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▶Never Miss an Hour of Prayer This Lent
Lent is a season of intention.
It is a time to return, to recommit, and to deepen our prayer. This year, we are inviting you to make a simple but powerful Lenten commitment:
Pray at least one Hour of the Liturgy of the Hours each day.
To help you keep that commitment, we are excited to introduce a new feature:
Prayer Reminders (Now in Beta)
You can now set personalized reminders for any of the Liturgy of the Hours prayers — both on the website and inside our mobile apps.
Whether it’s Morning Prayer before work, Midday Prayer during a quiet break, or Night Prayer before bed, you can now receive a gentle reminder to pause and pray.
The Best Experience: Use the App
The prayer reminder feature is fully available in our mobile apps for:
Once you download the app:
Open the Menu
Tap Reminders
Select any of the Liturgy of the Hours prayers
Choose your preferred time
Save
That’s it.
Your phone will gently remind you when it’s time to pray.
If you’re making a Lenten commitment this year, the app is the simplest way to stay faithful to it.
You Can Also Set Reminders on the Website (Beta)
If you prefer using the website, you can now configure e-mail reminders inside your user profile:
👉 Profile → Reminders
From there, you can:
Enable e-mail reminders for any Hour
Set custom times
Select your timezone
Update or disable reminders at any time
Don’t have an account yet? You can sign up and setup your e-mail reminders in one go:
This feature is currently in beta, and we welcome your feedback as we continue refining it.
Join Us This Lent
As part of our Lenten journey together at Divine Office, we are encouraging our community to choose one Hour and pray it daily through the season.
If you don’t yet have the app, this is a beautiful time to begin.
As part of our Lenten journey together at Divine Office, we are encouraging our community to choose one Hour and pray it daily through the season.
If you don’t yet have the app, this is a beautiful time to begin.
And if you’re ready to make your commitment, visit our Lenten campaign page.
There you can learn more about the invitation, reflect on your commitment, and take the next step in prayer.
Let this Lent be marked not only by what we give up — but by what we faithfully return to each day.
“O God, come to my assistance.
O Lord, make haste to help me.”
Let us pray.
Mass Readings
Thursday of the First Week in Lent
First Reading
Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25
Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish, had recourse to the LORD. She lay prostrate upon the ground, together with her handmaids, from morning until evening, and said: “God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, blessed are you. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you, for I am taking my life in my hand. As a child I used to hear from the books of my forefathers that you, O LORD, always free those who are pleasing to you. Now help me, who am alone and have no one but you, O LORD, m...
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8
Refrain: Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
Gospel
Matthew 7:7-12
Jesus said to his disciples: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asked for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asked for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those...
Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.