Monthly Archives: October 2025

Antiphon 1 Ant. O Lord, if you were to take into account our iniquities,who would withstand the test?But forgiveness abides with you, O God of Israel.V. Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; *Lord, hear my voice!O let your ears be attentive *to the sound of my pleadings. Psalm 130 God of awesome deeds and unfailingContinue reading “Oremus for Sunday, October 12, 2025”

Philip the EvangelistPhilip, who has been traditionally referred to as a Deacon and an Evangelist, was one of seven honest men appointed, some sources say ordained, by the apostles to distribute bread and alms to the widows and the poor in Jerusalem. After the martyrdom of Stephen, Philip went to Samaria to preach the gospel.Continue reading “Oremus for Saturday, October 11, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/knfvtvew Look to your covenant, O Lord,and forget not the life of your poor ones for ever.Arise, O God, and defend your cause,and forget not the cries of those who seek you. Psalm 74 Holy God, apart from you nothing is true, nothing is holy. Do not look on our faithless ways, but on the faithfulnessContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, October 10, 2025”

Vida ScudderVida Dutton Scudder was born on December 15, 1861, the child of Congregationalist missionaries in India. In the 1870s, Vida and her mother were confirmed in the Episcopal Church by Bishop Phillips Brooks. After studying English literature at Smith College and Oxford University, Scudder began teaching at Wellesley College. Her love of scholarship wasContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, October 9, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/292eca36 Your merciful love, O God,we have received in the midst of your temple.Your praise, O God, like your name,reaches the ends of the earth;your right hand is filled with saving justice. Psalm 48 Source of everlasting light, send forth your truth into our hearts and make your face shine on us, that in giving thanksContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, October 8, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/22vexxaw Like the deer that yearns for running streams,so my soul is yearning for you, my God;my soul is thirsting for God, the living God. Psalm 42 By your Holy Spirit, O God,give us hearts to love you,minds to know you,souls to bless you,and strength to serve you;through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. BCW2018 Music: https://tinyurl.com/ycn4djk5 OContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, October 7, 2025”

William TyndaleBorn in Gloucestershire in about the year 1494, William Tyndale studied first at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and then at Cambridge. He became determined to translate the Scriptures from the Greek directly into contemporary English but was thwarted in this by the Bishop of London. So William settled in Hamburg in 1524, never returning to England. WhenContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, October 6, 2025”

Antiphon 1 Ant. All things are submitted to your will, O Lord, *and no one can resist your decisions; you have madeall things, heaven and earth, and all that is contained underthe vault of the sky; you are the master of the universe.V. Blessed are those whose way is blameless, *who walk in the law of the Lord!BlessedContinue reading “Oremus for Sunday, October 5, 2025”

FrancisFrancis was born in Assisi in central Italy either in 1181 or the following year. He was baptised Giovanni but given the name Francesco by his father, a cloth merchant who traded in France and had married a French wife. There was an expectation that he would eventually take over his father’s business but FrancisContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, October 4, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/3mjx3phc I am the light of the world, says the Lord;whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,but will have the light of life. John 8 Praise to you, God of our salvation.You come to our help and set us free.May your strength be our shieldand your word, our lamp,that we may serve you with pureContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, October 3, 2025”