LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 03, 2024 | Memorial of St. Francis Xavier, Priest Like the prophets who longed for the Messiah, cultivate a deep desire for our Lord. Invite His presence into your life and allow Him to shower you with blessings beyond your understanding. Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 02, 2024 | 1st Week of Advent Do you believe that Christ's authority is what is needed to order your life, your family, our Church and even our world? Seek to surrender to Christ's authority today, and open your heart to teh wonders He can work. Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - December 01, 2024 | 1st Sunday of Advent Take time to appreciate the gift of understanding God’s will in your life and how He influences your daily experiences. Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 30, 2024 |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, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 29, 2024 |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 Brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 28, 2024 |34th Week in Ordinary Time "Wait, wait, for you know neither the day nor the hour. Watch with care, for everything passes quickly.” (Saint Teresa of Jesus) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 27, 2024 |34th Week in Ordinary Time “Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto death. The martyr bears witness to Christ who died and rose, to whom he is united by charity. He bears witness to the truth of the faith and of Christian doctrine…” (Catechism Of The Catholic Church, Nº 2473) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen,...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 26, 2024 |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...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 25, 2024 |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.” (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 24, 2024 |Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Collect Prayer Almighty ever-living God, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of the universe, grant, we pray, that the whole creation, set free from slavery, may render your majesty service and ceaselessly proclaim your praise. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 23, 2024 |Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary “True love attains a great strength.” (St. Paulinus of Nola). 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 to you by the Cebu...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 22, 2024 |Memorial of St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr Jesus went up to the Temple as the privileged place of encounter with God. For him, the Temple was the dwelling of his Father… After his Resurrection his apostles retained their reverence for the Temple (Cf. Acts 2:46). (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 584) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 21, 2024 |Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 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 and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 20, 2024 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Each man is established as an "heir" and receives certain "talents" that enrich his identity and whose fruits he must develop. He rightly owes loyalty to the communities of which he is part...(Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 1880) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 19, 2024 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time “Holy Communion separates us from sin. The body of Christ we receive in Holy Communion is "given up for us," and the blood we drink "shed for the many for the forgiveness of sins." For this reason the Eucharist cannot unite us to Christ without at the same time cleansing us from past sins and preserving us from future sins” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 1393) Join the universal Church...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 18, 2024 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time “Faith makes us taste in advance the light of the beatific vision, the goal of our journey here below. Then we shall see God "face to face"(1 Cor 13:12), "as he is" (Jn 3:2). So faith is already the beginning of eternal life...” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 163) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 17, 2024 | 33rd Sunday 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 universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 16, 2024 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary “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...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 15, 2024 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Charity is the greatest social commandment. It respects others and their rights. It requires the practice of justice, and it alone makes us capable of it. Charity inspires a life of self-giving: ‘Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it’ (Lk 17:33).” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, nº 1,889) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 14, 2024 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time “Even suffering, the daily cross of life —the cross of work, of the family, of carrying out things well— this small daily cross is part of the Kingdom of God” (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 13, 2024 | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time “How shall we repay the Lord for all his goodness to us? God is so good that he asks no recompense except our love.” (Saint Basil the Great). Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 12, 2024 | Memorial of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr "The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. the choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1733) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 11, 2024 | Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop Saint Martin of Tours was born in in Savaria, Pannonia in either the year 316 or 336 AD. That region is what is today the nation of Hungary. Martin, the son of a military tribune, grew interested in Christianity despite his parents' Roman pagan beliefs. At ten, he began preparing for Baptism, which took ten years. He sought to live as a hermit at twelve, but his parents refused. At fifteen, he enlisted...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 10, 2024 | Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Collect Prayer Almighty and merciful God, graciously keep from us all adversity, so that, unhindered in mind and body alike, we may pursue in freedom of heart the things that are yours. 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 universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds,...