# Monday, July 27, 2026 *Today’s Prayer for Monday in the 17ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time.* [[#☀️ Morning Offering|Morning Offering]] | [[#🕰️ Liturgy of the Hours|Liturgy of the Hours]] | [[#📖 Daily Readings & Verse|Daily Readings]] | [[#🕊️ Today's Meditation|Today's Meditation]] > ***[[day-27-daily-prayer-for-seminarians-and-priests|Day 27 - Let us pray for seminarians Erick Herrera-Valentínez and Milo Avera]]*** # ☀️ Morning Offering > [!quote] Carmelite Morning Offering (St. Thérèse) > O my God, I offer You all my actions of this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works, by uniting them to Its infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of Its merciful love. O my God, I ask of You for myself and for those whom I hold dear the grace to know You, and to know and fulfill perfectly Your holy will, to accept for love of You the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in Heaven for all eternity. Amen. [[20260728-morning-offering|Next →]] ## 🕰️ Liturgy of the Hours > [!links] Universalis & Office > - OCD Proper: [[07-27-blessed-titus-brandsma]] | [Morning Prayer (Lauds)](http://www.universalis.com/20260727/lauds.htm) > - [Evening Prayer (Vespers)](http://www.universalis.com/20260727/vespers.htm) | [Night Prayer (Compline)](http://www.universalis.com/20260727/compline.htm) ## 📖 Daily Readings & Verse > [!cite] Daily Readings > **Verse:** "And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it."John 14:13-14 > > **Resources:** [USCCB Readings](http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/072726.cfm) | [Daily Reflections (Evangeli.net)](https://evangeli.net/gospel) ## 🕊️ Today's Meditation > [!abstract]- Daily Reflection > "The accidents of life separate us from our dearest friends, but let us not despair. God is like a looking glass in which souls see each other. The more we are united to Him by love, the nearer we are to those who belong to Him."St. Elizabeth Ann Seton > > “There is nothing to be dreaded in human ills except sin—not poverty, or disease, or insult, or ill treatment, or dishonor, or death, which people call the worst of evils. To those who love spiritual wisdom, these things are only the names of disasters, names that have no substance. No, the true disaster is to offend God, to do anything that displeases him.”—St. John Chrysostom, p. 334 > [!abstract]- Divine Intimacy Meditation > [[253-the-precept-of-charity|Meditation #253, The Precept of Charity - O Lord, teach me to love You truly, with my whole heart, my whole soul, and with all my strength]] ## 🏛️ Saint of the Day: Pope St. Celestine I > [!info]+ The Cloud of Witnesses > > > Pope St. Celestine I (d. 432 A.D.) was a Roman deacon who was elected Supreme Pontiff in 422 A.D. He was a contemporary of St. Augustine, and it is said that the two were good friends. He also lived with St. Ambrose in Milan prior to serving in Rome. Pope St. Celestine lead the Church for nine years during a troubled time of social upheaval. Within the Church there were multiple dangerous heresies spreading and corrupting the faith of the people, especially Nestorianism and Pelagianism, which he staunchly fought against, and for this he is known as a defender of orthodox doctrine. Outside the Church, barbarian hordes were invading the West, leading to the collapse of the Roman Empire. Pope St. Celestine I worked to restore the churches that were attacked when Alaric the Goth sacked Rome. He also established the papal diplomatic service to send ambassadors, known as nuncios, from the Vatican to other governments around the world. He is also the Holy Father who sent St. Patrick to evangelize Ireland, and who introduced the responsorial psalm into the papal Mass at Rome. His feast day is July 27th. ## 🕯️ Monthly Devotion: Month of The Precious Blood > [!attention]- Focus: Month of The Precious Blood > > > “Prayer to the Precious Blood” written by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton:LordJesus, by faith in Your merits, I now take Your Precious Blood and sprinkle it over myself and my family right from the crown of my head to the very soles of my feet. I claim total and complete protection for my life and my family.Lord Jesus, keep me free today from evil, sin, temptation, Satan’s attacks and afflictions, fear of darkness, fear of man, sickness, diseases, doubts, anger, all calamities and from all that is not of thy Kingdom.Fill me, Lord Jesus, with the gift of Your Holy Spirit, and grant me the gifts of wisdom, knowledge, understanding and discernment so that I will live today in Your glory by doing that which is right. Amen. ## 🙏 Daily Prayers > [!todo]- Daily Prayers > **Spiritual Communion:** My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. > > **Prayer for the Dead:** In Your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters. In this life You embraced them with Your tender love; deliver them now from every evil and bid them eternal rest. > > **For the Holy Father:** Almighty and everlasting God, have mercy upon Thy servant, our Supreme Pontiff, and direct him, according to Thy loving kindness, in the way of eternal salvation. --- [[20260726-morning-offering|← Previous]] | [[Calendar|Liturgical Calendar]] | [[20260728-morning-offering|Next →]]