Author Archives: Steve Benner

BonifaceBorn at Crediton in Devon in about the year 675, Winfrith took the name Boniface when he entered the monastery in Exeter as a young man. He became a Latin scholar and poet and was ordained when he was thirty years old. He rejected a safe ecclesiastical career in England and became a missionary inContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, June 5, 2025”

Pope John XXIIIPope John XXIII changed the landscape of twentieth century Christianity. Born in Northern Italy in 1881, Angelo Roncalli was trained in Roman Catholic schools from an early age. After military service, Roncalli was ordained a priest in 1904. His passion for social justice for working people and for the poor was formed earlyContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, June 4, 2025”

The Martyrs of UgandaOn June 3, 1886, thirty-two young men, pages of the court of King Mwanga of Buganda, were burned to death at Namugongo for their refusal to renounce Christianity. In the following months many other Christians throughout the country died by fire or spear for their faith. These martyrdoms totally changed the dynamicContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, June 3, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/555e7rrf How great is the goodness, Lord,that you keep for those who fear you. Psalm 31 Great God, you are one God,and you bring together what is scatteredand mend what is broken.Unite us with the scattered peoples of the earththat we may be one family of your children.Bind up all our wounds,and heal usContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, June 2, 2025”

Antiphon 1 Ant. God has gone up amidst shouts of joy,the Lord to the sound of the trumpet, alleluia.V. All peoples, clap your hands. *Cry to God with shouts of joy!For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, *the great king over all the earth. Psalm 47 True and only Light,from whom comes every good gift,send your Spirit intoContinue reading “Oremus for Sunday, June 1, 2025”

The VisitationThis feast commemorates the visit of the Blessed Virgin to her cousin Elizabeth, recorded in the Gospel according to Luke (1:39–56). Elizabeth, who was then carrying John the Baptist, greeted Mary with the words, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.” Mary broke into the song of praiseContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, May 31, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/2p9c4fyw 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 O God whom we long to know,burning fire within our souls,grant to us the tongues like fire,the sound of rushingContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, May 30, 2025”

Ascension Day Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/47syb79m You kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;praise the Lord, who ascends above the highest heavens;his majesty and might are in the skies, alleluia. Eternal God,by raising Jesus from the deadyou proclaimed his victory,and by his ascension,you declared him Lord of all.Lift up our hearts to heavenwhere he lives and reignsContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, May 29, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/228vra7b Come to me, all who labor and are burdened,and I will refresh you, says the Lord. Matthew 11 God Most High, by your Word you created a wondrous universe, and through your Spirit you breathed into it the breath of life. Accept creation’s hymn of praise from our lips, and let the praiseContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, May 28, 2025”

John CalvinJohn Calvin was the premier theologian and leader of the Reformed wing of the Protestant Reformation. He was born in France in 1509. His father wanted him to study law, which he did for a time, but Calvin’s own passions were theology, languages, rhetoric and the literary sciences. Around 1534, he underwent a majorContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, May 27, 2025”