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
Divine Office | Ordinary Time | Week Seven | Friday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From a commentary on Ecclesiastes by Saint Gregory of Agrigentum, bishop (Sixth Century) |
Exult, my soul, in the Lord
Divine Office | Easter | Week Three | Saturday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From a commentary on the gospel of John by Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishop (~375-444 AD) | Christ Gave His Own Body for the Life of All Men
Divine Office | Easter | Week Three | Monday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From the commentary on the first letter of Peter by Saint Bede the Venerable, priest (672 – 735 AD) | A chosen race, a royal priesthood
Divine Office | Easter | Week Three | Sunday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From the first apology in defense of the Christians by Saint Justin, martyr (100-165 AD) | The celebration of the eucharist
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: SECOND READING | From the Jerusalem Catecheses (~350 AD) | The Anointing with the Holy Spirit
Divine Office | Easter | Octave | Thursday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From the Jerusalem Catecheses (___ AD) | Baptism is a Symbol of Christ’s Passion
Divine Office | Lent | Holy Week | Friday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From the Catecheses by Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop (344 – 407 AD) | The power of Christ’s blood
Divine Office | Lent | Holy Week | Sunday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From the book On the Holy Spirit by Saint Basil, Bishop (~330 – 379 AD) | By one death and resurrection the world was saved