Lou Recine, OFS

Home Again and Again (A memoir with a message: finding home wherever you are)

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

This is a delightful Middle Grade novel, by my friend, Erik Meyer. It’s available on amazon. Find out out more about it there and at https://t.co/7ByOXUceam where you can hear a sample from it. ☀️

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Show us your #goodness, present in every creature, — that we may contemplate your glory everywhere. Christ, King of Glory, be our light and our #joy.” -Intercessions, Sun., Aug. 30 Morning Prayer, Liturgy of the Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“You sent your disciples to John, and he gave witness to the #truth. He was like a brightly shining #light.” -Responsory, Sat., Aug. 29 Morning Prayer, LitOfHrs-Memorial, Death of St. John the Baptist.
(“St. John the Baptist,” Battista d'Agnolo (1512–1573), Wikimedia Commons)

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“You inspire us, O Lord, to delight in praising you, because you made us for yourself; our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” -Ant. 4, Fri., Aug. 28 Morn Pryr, LitOfHrs-St. Augustine.
(St. Augustine fresco, Lateran in Rome, unknown author, 6th c., Wikimedia Commons)

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“The thoughts of my heart are always before you, O Lord. — You are my help and my redeemer.” -Thursday, August 27 Office of Readings, #Liturgy of Hours.
(Art: Catherine Kay Greenup, NE England, Unsplash)

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The liturgy is not merely an outward observance, but a living encounter with God. Let us participate in the liturgy consciously, devoutly, and actively, so that we may grow in faith. #GeneralAudience

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Lord, you are the source of unfailing #light. Give us true knowledge of your #mercy so that we may renounce our pride and be filled with the riches of your house.” -Psalm-prayer, Wed., Aug. 26 Morn Prayer, Lit Of Hrs.
(“Prodigal Son” etching, 1636, Rembrandt, Wikimedia Commons)

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Lord, you hear the #prayer of the poor; you strengthen their hearts; you turn your ear to protect the rights of the orphan and oppressed.” -Psalm 10, Tue., Aug. 25 Office of Readings, #Liturgy of Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Strengthen in us, O Lord, the faith, by which the blessed Apostle Bartholomew clung wholeheartedly to your Son.” -Concluding Prayer, Monday, August 24 Morn Pryr, #Liturgy of Hrs-St. Bartholomew, Apostle
(“The Apostle Bartholomew,” Emmanuel Tzanes, c. 1655-90, Wikimedia Commons)

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Father, help us to seek the values that will bring us lasting #joy in this changing world.” -Concluding #Prayer, Sunday, August 23 Morning Prayer, #Liturgy of Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Call on me in the day of distress. I will free you and you shall honor me.” -Psalm 50, Sat., Aug. 22 Office of Readings, #Liturgy of Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“By waiting and by #calm you shall be saved, in #quiet and in trust your strength lies.” -Isaiah 30, Fri., Aug. 21 Office of Readings, #Liturgy of Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Their own strength could not save them; it was your strength and the light of your face.” -Antiphon 1, Thursday, August 20 Office of Readings, #Liturgy of Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“O God, who have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, fill our hearts, we pray, with the warmth of your #love.” -Concluding Prayer, Wed., Aug. 19 Office of Readings, #Liturgy of Hours.
(Art: Catherine Kay Greenup, California, Unsplash)

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Long ago you founded the earth and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish but you will remain.” - Psalm 102, Tuesday, August 18 Office of Readings, #Liturgy of Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“O Lord, you have been our refuge
from one generation to the next …. 
you are #God, without beginning or end.” - Psalm 90, Mon., Aug. 17 Morning Prayer, #Liturgy of Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“God our Father, may we #love you in all things and above all things and reach the #joy you have prepared for us beyond all our imagining.” - Concluding Prayer, Sun., Aug. 16 Morning Prayer, #Liturgy of Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Let us glorify our #Savior, who chose the Virgin Mary for his mother. Let us ask him: May your mother intercede for us, Lord.” -Intercessions, Sat., Aug. 15 Morning Prayer, #Liturgy of Hours-Assumption of Mary.
(“Annunciation,” Leonardo da Vinci, Wikimedia Commons)

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Lord, answer, for your #love is kind; in your #compassion, turn towards me …. answer quickly for I am in distress. Come close to my soul and #redeem me.” -Psalm 69, Friday, August 14 Office of Readings, #Liturgy of Hours.
(Photo: Guillaume de Germain, France, Unsplash)

[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

“Make us know the shortness of our life that we may gain #wisdom of heart.” -Thu., Aug. 13 Office of Readings, #Liturgy of Hours.
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[Lou Recine, OFS @louv4pi]

@Dan_Christensen Wow!!!😮