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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”

Antiphon1 Ant. My house will be called a house of prayer, says the Lord;everyone who asks here, will receive,and he who seeks will find,and to him who knocks, it will be opened.V. How lovely is your dwelling place, *O Lord of hosts.My soul is longing and yearning *for the courts of the Lord.My heart and my fleshContinue reading “Oremus for August 16, 2026”

The Blessed Virgin MaryThe honor paid to Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, goes back to the earliest days of the Church. Two Gospels tell of the manner of Christ’s birth, and the familiar Christmas story testifies to the Church’s conviction that he was born of a virgin. In Luke’s Gospel, we catch a briefContinue reading “Oremus for August 15, 2026”

Maximilian KolbeMaximilian Kolbe was born at Zdunska Wola near Lodz in Poland in 1894. His parents were Franciscan Tertiaries and, beginning his training for ordination in 1907, Maximilian joined the Franciscan noviciate in 1910. He studied at Rome but, suffering from tuberculosis, he returned to Poland and became a lecturer in church history. After sufferingContinue reading “Oremus for August 14, 2026”

Jeremy TaylorJeremy Taylor was born in Cambridge in 1613 and educated there at Gonville & Caius College. He was ordained in 1633 and, as the Civil War got under way, he became a chaplain with the Royalist forces. He was captured and imprisoned briefly but after his release went to Wales, where the Earl of CarberyContinue reading “Oremus for August 13, 2026”

Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale was born in 1820 into a wealthy family. In the face of their opposition, she insisted that she wished to train in nursing. In 1853, she finally achieved her wish and headed her own private nursing institute in London. Her efforts at improving conditions for the wounded during the Crimean War wonContinue reading “Oremus for August 12, 2026”