall eat the head with the feet and entrails thereof. Neither shall there remain any thing of it until morning. If there be an thing left, you shall burn it with fire. And thus you shall eat it: You shall gird your reins, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall eat in haste; for it is the Phase that is the Passage of the Lord.<\/p>\n
\nPs 139:2-10, 14<\/em>
\nDeliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.
\n\u2123. Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.
\n\u2123. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; the venom of asps is under their lips.
\n\u2123. Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me.
\n\u2123. Who have proposed to supplant my steps. The proud have hidden a net for me.
\n\u2123. And they have stretched out cords for a snare for my feet; they have laid for me a stumbling-block by the wayside.
\n\u2123. I said to the Lord: Thou art my God. Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.
\n\u2123. O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: overshadow my head in the day of battle.
\n\u2123. Give me not up from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me. Do not Thou forsake me, lest at any time they should triumph.
\n\u2123. The head of them compassing me about: the labor of their lips shall overwhelm them.
\n\u2123. But the just shall give glory to Thy Name: and the upright shall dwell with Thy countenance.<\/p>\n
\nChant Part 1 of Holy Friday Adoration of the Cross summarizing Christ’s ministry on earth…<\/p>\n
\n\u211f. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I afflicted thee? Answer me.
\n\u2123. I led thee out of Egypt having drowned Pharao in the Red Sea: and thou hast delivered Me to the chief priests.
\n\u211f. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I afflicted thee? Answer me.
\n\u2123. I opened the sea before thee: and thou with a spear hast opened My side.
\n\u211f. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I afflicted thee? Answer me.
\n\u2123. I went before thee in a pillar of cloud: and thou hast led Me to the judgement hall of Pilate.
\n\u211f. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I afflicted thee? Answer me.
\n\u2123. I fed thee with manna in the desert; and thou hast beaten Me with whips and scourges.
\n\u211f. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I afflicted thee? Answer me.<\/p>\n
\n\u211f. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I afflicted thee? Answer me.
\n\u2123. For thy sake I struck the kings of the Chanaanites: and thou hast struck My head with a reed.
\n\u211f. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I afflicted thee? Answer me.
\n\u2123. I gave thee a royal sceptre: and thou hast given to My head a crown of thorns.
\n\u211f. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I afflicted thee? Answer me.
\n\u2123. I exalted thee with great strength: and thou hast hanged Me on the gibbet of the Cross.
\n\u211f. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I afflicted thee? Answer me.<\/p>\n