Author Archives: Steve Benner

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/yjrz92n5 O Lord, I trust in your merciful love.My heart will rejoice in your salvation.I will sing to the Lord who has been bountiful with me. Psalm 13 Eternal God,give us insight to discern your will for us,to give up what harms us,and to seek the perfection we are promisedin Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. CW:Continue reading “Oremus for August 26, 2026”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/29rt3xn4 I will recount all your wonders,I will rejoice in you and be glad,and sing psalms to your name, O Most High. Psalm 9 As of old, O Lord our God, you gave commandments to make one nation just and true, so by your incarnate Word you make all peoples one in grace and in theContinue reading “Oremus for August 25, 2026”

BartholomewIt has long been assumed that Bartholomew is the same as Nathanael though it is not a certainty. The gospels speak of Philip bringing Nathanael to Jesus and calling him an Israelite worthy of the name. He is also present beside the Sea of Galilee at the resurrection. Although he seems initially a somewhat cynicalContinue reading “Oremus for August 24, 2026”

Antiphon 1 Ant. With expectation I have waited for the Lord, *and he has cast his look upon me;he has heard my supplicationand he has put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God.V. Blessed the man who has placed *his trust in the Lord,and has not gone over to the proud *who follow falseContinue reading “Oremus for August 23, 2026”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/8zfp8pca Behold, I am with you always,even to the end of the age, alleluia. Matthew 28 O God,your love is wider than all the universeand your mercy greater than the heights of heaven.When we are tempted to break faith with you,put a new song of love on our lips,that we may sing your praises to allContinue reading “Oremus for August 22, 2026”

Jonathan DanielsJonathan Myrick Daniels (March 20, 1939 – August 20, 1965) was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist. In 1965, he was murdered by a shotgun-wielding special county deputy, Tom Coleman, who was a construction worker, in Hayneville, Alabama, while in the act of shielding 17-year-old Ruby Sales. He saved the life of theContinue reading “Oremus for August 21, 2026”

Bernard of ClairvauxBernard was born at Fontaines, near Dijon, in France in the year 1090. He entered the Benedictine abbey at Cîteaux in 1112, taking with him many of his young companions, some of whom were his own brothers. He was a leader of the reform within Benedictinism at this time and in 1115 wasContinue reading “Oremus for August 20, 2026”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/ccyc2h5h O people of Sion, behold,the Lord will come to save the nations,and the Lord will make the glory of his voice heardin the joy of your heart. Isaiah 30 Lord our God, we come before you with thanksgiving and praise,for you have created us as your people and you sustain us with your hand.Continue reading “Oremus for August 19, 2026”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/4nsdks7hO sing a new song to the Lord,for he has worked wonders;in the sight of the nationshe has shown his deliverance, alleluia. Psalm 98 Christ our King,you put on the apparel of our natureand raised us to your glory;reign from your royal throneabove the chaos of this world,that all may see the victory you have wonandContinue reading “Oremus for August 18, 2026”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/2p9cmfae Taste and see that the Lord is good;blessed the man who seeks refuge in him. Psalm 34 O God,light of the minds that know you,life of the souls that love you,strength of the thoughts that seek you:Help us so to know youthat we may truly love you,so to love youthat we may fully serve you,whoseContinue reading “Oremus for August 17, 2026”