Ignatius of Loyola

O God, by whose grace your servant Ignatius, enkindled with the fire of your love, became a burning and a shining light in your Church: Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit of love and discipline, and may ever walk before you as children of light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

1 I will bless the Lord at all times;

    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;

    let the humble hear and be glad.

3 O magnify the Lord with me,

    and let us exalt his name together.

4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me,

    and delivered me from all my fears.

5 Look to him, and be radiant;

    so your faces shall never be ashamed.

6 This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,

    and was saved from every trouble.

7 The angel of the Lord encamps

    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

8 O taste and see that the Lord is good;

    happy are those who take refuge in him.

                         

Psalm 34 – New Revised Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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2 Samuel 3:22-39 – Acts 16:16-24  - Mark 6:47-56

Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Virgin Mary

Almighty God, heavenly Father, we remember in thanksgiving this day the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and we pray that we all may be made one in the heavenly family of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

11 The Lord swore to David a sure oath

    from which he will not turn back:

  “One of the sons of your body

    I will set on your throne.

12 If your sons keep my covenant

    and my testimonies that I shall teach them,

    their sons also forever shall sit on your throne.”

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;

    he has desired it for his dwelling place:

14 “This is my resting place forever;

    here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

15 I will abundantly bless her provisions;

    I will satisfy her poor with bread.

16 Her priests I will clothe with salvation,

    and her saints will shout for joy.

17 There I will make a horn to sprout for David;

    I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

18 His enemies I will clothe with shame,

    but on him his crown will shine.”

                         

Psalm 132 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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1 Samuel 31:1-13  – Acts 15:12-21  - Mark 5:21-43

St James the Elder, Apostle

O gracious God, we remember before you today your servant and apostle James, first among the Twelve to suffer martyrdom for the Name of Jesus Christ; and we pray that you will pour out upon the leaders of your Church that spirit of self-denying service by which alone they may have true authority among your people; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen

1 O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge;

    save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,

2 lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,

    rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done this,

    if there is wrong in my hands,

4 if I have repaid my friend with evil

    or plundered my enemy without cause,

5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,

    and let him trample my life to the ground

    and lay my glory in the dust.

6 Arise, O Lord, in your anger;

    lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;

    awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.

7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;

    over it return on high.

8 The Lord judges the peoples;

    judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness

    and according to the integrity that is in me.

                         

Psalm 9 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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1 Samuel 28:3-20  – Acts 15:1-11  - Mark 5:1-20

Thomas a Kempis

Holy Father, who have nourished and strengthened your Church by the writings of your servant Thomas a Kempis: Grant that we may learn from him to know what we ought to know, to love what we ought to love, to praise what highly pleases you, and always to seek to know and follow your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen

1 I will bless the Lord at all times;

    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;

    let the humble hear and be glad.

3 O magnify the Lord with me,

    and let us exalt his name together.

4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me,

    and delivered me from all my fears.

5 Look to him, and be radiant;

    so your faces shall never be ashamed.

6 This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,

    and was saved from every trouble.

7 The angel of the Lord encamps

    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

8 O taste and see that the Lord is good;

    happy are those who take refuge in him.

                         

Psalm 34 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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1 Samuel 25:23-44  – Acts 14:19-28  - Mark 4:35-41

Birgitta of Sweden

Lord our God, you revealed the secrets of heaven to Birgitta of Sweden as she meditated of the suffering and death of your Son: Grant that your people may ever rejoice in the revelation of your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

 Revised – Philip H. Pfatteicher

1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;

    I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

2 I will be glad and exult in you;

    I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies turn back,

    they stumble and perish before your presence.

4 For you have maintained my just cause;

    you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

5 You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;

    you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;

    their cities you rooted out;

    the very memory of them has perished.

7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;

    he has established his throne for justice,

8 and he judges the world with righteousness;

    he judges the peoples with uprightness.

                         

Psalm 9 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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1 Samuel 25:1-22  – Acts 14:1-18  - Mark 4:21-34

Mary Magdalene

Almighty God, whose blessed Son restored Mary Magdalene to health of body and mind, and called her to be a witness of his resurrection: Mercifully grant that by your grace we may be healed of all our infirmities and know you in the power of his endless life; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

1 As a deer pants for flowing streams,

    so pants my soul for you, O God.

2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

   When shall I come and appear before God?

3 My tears have been my food day and night,

   while they say to me all the day long,

    “Where is your God?”

4 These things I remember, as I pour out my soul:

    how I would go with the throng

    and lead them in procession to the house of God

    with glad shouts and songs of praise,

    a multitude keeping festival.

5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,

    and why are you in turmoil within me?

   Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,

   my salvation 6 and my God.

My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you

   from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

7 Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls;

   all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.

                            

Psalm 42 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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1 Samuel 24:1-22  – Acts 13:44-52  - Mark 4:1-20

O God, who alone can probe the depths of the heart, you hear the prayer of the humble and justify the repentant sinner. As we stand before you, grant us the gift of humility, that we may see our own sins clearly and refrain from judging our neighbor. We make our prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.

Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the heavens;

    praise him in the heights!

2 Praise him, all his angels;

    praise him, all his hosts!

3 Praise him, sun and moon,

    praise him, all you shining stars!

4 Praise him, you highest heavens,

    and you waters above the heavens!

5 Let them praise the name of the Lord!

    For he commanded and they were created.

6 And he established them forever and ever;

    he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.

                         

Psalm 148 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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1 Samuel 21:1-15  – Acts 13:13-25  - Mark 3:7-19