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The Power of Prayer

James 5:13–20 Is any one among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick […]

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Exhortation to Perseverance

James 5:7–12 Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and the late rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not grumble, brethren, against

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Ad Completorium

With this Compline, the basic structure of which dates back to St. Benedict (6th century), we join the millennia-old tradition of the Divine Office of our Roman Catholic Church. We invite you to sing it with us and with the Church of all ages! The Office can also be listened to online here: Ad Completorium

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Responsibility before God

James 4:13–5:6 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and get gain”; whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought

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Officium Parvum B.M.V

The “Officium Parvum Beatae Virginis Mariae” is a beloved liturgical prayer in the Catholic world, dating back to the 8th century and widely used since the 10th century. The Officium Parvum can be prayed by the lay faithful as an alternative to the Breviary, so that it can be used every day of the year

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The key to true peace

James 4:1–12 What causes wars, and what causes fightings among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members? You desire and do not have; so you kill. And you covet and cannot obtain; so you fight and wage war. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not

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Wisdom from above

James 3:1-18 Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness. For we all make many mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. If we put bits

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