by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For Friday of Week III in the Four-Week Psalter, such as Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time, the antiphon is “Come, Let
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For Wednesday of Week II in the Four-Week Psalter, such as Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time, the antiphon is “Cry out
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For Sunday of Week II in the Four-Week Psalter, such as the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, the antiphon is “Come, Worship the Lord,
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Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy Christ, have mercy Christ, have mercy Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy God our Father in heaven have mercy on us God the Son, have mercy on us Redeemer of the world have mercy on us God the Holy Spirit have mercy on us Holy Trinity, one God have mercy on us Jesus, Son
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God on January 1, the antiphon is “Let Us Celebrate the Motherhood of the
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God, our loving Father, You sent Your Son, Jesus Christ, into this world to counter all the forces of evil: sin, suffering and death, and to overcome evil with the force of good; hatred with the Power of Love, Your Great Love for us in Jesus. Help us never to curse the darkness, but to join with you in bringing
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For the Common of Pastors, such as on the Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier on Dec. 3, the antiphon is “Come, Let Us Worship
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. From the First Sunday of Advent until December 16, the standard antiphon is “Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, the King Who Is to
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“Saint Andrew’s feast day is today! This feast is the marker that determines the start of Advent. The first Sunday of Advent begins on the Sunday closest to (or on) November 30th, St Andrew’s feast day. That explains the first part of the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena’s name. The second part simply refers to when the novena ends. On Christmas.
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For the Office For the Dead, used for the The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day) on Nov. 2, the antiphon
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