St. Augustine's catholic church Owevwe, Ughelli

14/08/2026

14/08/2026

Lord have mercy, Oh Lord have mercy

16/07/2026

Date16/07/2026
Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Word of the day is a daily podcast featuring the readings in the Vatican liturgical calendar accompanied by a commentary from one of the Popes of recent times.

Reading of the day
A reading from the Book of Isaiah
26:7-9, 12, 16-19

The way of the just is smooth;
the path of the just you make level.
Yes, for your way and your judgments, O LORD,
we look to you;
Your name and your title
are the desire of our souls.
My soul yearns for you in the night,
yes, my spirit within me keeps vigil for you;
When your judgment dawns upon the earth,
the world's inhabitants learn justice.
O LORD, you mete out peace to us,
for it is you who have accomplished all we have done.

O LORD, oppressed by your punishment,
we cried out in anguish under your chastising.
As a woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pains,
so were we in your presence, O LORD.
We conceived and writhed in pain,
giving birth to wind;
Salvation we have not achieved for the earth,
the inhabitants of the world cannot bring it forth.
But your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise;
awake and sing, you who lie in the dust.
For your dew is a dew of light,
and the land of shades gives birth.

Gospel of the day
From the Gospel according to Matthew
11:28-30

Jesus said:
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

The words of the Popes
The Lord’s invitation is surprising: He calls to follow Him people who are lowly and burdened by a difficult life; He calls to follow Him people who have many needs, and He promises them that in Him they will find rest and relief. (…) This means those who cannot rely on their own means, nor on important friendships. They can only trust in God. Conscious of their humble and wretched condition, they know that they depend on the Lord’s mercy, awaiting from Him the only help possible. At last, in Jesus’ invitation they find the response they have been waiting for. Becoming his disciples they receive the promise of finding rest for all their life. (…) The yoke which the poor and the oppressed bear is the same yoke that He bore before them: for this reason the yoke is light. He took upon his shoulders the pain and the sins of the whole of humanity. For a disciple, therefore, receiving Jesus’ yoke means receiving his revelation and accepting it: in Him God’s mercy takes on mankind’s poverty, thus giving the possibility of salvation to everyone. (…) The Lord teaches us not to be afraid to follow Him, because the hope that we place in Him will never disappoint. Thus, we are called to learn from Him what it means to live on mercy so as to be instruments of mercy. (Pope Francis, General Audience, 14 September 2016)

16/07/2026

Oh Lord continue to bless and keep us daily
Amen



Like and say amen

16/07/2026

OREMUS:

P: Deus, qui nobis subsacramento mirabili, passionis tuae memoriam reliquist: ita nos corporis et sanguinis tui sacra mysteria venerari, ut redemptionis tuae fructum in nobis iugiter sentiamus. Qui vivis et regnas in saecul saeculorum.

C: Amen.

16/07/2026

HYMN 255 [254] MY TIMES ARE IN THY HAND
VERSE 1
My times are in Thy Hands,
My God, I wish them there;
My life, my friends, my soul I leave
Entirely to Thy care.
VERSE 2
My times are in Thy Hand,
Whatever they may be,
Pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
As best may seem to Thee.
VERSE 3
My times are in Thy Hand,
Why should I doubt or fear?

A Father's Hand will never cause
His child a needless tear.
VERSE 4
My times are in Thy Hand,
Jesus the crucified;
The Hand my cruel sins hand pierced
Is now my guard and guide.
VERSE 5
My times are in Thy Hand,
I'll always trust in Thee,
And after death at Thy right Hand
I shall for ever be.

16/07/2026

HYMN 13 [1] ALL PEOPLE THAT ON EARTH (PSALM 100)

Key G:
VERSE 1
si:li.tid.li:sifi:mi

All people that on earth do dwell,
m:r.tid.r:dli:ti

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;ti:dli:si.mifi.si:li

Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell.
r:d.tid.li:siti:d

Come ye before him, and rejoice.
VERSE 2
Know that the Lord is God indeed;
Without our aid he did us make;
We are his flock, he doth us feed,
And for his sheep he doth us take.
VERSE 3
O enter then his gates with praise;
Approach with joy his courts so true;
Laud, and bless His name always.
For it is seemly so to do.
VERSE 4
For why, the Lord our God is good;
His mercy is forever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.
VERSE 5
To Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
The God whom heaven and earth adore.
From men and from the angel host
Be praise and glory evermore.

15/07/2026

HYMN 13 [1] ALL PEOPLE THAT ON EARTH (PSALM 100)

Key G:
VERSE 1
si:li.tid.li:sifi:mi

All people that on earth do dwell,
m:r.tid.r:dli:ti

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;ti:dli:si.mifi.si:li

Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell.
r:d.tid.li:siti:d

Come ye before him, and rejoice.
VERSE 2
Know that the Lord is God indeed;
Without our aid he did us make;
We are his flock, he doth us feed,
And for his sheep he doth us take.
VERSE 3
O enter then his gates with praise;
Approach with joy his courts so true;
Laud, and bless His name always.
For it is seemly so to do.
VERSE 4
For why, the Lord our God is good;
His mercy is forever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.
VERSE 5
To Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
The God whom heaven and earth adore.
From men and from the angel host
Be praise and glory evermore.

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