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🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(2/2/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 21:1-821 And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was an hundred...

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'I Urge, then, First of All, that Requests, Prayers, Intercession and Thanksgiving be Made for Everyone: for Kings and All those in Authority that we May Live Peaceful and Quiet Lives in All Godliness and Holiness.' 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind.

1 February 2026 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Brigid's Cathedral, Kildare, IrelandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingZephaniah 2:3,3:12-13In your midst I will leave a humble and lowly peopleSeek the Lord,all you, the humble of the earth,who obey his commands.Seek integrity,seek humility:you may perhaps find shelteron the day of the anger of the Lord.In your midst I will leavea humble and lowly people,and those who are left in Israel will seek refuge in the name of the Lord.They will do no wrong,will tell no lies;and the perjured tongue will no longerbe found in their mouths.But they will...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(2/1/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 2020 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he...

Praying daily since 2015: Join with hundreds of FReepers in praying daily on FR for President Donald TRUMP, Vice President,J.D. Vance, and AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, Healthcare Systems and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

31 January 2026 Saint John Bosco, Priest on Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time St. John Bosco Church, Chicago Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Samuel 12:1-7,10-17David's penitence over UriahThe Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David. He came to him and said:‘In the same town were two men,one rich, the other poor.The rich man had flocks and herdsin great abundance;the poor man had nothing but a ewe lamb,one only, a small one he had bought.This he fed, and it grew up with him...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(1/31/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 19:30-30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that...

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, Religious Freedom and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

30 January 2026 Friday of week 3 in Ordinary Time church of St. Hyacintha in Viterbo, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Samuel 11:1-4,5-10,13-17David and BathshebaAt the turn of the year, the time when kings go campaigning, David sent Joab and with him his own guards and the whole of Israel. They massacred the Ammonites and laid siege to Rabbah. David, however, remained in Jerusalem. It happened towards evening when David had risen from his couch and was strolling on the palace roof, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(1/30/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 19:23-2923 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

29 January 2026 Thursday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Interior of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Samuel 7:18-19,24-29'The house of your servant will be blessed for ever'After Nathan had spoken to him, King David went in and, seated before the Lord, said: ‘Who am I, O Lord, and what is my House, that you have led me as far as this? Yet in your sight, O Lord, this is still not far enough, and you make your promises extend to the House of your servant for a far-distant future. You have constituted...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(1/29/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 1916 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot...

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, Religious Freedom and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Finally, brothers, rejoice. Set things in order. Be encouraged. Agree with one another. Be at peace. And the God...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(1/28/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 1919 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night....

28 January 2026 Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor on Wednesday of week 3 in Ordinary TimeSt. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Ham, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Samuel 7:4-17'Your house and sovereignty will stand secure'The word of the Lord came to Nathan: ‘Go and tell my servant David, “Thus the Lord speaks: Are you the man to build me a house to dwell in? I have never stayed in a house from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until today, but have...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to...

27 January 2026 Tuesday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Basilica of St. Ursula, Cologne Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Samuel 6:12-15,17-19David dances before the ark of the LordDavid went and brought the ark of God up from Obed-edom’s house to the Citadel of David with great rejoicing. When the bearers of the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fat sheep. And David danced whirling round before the Lord with all his might, wearing a linen loincloth round him. Thus David and all the House of Israel brought...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(1/27/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 1818 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Religion Forum threads labeled *Prayer* are closed to debate of any kind.1 John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true...