Monthly Archives: June 2020

Antiphon1 Ant. With expectation I have waited for the Lord, *and he has cast his look upon me; he has heard my supplication and he has put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God.Ps. Blessed the man who has placed *his trust in the Lord,and has not gone over to theContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, July 1, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. He fed them with the finest of wheat, alleluia;and with honey from the rock he satisfied them, alleluia, alleluia.Ps. Sing joyfully to God our strength, *shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.Raise a song and sound the timbrel, *the sweet-sounding harp and the lute. Psalm 81 As you cause the sun toContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, June 30, 2020”

Feast of Saints Peter and PaulPeter has often been called the ‘Prince of the Apostles’ because of the words of Jesus re-naming him, from Simon to Cephas. This was the Aramaic form of the Greek word Peter, which means ‘rock’. Jesus said that on this rock he would build his Church. But both Peter andContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, June 29, 2020”

For another form of worship in the home based on today’s lessons in the Revised Common Lectionary, go to https://blogs.elca.org/worship/2504/ Antiphon1 Ant. All nations, clap your hands; shout unto God with a voice of joy.Ps. For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, *the great king over all the earth. Psalm 47 God of allContinue reading “Oremus for Sunday, June 28, 2020”

St Cyril of AlexandriaCyril was born in Alexandria and was first heard of as a young priest. He succeeded his uncle as Patriarch in the year 412 and began his great defence of the classical doctrines of God the Holy Trinity and of Jesus Christ as a unique and single Person within the Trinity. HisContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, June 27, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. Come, let us worship God * and bow down before the Lord; let us shed tears before the Lord who made us, for he is the Lord our God.Ps. Come, let us ring out our joy to the Lord; *hail the rock who saves us.Let us come into his presence, giving thanks; *letContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, June 26, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. I will extol you, O Lord, * for you have drawn me up, and have not let my foes rejoice over me. O Lord, I cried unto you and you healed me.Ps. O Lord, you have lifted up my soul from the grave, *restored me to life from those who sink into theContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, June 25, 2020”

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist The biblical story of John, the son of Elizabeth and Zechariah, begins even before his birth. His leaping in his mother’s womb is seen as a great alleluia in anticipation of the birth of his Redeemer and the good news of Jesus Christ is related in all fourContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, June 24, 2020”

Antiphon1 Ant. Render secure my footsteps in your paths * so that my feet do not slip; incline your ear and hear my words;display your wonderful mercies, O Lord, Savior of those who place their hope in you.Ps. O Lord, hear a cause that is just; *pay heed to my cry.Turn your ear to myContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, June 23, 2020”

St Alban Alban was a soldier in the Roman city of Verulamium (now St Albans in Hertfordshire) who gave shelter to a Christian priest fleeing from persecution, hiding him in his house for several days. Greatly influenced by his devotion to prayer, Alban received instruction from the priest and was converted. When the priest’s hiding-placeContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, June 22, 2020”