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Every morning, the team of women behind iBelieve.com bring you a devotional and prayer to help you start your day in conversation with God. The Bible tells us to bring our prayers and petitions before God and He WILL give us peace! May these daily prayers help you find the words to pray and focus your heart and mind on the love of God today.
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Consecrate your day to the Lord by committing your early mornings to the universal prayer of the Church. The Office of Lauds reminds the Christian that the first act of the day should be praise, and that one's thoughts should be of God before facing the cares of the day. Text of today's prayer is available at http://www.ibreviary.com/ Brought to you by the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Social Communication. Make it a daily habit. God bless your day.
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If you got the call you hoped never to get, remember Jesus invites us to ask him for everything we need. Cry out for healing, ask him to be present in the midst of the suffering, and remember he is worthy of our praise even when the news is not what we hoped for. - Amanda Idleman SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://w…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 27, 2024 |Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary "Jesus teaches us to see things with Christian realism and to face each problem with clear principles, but also with prudence and patience. This supposes a transcendent vision of history, in which it is known that everything belongs to God" (Saint John Paul II) Join the un…
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Victory over sinful thoughts starts with dependence upon God to stay free from enslaving sin. It’s a life lived with a surrendered mouth and heart before God. Winning requires us to remember our Rock, who rescues us and gives us a firm standing place, and our Redeemer, who rescues us from total loss. - Jessica Van Roekel SUBSCRIBE to our sister pod…
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Morning Prayer -FRIDAY, 26 July 2024 |Memorial of Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 26, 2024 ||Memorial of Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary According to tradition, Mary spent her life at the temple from the time she was a little girl. Her parents, Joachim and Anne, presented their young daughter to the temple for service and study, in thanksgiving for the great gift God had g…
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How do we sleep when our body and mind tell us that we are about to die? My friends, I have been here more times than I’d like to admit. With this, I have learned strategies to fall asleep again, as well as prayer that releases stress. - Kelly Balarie SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-de…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 24, 2024 |Feast of St. James, Apostle “The redemption won by Christ consists in this, that he came ‘to give his life as a ransom for many’ (Mt 20:28), that is, he ‘loved [his own] to the end’ (Jn 13:1), so that they might be ‘ransomed from the futile ways inherited from [their] fathers’ (I Pt 1:18)” (Catechism of the …
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Open your home to Jesus. Invite him in and prepare to give him your best, but don’t leave him sitting alone. Take the time to sit at His feet and listen as He fills you with the necessary Words of Truth you need to live this life. Then make that choice over and over again. May we all choose what is right, better, and the good portion each and every…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 24, 2024 |Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time “The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or good earth for the word? What use has he made of the talents he has received? Jesus and the presence of the kingdom in this world are secretly at the heart of the parables.” (Catechism Of The Catholic Church, Nº 5…
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God calls marriage good, but often some people try to console singles who long to be married by making light of their desire, encouraging them to set it aside and focus more on other things that make them happy. - Lynette Kittle SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bib…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 23, 2024 |Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time “Becoming a disciple of Jesus means accepting the invitation to belong to God's family, to live in conformity with His way of life: ‘For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother’ (Mt 12:49).” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nº 2233)…
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When we fully understand God's sufficiency and deep love for us, we can truly start to believe that we are enough because of Him. - Heidi Vegh SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse Discover more Christian pod…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 22, 2024 |Feast of St. Mary Magdalene “How beautiful it is to think that the first appearance of the Risen One —according to the Gospels— happened in such a personal way! That there is someone who knows us, who sees our suffering and disappointment, who is moved by us, and calls us by name.” (Pope Francis) Join the un…
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If you are wrestling with a tattered and torn friendship today, take it to Jesus and ask him to grant you peace. Then, ask him to give you opportunities to extend his love back to others. - Alicia Searl SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.life…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 21, 2024 | Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time COLLECT PRAYER Show favor, O Lord, to your servants and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace, that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity, they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in …
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Who God is should spark gratefulness in us that cannot be squelched by any raging firestorm this world throws at us. - Meg Bucher SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse Discover more Christian podcasts at life…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 20, 2024 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary “Jesus, true God and true man, ‘stripped’ himself, emptied himself, assumed the likeness of men in all things save sin, so as to behave as a servant totally dedicated to serving others.” (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you…
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Have you ever made a promise and, with the busyness of life, unintentionally neglected to follow through? As a mother of three young girls, this happens more often than I admit. - Laura Bailey SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifeaudio.com/…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 19, 2024 | Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time “God's [Jesus] words have come down to us, through the Gospels, as a synthesis of the entire Christian message: true religion consists in love of God and neighbor.” (Benedict XVI) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and su…
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Do you look forward to heaven? If I am being honest, my heart can be so focused on the now and building my “earthly kingdom” that I often miss the joy of focusing my thoughts and heart on eternal joys. - Emma Danzey SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: htt…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 18, 2024 | Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time “The meekness and humility of Jesus become attractive to those who are called to enter his school: 'Learn from me'. Jesus is ‘the faithful’ witness of the love with which God nourishes man.” (Saint John Paul II) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherev…
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Nobody has more experience in offering a pardon to wrongdoers than the Lord. No one is more justified to judge than the Father—but he offers forgiveness. And so must we follow. - Chris Eyte SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifeaudio.com/you…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 17, 2024 | Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time “I am a very little soul who can only offer very little things to God.” (Saint Therese of Lisieux) Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever you are. Listen, share and subscribe here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Drix5cHFQEFXbvmGAsqsR https://podcas…
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Jesus loves the lost, and so should we. He is very much still at work in the world today and invites every believer to participate. He is growing His Kingdom, and the best is yet to come! - Megan Evans SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifea…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 16, 2024 | Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a title given to Mary as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The Carmelites devote their lives to a relationship with Jesus, prayer, contemplation, and virtues, attributes they associate closely with the Blessed Virgin. (https://mycatholic.life)…
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Sidelined again. After years of strengthening my body and treating old injuries, I had finally been able to enjoy the thing on this earth I love the most …running. - Meg Bucher SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible…
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Morning Prayer -MONDAY, 15 July 2024 | Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 15, 2024 | Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church “The Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace, shared until his martyrdom her Son Jesus' fight with the Devil. Let us invoke her motherly intercession so that she may help us always to be witnesses of Christ's peace and never to sink so low as to make compromi…
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We can’t live a perfect life, but we can choose compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience daily. - Laura Bailey SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaud…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 14, 2024 | 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time COLLECT PRAYER O God, who show the light of your truth to those who go astray, so that they may return to the right path, give all who for the faith they profess are accounted Christians the grace to reject whatever is contrary to the name of Christ and to strive after all that …
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Have you ever been invited into Christian community? It is so refreshing to feel accepted and welcomed. - Emma Danzey SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com an…
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 13, 2024 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary “The term ‘soul’ ... refers to the innermost aspect of man, that which is of greatest value in him, that by which he is most especially in God's image: ‘soul’ signifies the spiritual principle in man.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nº 363) Join the universal Church i…
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The purpose of our prayers is to communicate with our Creator, who sees and knows all and loves us anyway. So, as Psalm 145:18 says, “Just call upon Him.” - Alicia Searl SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-daily-bible-verse …
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LISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 12, 2024 |14th Week in Ordinary Time “We can therefore hope in the glory of heaven promised by God to those who love him and do his will. In every circumstance, each one of us should hope, with the grace of God, to persevere ‘to the end’ ...” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nº 1821) Join the universal Church in pra…
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It can be hard to accept the free gift of grace when we don’t feel like we deserve it. But in Jesus' kingdom, we do not live by the world's rules of deserving or undeserving. - Heidi Vegh SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts: The Crosswalk Devotional: https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-devotional Your Daily Bible Verse: https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-…
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