LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 09, 2024 | Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica “Today, the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, let us remember that the Lord wishes to dwell in all hearts. Even if it happens that we move away from Him, three days are enough for the Lord to rebuild His temple within us" (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 08, 2024 |31st Week in Ordinary Time "In God's plan man and woman have the vocation of "subduing" the earth (Gen 1:28) as stewards of God. This sovereignty is not to be an arbitrary and destructive domination. God calls man and woman, made in the image of the Creator "who loves everything that exists" (Wis 11:24), to share in his providence toward other creatures; hence their responsibility for the world God has entrusted to them" (Catechism of the...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 07, 2024 |31st Week in Ordinary Time "Because of “the Good Shepherd, the good Christian goes out, is always outward bound: he always goes out of himself, is always going out toward God, in prayer, in adoration”. And “he goes out toward others to bring the message of salvation”. (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 06, 2024 |31st Week in Ordinary Time “For Christians carrying the cross is not an option but a mission to be embraced for love. In our world today, Christ does not cease to offer to all his clear invitation: anyone who wants to be my disciple must renounce his own selfishness and carry the cross with me.” (Pope Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 05, 2024 |31st Week in Ordinary Time By his Revelation, ‘the invisible God, from the fullness of his love, addresses men as his friends, and moves among them, in order to invite and receive them into his own company’ (Vatican II). The adequate response to this invitation is faith. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, nº 142) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 04, 2024 |Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop “A word, a kindly smile, will often suffice to gladden a wounded and sorrowful heart.” (Saint Therese of the Child Jesus) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 03, 2024 |31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Collect Prayer Almighty and merciful God, by whose gift your faithful offer you right and praiseworthy service, grant, we pray, that we may hasten without stumbling to receive the things you have promised. 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. Amen. Join the universal Church in praying the Office of...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 02, 2024 |The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Communion with the dead. "In full consciousness of this communion of the whole Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church in its pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honored with great respect the memory of the dead; and 'because it is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins' she offers her suffrages for...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 01, 2024 |Solemnity of All Saints The sixth beatitude proclaims, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Mt 5:8). "Pure in heart" refers to those who have attuned their intellects and wills to the demands of God's holiness, chiefly in three areas: charity; chastity or sexual rectitude; love of truth and orthodoxy of faith. There is a connection between purity of heart, of body, and of faith. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no....

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 31, 2024 | Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time “Jerusalem was the bride, the betrothed of the Lord: He really loved her!”. However, “she wasn’t aware of the Lord’s visitations” and she “made the Lord weep”… Jerusalem fell because of distraction, for not welcoming the Lord who came to save her”. (Pope Francis) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 30, 2024 | Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time “The passage to eternal life is open to all, but it is ‘narrow’ because it is demanding: it requires commitment, self-denial and the mortification of one's selfishness.” (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 29, 2024 | Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time “Let confidence and a lively Faith uphold the soul; he who believes and hopes obtains all things.” (Saint Teresa of Jesus) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 28, 2024 | Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles "May both Simon the Cananaean and Jude Thaddeus help us to rediscover the beauty of the Christian faith ever anew and to live it without tiring, knowing how to bear a strong and at the same time peaceful witness to it." (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 27, 2024 | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Collect Prayer: Almighty ever-living God, increase our faith, hope and charity, and make us love what you command, so that we may merit what you promise. 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 are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 26, 2024 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary "You were within me but I was outside myself, and there I sought you! In my weakness, I ran after the beauty of the things you have made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The things you have made kept me from you – the things which would have no being unless they existed in you!" (Saint Augustine) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are....

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 25, 2024 | 29th Week in Ordinary Time "... Every human person, created in the image of God, has the natural right to be recognized as a free and responsible being. All owe to each other this duty of respect. the right to the exercise of freedom, especially in moral and religious matters..." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 1738) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 24, 2024 | Saint Antony Mary Claret, Bishop "The “yes” to following Jesus Christ includes the value of allowing oneself to be burned by the fire of His passion." (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 23, 2024 |Memorial of St. John Capistrano, Priest "Across the centuries, it is the drowsiness of the disciples that opens up possibilities for the power of the Evil One. Such drowsiness deadens the soul, so that it remains undisturbed by the power of the Evil One" (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 22, 2024 | Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time “(...) Vigilance is ‘custody of the heart’, and Jesus prayed for us to the Father: ‘Keep them in your name’. The Holy Spirit constantly seeks to awaken us to keep watch (...)” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nº 2849) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 21, 2024 | Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time “The economy of law and grace turns men's hearts away from avarice and envy (...). The God of the promises always warned man against seduction by what from the beginning has seemed ‘good for food... a delight to the eyes... to be desired to make one wise’ (Gen 3:6).” (Catechism Of The Catholic Church, Nº 2541) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen,...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 20, 2024 | Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Collect Prayer Almighty ever-living God, grant that we may always conform our will to yours and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart. 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 are. Listen, share and subscribe...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 19, 2024 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary " (...) There are no limits to the mercy of God, but anyone who deliberately refuses to accept his mercy by repenting, rejects the forgiveness of his sins and the salvation offered by the Holy Spirit. Such hardness of heart can lead to final impenitence and eternal loss.” (Catechism Of The Catholic Church, Nº 1864) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are....

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 18, 2024 | Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist "Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: The first, "the importunate friend," (Cf. Lk 11:5-13) invites us to urgent prayer: ... The second, "the importunate widow," (Cf. Lk 18:1-8) is centered on one of the qualities of prayer: it is necessary to pray always without ceasing ... The third parable, "the Pharisee and the tax collector," (Cf. Lk 18:9-14) concerns the humility of the...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 17, 2024 | Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr “In all of his life Jesus presents himself as our model. He is ‘the perfect man’, who invites us to become his disciples and follow him. In humbling himself, he has given us an example to imitate, through his prayer he draws us to pray, and by his poverty he calls us to accept freely the privation and persecutions that may come our way.” (Catechism Of The Catholic Church, Nº...

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 16, 2024 | Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time "Do everything for Love. So there will be no small things: everything will be great. Perseverance in small things for Love is heroism". (Saint Josemaria) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe...