Catholic Morning Offering, Friday, September 5, 2025

Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!

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The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory:  A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.

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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Starting the morning off with God is the key to
strength and success in yourday.
Good morning! Today is Friday,September 5, 2025.
Please join me in praying themorning offering prayer and
prayers for our Holy Father.
In the name of the Father, andof the Son, and of the Holy

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Spirit.
Amen.
O Jesus, through the ImmaculateHeart of Mary, I offer you my
prayers, works, joys, andsufferings of this day, for all
the intentions of your SacredHeart, in union with the holy
sacrifice of the Mass throughoutthe world, for the salvation of
souls, the reparation of sins,the reunion of all Christians,

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and in particular, for the holyintentions of the Holy Father
this month.
Amen.
Prayers for Our Father who artin heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will bedone, Give us this day our daily

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bread, and forgive us ourtrespasses, as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, theLord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, prayfor us sinners, now and at the

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hour of our death.
Amen.
Quote from Saint AlphonsusLiguori.

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Mary was the most perfect amongthe saints, only because she was
always perfectly united to thewill of God.
Meditation of the Day, anexcerpt from Augustine Day by
Day, by St.
Augustine, page 144.
Walking by faith, let us do goodworks.

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In these, let there be a freelove of God for His own sake and
an active love for our neighbor,for there is nothing we can do
for God.
But because we have something wecan do for our neighbor, we
shall, by our good offices tothe needy, gain the favor of Him
who is the source of allabundance.
Let us then do what we can forothers.

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Let us freely bestow upon theneedy out of our abundance.
Scripture verse of the day Thisis the day that the Lord has
made.
Let us rejoice and be glad init.
Psalm 118 verse 24 Saint of theDay The Saint of the Day for
September 5th is Saint MotherTeresa of Calcutta.

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Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuttalived between 1910 and 1997.
She was known simply as MotherTeresa.
She was born to a family ofAlbanian descent in what is now
Macedonia.
As a young girl, Mother Teresawas fascinated by stories she
heard of missionaries serving inIndia.
By age 12, she discerned avocation to the religious life,

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and at the age joined theSisters of Loreto as a
missionary to India.
She chose her religious nameafter Saint Therese of Lisieux,
the patron saint ofmissionaries.
She arrived in Calcutta, Indiain 1929 and taught at a
schoolhouse for wealthychildren, eventually becoming
headmistress.
She enjoyed her work, but becameincreasingly disturbed by the

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extreme poverty and societalunrest she observed around her.
In 1946, she received a callwithin a call.
and began her own religiousorder in Calcutta dedicated to
ministering to, in her words,the hungry, the naked, the
homeless, the crippled, theblind, the lepers, all those

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people who feel unwanted,unloved, uncared for throughout
society, people that have becomea burden to the society and are
shunned by everyone.
This order was established in1950 with 12 sisters and named
the Missionaries of Charity.
By the time of her death, onSeptember 5, 1997, the

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Missionaries of Charity hadgrown to 4,000 sisters,
operating 610 missions in 123countries.
She received the Pope John XXIIIPeace Prize and the Nobel Peace
Prize for her inspiring workwith social outcasts.
Mother Teresa was canonized byPope Francis on September 4,
2016.

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Saint Teresa of Calcutta, prayfor us.
Readings for Holy Mass forFriday of the 22nd week in
Ordinary Time A reading from theletter of St.
Paul to the Colossians, chapter1, verses 15-20 Brothers and
sisters, Christ Jesus is theimage of the invisible God, the

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firstborn of all creation.
For in him were created allthings in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,whether thrones or dominions or
principalities or powers.
All things were created He isthe beginning, the firstborn

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from the dead, that in allthings he himself might be
preeminent.
For in him all the fullness waspleased to dwell, and through
him to reconcile all things forhim, making peace by the blood
of his cross, through him,whether those on earth or those
in heaven.
The Word of the Lord.

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Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 100.
Enter his gates withthanksgiving.

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Come with joy into the presenceof the Lord.
For he is good, the Lord, whosekindness endures forever and his
faithfulness through allgenerations.
Come with joy into the presenceof the Lord.

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A reading from the Holy Gospelaccording to Luke, chapter 5,
verses 33-39.
Jesus answered them, The Biblesays, The Gospel of the Lord

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Prayer of Spiritual CommunionAmen.

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Prayer to Saint Joseph Oglorious Saint Joseph, chosen by

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God to be the guardian of theHoly Family, whose protection is
so great, so strong, in unionwith the Blessed Virgin Mary and
our Savior Jesus Christ, senddown from heaven a blessing from
God to protect us from any harm,strengthen us in body, soul, and
spirit.
We ask this through thy powerfulintercession.

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Holy Family, pray for us.
Amen.
Guardian Angel Prayer O angel ofGod, my guardian dear, to whom
God's love commits me here, everthis day be at my side, to light
and guard, to rule and guide.
Amen.
Prayer to Saint Michael theArchangel Saint Michael the

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Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against thewickedness and snares of the
devil.
May God rebuke him, we humblypray.
And do thou, O Prince of theHeavenly Host, by the power of
God, cast into hell Satan andall the evil spirits who prowl
throughout the world seeking theruin of souls.
Amen.

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The Three Hail Marys DevotionThe third Hail Mary, in honor of

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God, the Holy Spirit.

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Memorare to the Blessed VirginMary Remember, O Most Gracious
Virgin Mary, that never was itknown that anyone who fled to
thy protection, implored thyhelp, or sought thy
intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, Ifly unto thee, O Virgin of
Virgins, my Mother.

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To thee do I come, before thee Istand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate,despise not my petitions, but in
thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.
Oh my God, I firmly believe thatyou are one God in three divine

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persons, Father, Son, and HolySpirit.
I believe that your divine Sonbecame man, died for our sins,
and that he will come to judgethe living and the dead.
I believe these and all thetruths which the Holy Catholic
Church teaches, because you haverevealed them, who can neither
deceive nor be deceived.

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In this faith I intend to liveand die.
Amen.
Act of Hope Oh my God, relyingon your almighty power, infinite
mercy and promises, I hope toobtain pardon for my sins, the
help of your grace and the lifeeverlasting, through the merits
of Jesus Christ, my Lord andRedeemer.

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Amen.
Act of Love Oh my God, I loveyou above all things with my
whole heart and soul because youare all good and worthy of all
love.
I love my neighbor as myself forthe love I forgive all who have
injured me and ask pardon of allwhom I have injured.

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Act of Resignation to the DivineWill O Lord my God, from this

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moment do I accept from thyhands, with burning love and
sincere contrition, with a calmand willing disposition,
whatsoever death thou shaltchoose to send me, with its
pains and griefs.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, andof the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
Amen.
Starting the morning off withGod is the key to strength and

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success in your day.