Monthly Archives: March 2026

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/2up5tr2v 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 Merciful God,we confess that we have sinned against youin thought, word, and deed,by what we have done,and by what we have leftContinue reading “Oremus for March 13, 2025”

Gregory the GreatGregory was born about 540 and became pope in a turbulent era. He used his great ability as an organiser to defend Italy against the Lombard invasions and to arrange extensive relief for the poor. He was responsible for sending Augustine to Britain, and wrote a text-book for the episcopate on pastoral care.Continue reading “Oremus for March 12, 2026”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/yckjdem9 Holy Father, keep in your name those you have given me,that they may be one as we are one, says the Lord. John 17 Merciful God,you pardon all who truly repent and turn to you.We humbly confess our sins and ask your mercy.We have not loved you with a pure heart,nor have we loved ourContinue reading “Oremus for March 11, 2026”

Harriet TubmanSlave births were recorded under property, not as persons with names; but we know that Harriet Ross, born sometime during 1820 on a Maryland Chesapeake Bay plantation, was the sixth of eleven children born to Ben Ross and Harriet Green. To cope with brutality and oppression, she turned to religion. Her favorite Bible storyContinue reading “Oremus for March 10, 2026”

Gregory of NyssaGregory of Nyssa was born at Caesarea in what is now Turkey around the year 330, the child of an aristocratic Christian family. Unlike his elder brother Basil, he was academically undistinguished, but ultimately proved to be the most original of the group of the theologians known as the Cappadocian Fathers. He wasContinue reading “Oremus for March 9, 2026”

Antiphon Ant. The sparrow has found herself a home, *and the turtledove a nest in which to lay her young:at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God!Blessed are they who dwell in your house,they shall praise you for ever and e ver.V. How lovely is your dwelling place, *O Lord of hosts.My soulContinue reading “Oremus for March 8, 2026”

Perpetua and Her CompanionsPerpetua, a young woman of twenty-two, her slave Felicity, and three men, all recently baptised, were thrown to the beasts in the arena in Carthage in 203. A contemporary diary details the events of their sufferings and witnesses to their willingness to die in order to fulfil their following of Jesus. TheContinue reading “Oremus for March 7, 2026”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/2up5tr2v 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 Merciful God,we confess that we have sinned against youin thought, word, and deed,by what we have done,and by what we have leftContinue reading “Oremus for March 6, 2026”

Jean-Pierre de CaussadeJean-Pierre de Caussade (born 1675) was a French Jesuit who died on this day in 1751. He was appointed spiritual director of a community of nuns and decided to share with them his ideas on the spiritual life. The material was published a century after his death as Self-Abandonment to Divine Providence. The bookContinue reading “Oremus for March 5, 2026”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/4a5jdna4 As for me, in justice I shall behold your face;I shall be filled with the vision of your glory. Psalm 17 Merciful God,we confess that we have sinned against youin thought, word, and deed,by what we have done,and by what we have left undone.We have not loved youwith our whole heart and mind and strength.WeContinue reading “Oremus for March 4, 2026”