Divine Office | Ordinary Time | Week Thirteen | Tuesday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From a homily on the Gospels by Saint Gregory the Great, pope (540 – 604 AD) | My Lord and my God
Matthew 9
The Healing of a Paralytic. 1He entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. 2And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.” 3At that, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This […]
DIDACHE (c. 80-90)
Of Fast-Days and Prayer
8. Do not keep the same fast-days as the hypocrites. Mondays and Thursdays are their days for fasting, so yours should be Wednesdays and Fridays.
Your prayers, too, should be different from theirs. Pray as the Lord enjoined in His Gospel, thus: Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, As in heaven, so on earth; Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our debt as we forgive our debtors, And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from the Evil One, For thine is the power and the glory for ever and ever.
Divine Office | Lent | Holy Week | Thursday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From an Easter homily by Saint Melito of Sardis, Bishop (d. 180 AD) | The lamb that was slain has delivered us from death and given us life
Divine Office | Easter | Octave | Friday
OFFICE OF READINGS: FIRST READING | From the letter of the apostle Peter 3:18-4:11 | Awaiting the Lord’s Coming
Divine Office | Easter | Week Four | Sunday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From a homily on the Gospels by Saint Gregory the Great, pope (~540 – 604 AD) | Christ the good shepherd