Monthly Archives: March 2023

Thomas KenThomas Ken was born at Berkhampstead in 1637 and educated at New College Oxford. He was ordained priest in 1662 and worked first in a poor parish in the diocese of Winchester and then at Winchester College for ten years. He served as chaplain to King Charles II for two years and was then consecrated BishopContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, March 22, 2023”

Thomas CranmerThomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury for twenty-three years under three Tudor monarchs, was martyred on 21 March 1556, when Queen Mary temporarily brought the English church back into the papal fold. Cranmer steered the church through the troubles of the Reformation and left an unparalleled legacy of liturgical writing in the Book of CommonContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, March 21, 2023”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/4s87yty8 Remember your word to your servant, O Lord,by which you have given me hope.This is my comfort when I am brought low. Psalm 119 Eternal God, our judge and redeemer,we confess that we have tried to hide from you,for we have done wrong.We have lived for ourselves,and apart from you.We have turned fromContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, March 20, 2023”

Antiphon Ant. Rejoice, O Jerusalem; and gather round, all you who love her;*rejoice in gladness, after having been in sorrow; exult and be replenished with the consolationflowing from her motherly bosom.V. I rejoiced when they said to me, *“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”And now our feet are standing *within your gates,Continue reading “Oremus for Sunday, March 19, 2023”

Cyril of JerusalemBorn in about the year 315, probably in Caesarea, Cyril became Bishop of Jerusalem when he was about thirty-four years old. There he nurtured both the resident Christian population and the many pilgrims, following the end of the era of persecution, who were beginning to make their way from all over Christendom toContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, March 18, 2023”

PatrickAs a boy Patrick was taken captive by Irish raiders. After escaping, he trained as a priest, but felt a deep longing to preach the gospel in the country of his former captors. He returned as a bishop and, alt-hough faced with opposition and danger, he brought the love of Christ to the people andContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, March 17, 2023”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/ksjwy4t9 Of you my heart has spoken: Seek his face.It is your face, O Lord, that I seek;hide not your face from me. Psalm 27 Almighty God,you love us, but we have not loved you.You call, but we have not listened.We walk away from neighbors in need,wrapped in our own concerns.We condone evil, prejudice, warfare,Continue reading “Oremus for Thursday, March 16, 2023”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/2p95hm74 Of you my heart has spoken: Seek his face.It is your face, O Lord, that I seek;hide not your face from me. Psalm 27 Gracious God,our sins are too heavy to carry,too real to hide,and too deep to undo.Forgive what our lips tremble to name,what our hearts can no longer bear,and what hasContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, March 15, 2023”

Fannie Lou HamerFannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) was born in Mississippi in 1917. Starting at the age of six, Hamer, the youngest child of a sharecropper family, picked cotton. She was only able to attend school until the age of 13 because her family needed her labor. She married Perry Hamer at the age of 27,Continue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, March 14, 2023”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/4m8ka32t I will sing to the Lord who has been bountiful with me,sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High. Psalm 13 Eternal God, our judge and redeemer,we confess that we have tried to hide from you,for we have done wrong.We have lived for ourselves,and apart from you.We have turned from ourContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, March 13, 2023”