Author Archives: Steve Benner

Sadhu Sundar Singh Known in his lifetime as India’s most famous convert to Christianity, Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889–1929) would not approve of that characterization. He loved Jesus and devoted his life to knowing him and following him, but he never accepted Christianity’s cultural conventions, even as he embraced its stark original teachings. A modern SaintContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, June 25, 2025”

Birth of St John the BaptistThe 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 four gospels asContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, June 24, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/h733je The love of God has been poured into our heartsthrough the Spirit of God dwelling within us, alleluia. Romans 5 God of compassion,you have given us Jesus Christ, the great physician,who made the broken wholeand healed the sick.Touch our wounds, relieve our hurts,and restore us to wholeness of life,through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.Continue reading “Oremus for Monday, June 23, 2025”

Antiphon 1 Ant. The Lord is the strength of his people, *and the guardian of salvation for his anointed.Save your people, O Lord,and bless your inheritance;be their guide for ever.V. To you, O Lord, I call; *my rock, be not deaf to me.I shall go down to those in the pit, *if you are silent to me. Psalm 28Continue reading “Oremus for Sunday, June 22, 2025”

Yves CongarYves Marie-Joseph Congar OP (13 April 1904 – 22 June 1995) was a French Dominican friar, priest, and theologian. He is perhaps best known for his influence at the Second Vatican Council and for reviving theological interest in the Holy Spirit for the life of individuals and of the church. He was created aContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, June 21, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/4x234z2n Proclaim a joyful sound and let it be heard;proclaim to the ends of the earth:The Lord has freed his people, alleluia. Isaiah 48 Protect your people, O God,and keep us safeuntil the coming of your new dawnand the establishment of your righteous rule.By your Holy Spirit,stir up within us a longingfor the light of yourContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, June 20, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/4x234z2n Proclaim a joyful sound and let it be heard;proclaim to the ends of the earth:The Lord has freed his people, alleluia. Isaiah 48 God be in my head, and in my understanding;God be in my eyes, and in my looking;God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;God be in my heart, andContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, June 19, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/8n5p29s7 God is love, and whoever abides in loveabides in God, and God in him. 1 John 4 Gracious Father,your might is beyond measure,your wisdom beyond knowledge,your love beyond all telling.You have put eternity into our hearts,and made us hunger and thirst for you.Satisfy the longings you have implantedthat we may find you in life,and findContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, June 18, 2025”

The Martyrs of Mother Emanuel ChurchThe Charleston church shooting was a mass shooting on June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina, in which nine African Americans were killed during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Among those people who were killed was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney; threeContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, June 17, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/8n5p29s7 God is love, and whoever abides in loveabides in God, and God in him. 1 John 4 God of earthquake, wind, and fire,tame natural forces that defy control,or shock us by their fury.Keep us from calling disaster your justice;and help us, in good times or in calamity,to trust your mercy, which never ends,andContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, June 16, 2025”