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  • Sapphries

    Posted December 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Source of Time Thursday, December 3, 2020 Modern life is filled with time saving devices and instant everything. We have washing machines, dishwashers, microwave ovens, instant coffee, oatmeal, pudding, banking, computer shopping, fast food - fast, instant everything. It's amazing how mu...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted December 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Same Spirit But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.  1 Corinthians 12:11   The Holy Spirit is the Same Spirit who delivered salvation to you, and He is also the Same Spirit who gave you spi...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted December 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Please give me an insatiable desire and thirst for more of Jesus and for more of Your Word, The Bible. Your mercy is what I need, Your Salvation is what I long for... Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord — ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord — Your salvation according to Your word. Psalm 119:41

  • Lectionary

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest Lectionary: 178 Reading 1 IS 26:1-6 On that day they will sing this song in the land of Judah: “A strong city have we; he sets up walls and ramparts to protect us. Open up the gates to let in a nation that is ju...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 1st of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7,21.24-27): Jesus said to his disciples, «Not everyone who says to me: Lord! Lord! will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my heavenly Father. »So,...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 3 December 2020 Saint Francis Xavier, Priest  on Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Francis Xavier, Priest A Japanese depiction of Francis Xavier, dated to the 17th century. Kobe City Museum collection. A le...

  • Office Readings

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 3 December 2020 Saint Francis Xavier, Priest  on Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make h...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 3 December 2020 Saint Francis Xavier, Priest  on Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, ma...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 3 December 2020 Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 3 December 2020 Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 3 December 2020 Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 3 December 2020 Saint Francis Xavier, Priest  on Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 3 December 2020 Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Seek God Throught the Sounds of Silence

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    December 2, 2020 Seek God Through the Sounds of Silence Teresa Tomeo “We need to find God and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature, trees, flowers, grass grows in silence. See the stars the moon, the sun how they move in silence. W...

  • We Can Hear God's Voice in the Ordinary

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    December 2, 2020 We Can Hear God’s Voice in the Ordinary Jeannie Ewing There was a time in my life when reading the wise words of some faraway monk sufficed in motivating me to a life of greater solitude and spiritual discipline. I wondered why it was so difficult for most people to fin...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Colleges of the Puritans Wednesday, December 2, 2020   Harvard College was founded in 1638 by Puritans, for the purpose of training missionaries for the gospel. Up until the year 1700, over half of its graduates went into ministry. By the mid-19th century, the last members ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Coffee Time with Jesus Jesus: A Merciful and Faithful High Priest Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.  Hebrews 2:17   ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, I remember this song which tells of Your love for all children... Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world… I pray that all of the people whom You have created will put away their prejudices a...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.  Hebrews 2:17

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Bibiana St. Bibiana, also known as Vibiana or Viviana (d. 361), was born in Rome, the daughter of Christian parents who were martyred in the persecutions of Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate. Her father was severely beaten and sent t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." Isaiah 35:10

  • Meditation

    Posted December 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Strong passions are the precious raw material of sanctity. Individuals who have carried their sinning to extremes should not despair or say, 'I am too great a sinner to change,' or 'God would not want me.' God will take anyone who is willing to l...

  • Lectionary

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Lectionary: 177 Reading 1 IS 25:6-10A On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the vei...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 1st of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 15,29-37): Jesus went to the shore of Lake Galilee, and then went up into the hills where he sat down. Great crowds came to him, bringing the dumb, the blind, the lame, the crippled, and ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxThe word of the Lord will come to us We know that the coming of the Lord is threefo...

  • Office Readings

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Devotion of the Month

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Devotion of the Month Month of the Immaculate Conception The month of December is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Chosen before time to be the Mother of God Incarnate, Jesus Christ, God created Mary perfect and full o...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Edmund Campion St. Edmund Campion (1540–1581) was born in London, England, the son of a bookseller. He was a promising student and went on to become an esteemed and celebrated Oxford scholar, winning the high regard of Queen ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me! Thou hast said, “Seek ye my face.” My heart says to thee, “Thy face, Lord, do I seek.” Hide not thy face from me. Turn not thy servant away in anger, thou who has...

  • Meditation

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "'As God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk.' No one can do better with his life than that; no one can put it to a better use. Any life must be perfect in proportion as it does what it was made to do....

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    THE ROCK OF AGES Tuesday, December 1, 2020   Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission...   As we approach the close of the most dramatic and traumatic year of our lives, here's something to remember and hold to.   When every...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Life For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2   The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Life who gives eternal life to all who believe in Jesus Christ. Unsaved people will foll...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Creator of Life,   So much is happening in this world today.   Not a day goes by that we don't hear of lives taken away through sickness or out of anger, desperation and pure evil.   Life is a pr...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the First Week of Advent Lectionary: 176 Reading 1 IS 11:1-10 On that day, A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, A S...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1st of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10,21-24): Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and said, «I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent From a sermon by Saint Gregory NazianzenThe wonder of the Incarnation The very Son of God, older than the ages, the invisible, th...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Andrew the Apostle St. Andrew (1st c.) was the first of the twelve Apostles to follow Jesus, after being a disciple of St. John the Baptist, the Precursor of Christ. St. Andrew was a fisherman by trade and the younger brother of St...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to thy name, O Most High; to declare thy steadfast love in the morning, and thy faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For thou, O Lord, hast made...

  • Meditation

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Christ Himself taught humility of heart, and the heart must not remain idle, nor fail to product the necessary acts. And what acts of humility do you make before God? How often do you make them? When have you made them? How long is it since you m...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Bad Bible Interpretation And The Nazis Monday, November 30, 2020 In Germany, the Protestant Reformation began and the Word of God was lifted up as the sole authority in matters of faith. Later the school of Higher Criticism developed. Higher Criticism said that you can't take the Bible liter...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Your Holy Servant For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together.  Acts 4:27   Jesus is the Holy Servant, whom the Father has anointed. Jesus assumed the...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Dear Lord God, Thank You for Your promises to me. Thank You for opening Your arms and welcoming me to come to You for forgiveness, to find rest in You, to find freedom in You, to have abundant life in You. I cry out to You now for those who are heavy on my heart, for those who are going through t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle Lectionary: 684 Reading 1 ROM 10:9-18 Brothers and sisters: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    November 30th: St. Andrew, apostle listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 4,18-22): As Jesus walked by the lake of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. He said...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Andrew, Apostle St Andrew, by Artus Wolffort (painted between 1596 and 1641). A sermon of St John Chrysostom on St John's gospelWe have found the Messiah A...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • More on Spiritual Satanism

    Posted November 29, 2020 by peter Chamberland

    How does one explain the existence or experiences and perceptions of individuals related to the goetia and still claim dragonwolf theology? The answer is that the divine presence of satan is interpreted as lessons needed to be learned. Not so much in the aspect of deities existing. It is more the hu...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Blameless He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has now been set apart from sinners, and he has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.  Hebrews 7:26   Jesus was Blameless. He lived a blameless life. N...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, You are my good Shepherd. You always watch over me. You supply all the needs of my heart and my life. Help me to trust Your guidance in times of uncertainty. It is so hard to look ahead and not see a clear vision...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Blessed Denis of the Nativity Blessed Denis of the Nativity (1600-1638) was born as Pierre Berthelotin in France and became a sailor at the age of twelve. He had a successful career as pilot-in-chief and cartographer in service to the Ki...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Jesus spoke to them again, saying, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'" John 8:12  

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    First Sunday of Advent Lectionary: 2 Reading 1 IS 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7 You, LORD, are our father,our redeemer you are named forever.Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways,and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?Return for the sake of your serv...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1st (B) of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 13,33-37): Jesus said to his disciples: «Be alert and watch, for you don't know when the time will come. When a man goes abroad and leaves his home, he puts his servants in charge,...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 1st Sunday of Advent From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemThe twofold coming of Christ We do not preach only one coming of Christ, but a second as well,...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the S...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. Alleluia. ...

  • My Satanist Tradition in greater detail.

    Posted November 28, 2020 by peter Chamberland

    It's time to get down to some grit on the matter of my tradition that I have formed of spiritual satanism, it is a tradition called dragonwolf spiritual satanism. Basically it goes like this, all religions and human perceptions written, even the tradition of dragonwolf, are wrong. There are not ...

  • First Sunday of Advent

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Judgment When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning. Isaiah 4:4 The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Judgment who convicts believers ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, This passage from King David in Psalm 51 is my prayer to You today... Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning. Isaiah 4:4

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Catherine Labouré St. Catherine Labouré (1806 – 1876) was born in Burgundy, France, the ninth of seventeen children of a pious and prosperous farming family. Her mother died when she was nine years old. After he...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For you were called for freedom, brothers. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve one another through love. For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 508 Reading 1 RV 22:1-7 John said: An angel showed me the river of life-giving water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the street, On eithe...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 34th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 21,34-36): Jesus said to his disciples, «Be on your guard; let not your hearts be weighed down with a life of pleasure, drunkenness and worldly cares, lest that day catch you...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineLet us sing Alleluia to God, who is good and frees us from evil Let us sing alleluia here...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, co...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 1st Sunday of Advent) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the ...