Monthly Archives: November 2025

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/n8f3hdcf All that you have done to us, O Lord,you have done with true judgment,for we have sinned against youand not obeyed your commandments.But give glory to your nameand deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy. Daniel 3 God of all good,you are life and salvation to all:Make us faithful and wisein yourContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, November 21, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/3jdmfueu You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven,endowed with all delights and sweetness in every taste. Wisdom 16 God of all who worship you,make us one with all your saintsand with any who are in need.Teach us to befriend the weak,and welcome the outcast,that we may serve the Lord Jesus Christand live to offerContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, November 20, 2025”

ElizabethElizabeth was born in 1207, the daughter of a king of Hungary, and was given in marriage to Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, with whom she had three children. Theirs was a happy, if short, marriage but her husband of four years died of the plague. Elizabeth was driven from the court and she settledContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, November 19, 2025”

HildaHilda was born in 614. She was baptised at the age of 13 and even-tually sought a monastic life when she was 33. Bishop Aidan, im-pressed by her holiness, made her an abbess, and in 657 she estab-lished her own monastery at Whitby. It was for both men and wom-en, and, under Hilda, became famousContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, November 18, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/2p8skw3h I am the true vine and you are the branches, says the Lord.Whoever remains in me, and I in him, bears fruit in plenty, alleluia. John 15 Eternal God,you are the source of every gift,and the fountain of all blessing.Give us such joy in livingand such peace in serving Christ,that we may gratefully make useContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, November 17, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/3wcmx574 Receive the joy of your glory, giving thanks to God,who has called you into the heavenly kingdom, alleluia. 2 Ezra Lord God,you so tend the vine you plantedthat now it extends its branches throughout the world.Keep us in Christ as branches on the vine,that, grafted firmly in your love,we may show the whole world yourContinue reading “Oremus for Sunday, November 16, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/vm2nse5e You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven,endowed with all delights and sweetness in every taste. Wisdom 16 As you cause the sun to rise, O God,bring the light of Christ to dawn in our soulsand dispel the shadows of hatred and fear.Give us grace to reflect Christ’s glory;and let his loveContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, November 15, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/3wcmx574 Receive the joy of your glory, giving thanks to God,who has called you into the heavenly kingdom, alleluia. 2 Ezra Almighty God, you sent your son Jesus to proclaim the kingdom of justice and peace. May the poor may receive justiceand all people of the earth dwell in peace; through Jesus Christ, ourContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, November 14, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/5h42v9y7 I am the Good Shepherd,and I lay down my life for my sheep, says the Lord. John 10 Almighty God, we thank youfor planting in us the seed of your Word.By your Holy Spirit,help us to receive it with joy,and live according to it,that we may grow in faith and hope and love;through Jesus ChristContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, November 13, 2025”

Søren Aabye KierkegaardBorn in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 5, 1813, Kierkegaard became more influential after his lifetime than he was during it.  His father was Michael Pederson Kierkegaard (d. 1838), an erstwhile farmer who had moved to the capital city and became a prosperous wool merchant.  Michael was also a melancholy, puritanical who passed hisContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, November 12, 2025”