{"id":310,"date":"2019-07-30T16:01:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T15:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:25:27","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--Show today's date-->\n\n <style>\n    .date {\n      font-size: 1.1em;\n      font-weight: bold;\n      text-align: center;\n      color: #0033CC;\n    }\n  <\/style>\n<p> <\/p><div class=\"date\" id=\"todayDate\"><\/div><p><\/p>\n\n  <script>\n    const todaya = new Date();\n    const options = { weekday: 'long', year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' };\n    const formattedDate = todaya.toLocaleDateString('en-GB', options);\n\n    document.getElementById('todayDate').textContent = `${formattedDate}`;\n  <\/script>\n\n<!--Greeting-->\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"greeting\"><font color=\"#0033CC\"><strong>Good Evening!<\/strong><\/font><\/h3>\n<script>\nif (new Date().getHours() < 17) {\n  document.getElementById(\"greeting\").innerHTML = \"Good afternoon!\";\n}\nif (new Date().getHours() < 12) {\n  document.getElementById(\"greeting\").innerHTML = \"Good morning!\";\n}\n<\/script>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\"><font color=\"#0033CC\"><b>Peace, Joy and Love to all in 2026<\/b><\/font><\/h3>\n\n<!--Celebration today-->\n  <style>\n    .message1 {\n      font-size: 1.1em;\n      font-weight: bold;\n      color: #0033CC;\n    }\n  <\/style>\n\n\n<p><\/p><div class=\"message1\" id=\"dailyMessage\"><\/div><p><\/p>\n\n  <script>\n    const messages1 = [\n      \"15th Sunday of Ordinary Time\",\n      \"Monday of 15th Week of OT\",\n      \"Tuesday of 15th Week of OT\",\n      \"Wednesday of 15th Week of OT\",\n      \"Thursday of 15th Week of OT\",\n      \"Friday of 15th Week of OT\",\n      \"Saturday of 15th Week of OT\",\n      \"16th Sunday of Ordinary Time\",\n      \"Monday of 16th Week of OT\",\n      \"Tuesday of 16th Week of OT\",\n      \"Wednesday of 16th Week of OT\",\n      \"Thursday of 16th Week of OT\",\n      \"Friday of 16th Week of OT\",\n      \"Saturday of 16th Week of OT\",\n      \"17th Sunday of Ordinary Time\",\n      \"Monday of 17th Week of OT\",\n      \"Tuesday of 17th Week of OT\",\n      \"Wednesday of 17th Week of OT\",\n      \"Thursday of 17th Week of OT\",\n      \"Friday of 17th Week of OT\",\n      \"Saturday of 17th Week of OT\",\n      \"18th Sunday of Ordinary Time\",\n      \"Monday of 18th Week of OT\",\n      \"Tuesday of 18th Week of OT\",\n      \"Wednesday of 18th Week of OT\",\n      \"Thursday of 18th Week of OT\",\n      \"Friday of 18th Week of OT\",\n      \"Saturday of 18th Week of OT\"\n\n    ];\n\n    const startDate1 = new Date('2026-07-12'); \/\/ Launch date\n    const today1 = new Date();\n    const diffDays1 = Math.floor((today1 - startDate1) \/ (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));\n\n    const message1Box = document.getElementById('dailyMessage');\n    if (diffDays1 >= 0 && diffDays1 < messages1.length) {\n      message1Box.textContent = messages1[diffDays1];\n    } else if (diffDays1 < 0) {\n      message1Box.textContent = \"Celebration available soon\";\n    } else {\n      message1Box.textContent = \"Celebration available soon\";\n    }\n  <\/script>\n\n\n<p><font color=\"#0033CC\"><b>We long for your Healing<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n\n<p>Lord, God of hosts.<br>\nwe long for your healing touch.<br>\nRenew us in body, mind and spirit<br>\ngive us your peace in our whole being:<br>\nCalm the storm<br>\nin our minds and hearts.<br>\nCalm the storm<br>\nin every nation.<br>\nWe place all our trust in you.<br>\nThrough Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--Reflect on today-->\n<p><font color=\"#0033CC\"><b>Reflect on today<\/b><\/font><br>\n\n<style>\n   .source {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      font-size: 1em;\n      color: #0033CC;\n    }\n    .message {\n      font-style: italic;\n      font-size: 1em;\n      font-weight: normal;\n    }\n  <\/style>\n\n  <\/p><div class=\"source\" id=\"sourceText\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"message\" id=\"messageText\"><\/div>\n\n<script>\n\n\/\/------------------------------------------\n\/\/----------- REFLECT ON TODAY -------------\n\/\/------------------------------------------\n\n    const messages = [\n\n      { source: \"Matt 9:36\u201310:8\", message: \"He summoned his twelve disciples, and sent them out.\" },\n      { source: \"John 1:14.12\", message: \"The Word was made flesh and lived among us; to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God.\" },\n      { source: \"cf. Acts 16:14\", message: \"Open our hearts, O Lord, to accept the words of your Son\" },\n      { source: \"Rom 8:9, 11-13\", message: \"If by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body, you will live.\" },\n      { source: \"1 Sam 3:9; John 6:68\", message: \"Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life.\" },\n    ];\n\n    const startDate = new Date('2026-6-14'); \/\/ Launch date\n    const today = new Date();\n    const diffDays = Math.floor((today - startDate) \/ (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));\n    const weekIndex = Math.floor(diffDays \/ 7);\n\n    const sourceText = document.getElementById('sourceText');\n    const messageText = document.getElementById('messageText');\n\n    if (weekIndex >= 0 && weekIndex < messages.length) {\n      sourceText.textContent = messages[weekIndex].source;\n      messageText.textContent = messages[weekIndex].message;\n    } else {\n      sourceText.textContent = \"Psalm 27\";\n      messageText.textContent = \"Lord, you are my life and my salvation.\";\n    }\n  <\/script><p><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<br>\n<h3><font color=\"#0033CC\"><strong>Prayerfulness is deeply a part of you: in body, mind and spirit.<\/strong><\/font><\/h3>\n<p>Your <strong><em>Prayerfulness<\/em><\/strong> can be: a quiet moment, a meditation, a thanksgiving or a time for calling on the Lord for help and guidance, and praying for your needs and the needs of others.<\/p>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><b>Calmness, quietness and peace.<br>\u201c\u2026..in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.\u201d Isaiah 30:15<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Prayerfulness.com<\/b> hopes to support you in your own Prayerfulness and in your daily prayer and reflection.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Use no words, or just one word or a phrase; or read or recite a set of prayers<\/b><\/h4>\n\n<p><strong>Start each day with:<br><\/strong>In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Our Father, who art in heaven<br>\nhallowd be thy name.<br>\nThy kingdom come.<br>\nThy will be done on earth,<br>\nas it is in heaven.<br>\nGive us this day our daily bread;<br>\nand forgive us our trespasses,<br>\nas we forgive those who trespass against us;<br>\nand lead us not into temptation,<br>\nbut deliver us from evil.<br><br>\nFor thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory,<br>\nfor ever and ever. 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https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cropped-logo-6-7-1024x264.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.8790183611622795;width:229px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cropped-logo-6-7-1024x264.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cropped-logo-6-7-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cropped-logo-6-7-768x198.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cropped-logo-6-7.png 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/prayerfulness\/\"><strong>Welcome<br><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/about\/\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/scripture\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png\" alt=\"Scripture\" class=\"wp-image-440\" style=\"width:227px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png 761w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/daily-reading\/\">Sunday Scripture Readings<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/dailygospel\/\">Daily Gospel Reading<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/canticles-2\/\">Canticles<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/daily-prayer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a2.png\" alt=\"Daily Prayer\" class=\"wp-image-434\" style=\"width:229px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a2.png 761w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a2-300x124.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/daily-prayer\/\"><strong>Notes about Daily Prayer<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/morning-prayer\/\"><strong>Morning Prayer<\/strong><\/a><strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/evening-prayer\/\">Evening Prayer<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/night-prayer\/\">Night Prayer<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/for-the-dead\/\">Prayers for the Dead<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a5-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-439\" style=\"width:235px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a5-1.png 762w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a5-1-300x124.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/time-for-prayer\/\">Time for Prayer<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/dawn-chorus\/\">A Story: The Dawn Chorus<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/your-prayer-ministry\/\">Your Prayer Ministry<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/fiveminutesofprayer\/\"><strong>Five Minutes of Prayer<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/fiveminprayer-morning-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/fiveminprayer-give-this-time-to-the-lord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3><font color=\"#000080\"><b>Prayer and Short reflection for 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\"esus said to the crowds, \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which someone has found; he hides it again, goes off happy, sells everything he owns and buys the field.\\n \u201cAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls; when he finds one of great value he goes and sells everything he owns and buys it.\\n \u201cAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea that brings in a haul of all kinds. When it is full, the fishermen haul it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in a basket and throw away those that are no use. This is how it will be at the end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the just to throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.\\n \u201cHave you understood all this?\u201d They said, \u201cYes.\u201d And he said to them, \u201cWell then, every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom things both new and old.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Monday of Week 17 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of Matthew 13:31-35\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"The smallest of all seeds grows into the biggest shrub of all\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus put a parable before the crowds: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the biggest shrub of all and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and shelter in its branches.\u201d\\nHe told them another parable: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.\u201d\\nIn all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables. This was to fulfil the prophecy:\\nI will speak to you in parables and expound things hidden since the foundation of the world.\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Tuesday of Week 17 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 13:36-43\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"As the darnel is gathered up and burnt, so it will be at the end of time\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"JLeaving the crowds, Jesus went to the house; and his disciples came to him and said, \u201cExplain the parable about the darnel in the field to us.\u201d He said in reply, \u201cThe sower of the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the evil one; the enemy who sowed them, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels. Well then, just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time. The Son of Man will send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that provoke offences and all who do evil, and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. Then the virtuous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Listen, anyone who has ears!\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Wednesday of Week 17 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 13:44-46\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"He sells everything he owns and buys the field\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Jesus said to the crowds: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which someone has found; he hides it again, goes off happy, sells everything he owns and buys the field.\\n\u201dAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls; when he finds one of great value he goes and sells everything he owns and buys it.\u201d\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Thursday of Week 17 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 13:47-53\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"The fishermen collect the good fish and throw away those that are no use\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"TJesus said to the crowds: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea that brings in a haul of all kinds. When it is full, the fishermen haul it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in a basket and throw away those that are no use. This is how it will be at the end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the just to throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.\\n\u201cHave you understood all this?\u201d They said, \u201cYes.\u201d And he said to them, \u201cWell then, every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom things both new and old.\u201d\\nWhen Jesus had finished these parables he left the district.\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Friday of Week 17 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 13:54-58\",\n\t\tTitle2: \"A prophet is only despised in his own country\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Coming to his home town, Jesus taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished and said, \u201cWhere did the man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? This is the carpenter\u2019s son, surely? Is not his mother the woman called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Jude? His sisters, too, are they not all here with us? So where did the man get it all?\u201d And they would not accept him. But Jesus said to them, \u201cA prophet is only despised in his own country and in his own house\u201d, and he did not work many miracles there because of their lack of faith.\" },\n\n      { Day: \t\"Saturday of Week 17 in OT\",\n\t\tTitle1: \"A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 14:1-12\",\n\t\tTitle2:  \"The beheading of John the Baptist\",\n\t\t\"main-text\": \"Herod the tetrarch heard about the reputation of Jesus, and said to his court, \u201cThis is John the Baptist himself; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.\u201d\\nNow it was Herod who had arrested John, chained him up and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip\u2019s wife. For John had told him, \u201cIt is against the Law for you to have her.\u201d He had wanted to kill him but was afraid of the people, who regarded John as a prophet. Then, during the celebrations for Herod\u2019s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and so delighted Herod that he promised on oath to give her anything she asked. Prompted by her mother she said, \u201cGive me John the Baptist\u2019s head, here, on a dish.\u201d The king was distressed but, thinking of the oaths he had sworn and of his guests, he ordered it to be given her, and sent and had John beheaded in the prison. The head was brought in on a dish and given to the girl, who took it to her mother. John\u2019s disciples came and took the body and buried it; then they went off to tell Jesus.\" },\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \/\/ ... 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