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November 14, 2025 15 mins

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


Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day,  and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.


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Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.


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 Saturday, novemberfifteenth, twenty twenty five.
Please join me in praying themorning offering prayer and
prayers for our Holy Father.
In the name of the Father and ofthe Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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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 the Holy FatherAlmighty and everlasting God,
have mercy upon thy servant,Pope Leo XV, our Supreme
Pontiff, and direct himaccording to thy loving kindness
in the way of eternal salvation,that of thy gift he may ever

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desire that which is pleasingunto thee, and may accomplish it
with all his might, throughChrist our Lord, amen.
Our Father who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will bedone, on earth as it is in
heaven.
Give us this day our dailybread, and forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive thosewho trespass against us, and

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lead us not into temptation, butdeliver 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
hour of our death, amen.
Glory be to the Father and tothe Son and to the Holy Spirit,

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as it was in the beginning, isnow, and ever shall be, world
without end, amen.
In the name of the Father and ofthe Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
amen.
Quote from Saint Basil the GreatWhen you sit down to eat, pray.
When you eat bread, do so,thanking him for being so

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generous to you.
If you drink wine, be mindful ofhim who has given it to you for
your pleasure and as a relief insickness.
When you dress, thank him forhis kindness in providing you
with clothes.
When you look at the sky and thebeauty of the stars, throw
yourself at God's feet and adorehim who in his wisdom has

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arranged things in this way.
Similarly, when the sun goesdown and when it rises, when you
are asleep or awake, give thanksto God, who created and arranged
all things for your benefit, tohave you know, love, and praise
their creator.
Meditation of the day an excerptfrom The Ways of Mental Prayer

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by Reverend Dom Vitalis La Hode,page ninety nine.
Prayer is more the work of theheart than of the head.
It should, therefore, be simple,effective, and sincere.
Let not the mind then wearyitself in seeking for beautiful
thoughts and sonorous phrases.
We meditate not to prepare afinished sermon, nor to address

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God with fine rhetoric, but tonourish our soul with
reflections which may enlightenand move us and excite holy and
generous resolutions.
We make these reflections forourselves alone.
Let them then be simple as wellas pious.
In affections likewise, we seekfor the practice of virtue, and

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not for the pleasures of arefined egotism.
Let us never confound oursensible feelings with our will,
or mere emotion with devotion.
None of these acts need be madewith a feverish ardor, nor in a
tone of enthusiastic fervor.
Above all, our prayers should bethe faithful echo of our

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interior dispositions, ouraffections should express the
sentiments which reign in ourheart, or which we wish to form
there, our petitions shouldproceed from a real desire, our
every resolution should be afirm purpose of the will, and
thus our whole soul will beupright and sincere before God.

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Scripture verse of the day.
All of these died in faithwithout having received the
promises, but from a distancethey saw and greeted them.
They confessed that they werestrangers and foreigners on the
earth.
Hebrews chapter eleven versethirteen.
Saint of the Day The Saint ofthe Day for November 15th is

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Saint Albert the Great.
Saint Albert the Great livedbetween 1206 and 1280.
He was born in Bavaria, Germany,the eldest son of a powerful
military count.
As a youth he was sent to studyat the University of Padua,
where he encountered and enteredthe newly found Dominican Order
as a mendicant friar, forsakinghis inheritance against his

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family's wishes.
He was the first Dominican toearn a Master of Theology degree
and was sent as a lecturer tothe University of Paris, which
at that time was theintellectual center of Europe,
before launching a DominicanHouse of Studies in Cologne.
He introduced the works ofAristotle to Western thought,
which allowed his most brilliantstudent, Saint Thomas Aquinas,

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to synthesize the Catholic faithwith human reason, that is, the
truths established throughphilosophy.

unknown (05:37):
St.

SPEAKER_00 (05:37):
Albert the Great was a renowned scholar and a pioneer
in the field of natural science,keeping his own laboratory for
scientific experiments.
He is known as one of thegreatest thinkers of his day,
called by his contemporaries theteacher of everything there is
to know, for writing anencyclopedia of all human
knowledge up to that point inhistory.

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Saint Albert the Great was alsoone of the most famous preachers
of his day and served as thepapal theologian in Rome.
He was declared a doctor of theChurch in 1931 by Pope Pius XI.
Saint Albert the Great is thepatron saint of scientists and
philosophers.
Saint Albert the Great, pray forus.

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Readings for Holy Mass forSaturday of the thirty second
week in ordinary time.
A reading from the Book ofWisdom, chapter eighteen verses
fourteen through sixteen andchapter nineteen verses six
through nine.
When peaceful stillnesscompassed everything, and the
night in its swift course washalf spent, your all powerful

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word from heaven's royal thronebounded, a fierce warrior into
the doomed land, bearing thesharp sword of your inexorable
decree, and as he alighted, hefilled every place with death,
he still reached to heaven whilehe stood upon the earth.
For all creation, in its severalkinds, was being made over anew,

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serving its natural laws thatyour children might be preserved
unharmed.
The cloud overshadowed theircamp, and out of what had before
been water, dry land was seenemerging, out of the Red Sea an
unimpeded road and a grassyplain out of the mighty flood.
Over this crossed the wholenation sheltered by your hand,

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after they beheld stupendouswonders, for they ranged about
like horses and bounded aboutlike lambs, praising you, O
Lord, their deliverer.
The word of the LordResponsorial Psalm Psalm one
hundred five.
Remember the marvels the Lordhas done.
Sing to him, sing his praise,proclaim all his wondrous deeds,

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glory in his holy name.
Rejoice, O hearts that seek theLord.
Remember the marvels the Lordhas done.
Then he struck every firstbornthroughout their land, the first
fruits of all their manhood, andhe led them forth laden with
silver and gold, with not aweakling among their tribes.

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Remember the marvels the Lordhas done.
For he remembered his holy wordto his servant Abraham, and he
led forth his people with joy,with shouts of joy, his chosen
ones.
Remember the marvels the Lordhas done.
A reading from the Holy Gospelaccording to Luke, chapter

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eighteen verses one througheight.
Jesus told his disciples aparable about the necessity for
them to pray always withoutbecoming weary.
He said There was a judge in acertain town who neither feared
God nor respected any humanbeing, and a widow in that town
used to come to him and say,Render a just decision for me

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against my adversary.
For a long time the judge wasunwilling, but eventually he
thought, While it is true that Ineither fear God nor respect any
human being, because this widowkeeps bothering me, I shall
deliver a just decision for herlest she finally come and strike
me.
The Lord said, Pay attention towhat the dishonest judge says.

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Will not God, then, secure therights of his chosen ones, who
call out to him day and night?
Will he be slow to answer them?
I tell you, he will see to itthat justice is done for them
speedily.
But when the Son of Man comes,will he find faith on earth?
The gospel of the Lord Prayer ofSpiritual Communion In the name

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of the Father and of the Son andof the Holy Spirit, amen.
My Jesus, I believe that you arepresent in the most blessed
sacrament.
I love you above all things, andI desire to receive you into my
soul.
Since I cannot now receive yousacramentally, come at least
spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you werealready there, and unite myself

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wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separatedfrom you.
Amen.
Morning Glory ConsecrationPrayer Mary, my mother, I give
myself totally to you as yourpossession and property.
Please make of me, of all that Iam and have, whatever most
pleases you.
Let me be a fit instrument inyour immaculate and merciful

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hands for bringing the greatestpossible glory to God.
Amen.
Prayer to Saint Joseph.
O glorious Saint Joseph, chosenby God to be the guardian of the
Holy Family, whose protection isso great, so strong, in union
with the Blessed Virgin Mary andour Savior Jesus Christ, send

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down from heaven a blessing fromGod to protect us from any harm,
strengthen us in body, soul, andspirit.
We ask this through thy powerfulintercession.
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

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and guard, to rule and guide,amen.
Prayer to Saint Michael theArchangel.
Saint Michael the 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
the Heavenly Host, by the powerof God, cast into hell Satan and

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all the evil spirits, who prowlthroughout the world, seeking
the ruin of souls, amen.
The three Hail Mary's DevotionThe first Hail Mary, in honor of
God the Father.
Hail Mary, full of grace, theLord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb, Jesus.

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Holy Mary, Mother of God, prayfor us sinners, now and at the
hour of our death, amen.
The second Hail Mary in honor ofGod the Son.
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.
The third Hail Mary, in honor ofGod, the Holy Spirit.
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
hour of our death, amen.
O my mother, preserve my soulfrom mortal sin during this day.

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Amen.
Memori to the Blessed VirginMary.
Remember, O most gracious VirginMary, that never was it known
that anyone who fled to thyprotection, implored thy help,
or sought thy intercession, wasleft unaided.
Inspired by this confidence Ifly unto thee, O Virgin of

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Virgins, my mother, to thee do Icome, before thee I stand,
sinful and sorrowful.
O mother of the Word incarnate,despise not my petitions, but in
thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.
Act of Faith.
O 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.
In this faith I intend to liveand die.

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Amen.
Act of hope.
O my God, relying on youralmighty power, infinite mercy
and promises, I hope to obtainpardon for my sins, the help of
your grace, and the lifeeverlasting, through the merits
of Jesus Christ, my Lord andRedeemer.
Amen.
Act of love.

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O my God, I love you above allthings with my whole heart and
soul, because you are all goodand worthy of all love.
I love my neighbor as myself forthe love of you.
I forgive all who have injuredme and ask pardon of all whom I
have injured.
Amen.
Prayer for the poor souls inpurgatory.

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O gentle heart of Jesus, everpresent in the Blessed
Sacrament, ever consumed withburning love for the poor
captive souls in purgatory, havemercy on them.
Be not severe in thy judgment,but let some drops of thy
precious blood fall upon thedevouring flames.
Merciful Savior, send thy angelsto conduct them to a place of

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refreshment, light, and peace.
Amen.
Act of resignation to the divinewill.
O Lord my God, from this momentdo I accept from thy hands with
burning love and sincerecontrition, with a calm and
willing disposition, whatsoeverdeath thou shalt choose to send
me with its pains and griefs.

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Amen.
In the name of the Father and ofthe Son and of the Holy Spirit,
amen.
Starting the morning off withGod is the key to strength and
success in your day.
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