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  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 27, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Grace to you and peace from Himwho is and who wasand who is to come,...and from Jesus Christ,the faithful witness.Revelation 1:4-5

  • Lectionary

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

    Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 480 Reading 1 EPH 5:21-33 Brothers and sisters: Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    October 28th: St. Simon and Jude, apostles listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6,12-19): Jesus went out into the hills to pray, spending the whole night in prayer with God. When day came, He called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them who...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 28 October 2020 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles A painting (early 1630s) by Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652). A commentary on the gospel of John by St Cyril of Alexandria...

  • Office Readings

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

    Wednesday 28 October 2020 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 28 October 2020 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - 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.G...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 28 October 2020 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - 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.Glo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 28 October 2020 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 28 October 2020 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 28 October 2020 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 28 October 2020 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles - 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 t...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day Bl. Bartholomew of Vicenza Bl. Bartholomew of Vicenza (1201-1270), also known as Bartholomew of Braganca or Breganza, was born to a noble family in Vicenza, Italy. While studying in Padua he entered the newly established Dominican Order ...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God. But they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs." Mark...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    It's not the End Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Of The World! I was leading a tour to Israel - and we were at Megiddo - which is the biblical Armageddon, the place where the nations of the world will gather for the final battle - the place where it will all end. And the tour was in two groups...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Eternal Spirit How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Hebrews 9:14   The Holy Spirit is the Etern...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You that You are a God of mercy, grace and second chances.   I thank You for forgiving me and for welcoming me back during the times of my life when I strayed from You and when I was disobedient. &n...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. Luke 15:20

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 480 Reading 1 EPH 5:21-33 Brothers and sisters: Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 30th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 13,18-21): Jesus continued speaking, «What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? Imagine a person who has taken a mustard seed and planted it in the garden. ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 October 2020 Tuesday of week 30 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 30 in Ordinary Time From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansGod is faithful in his promises Consider, beloved, how the Lord kee...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 October 2020 Tuesday of week 30 in Ordinary Time  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 October 2020 Tuesday of week 30 in Ordinary Time  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 October 2020 Tuesday of week 30 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 October 2020 Tuesday of week 30 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 October 2020 Tuesday of week 30 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 the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 October 2020 Tuesday of week 30 in Ordinary Time  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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 October 2020 Tuesday of week 30 in Ordinary Time 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...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Alfred the Great St. Alfred the Great (849–899 A.D.) was the fifth son of the King of Wessex in England. Legend has it that at the age of four he was sent to Rome to be anointed as king by Pope Leo IV. Alfred rose to the throne...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to bring to light the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of [Jesus] Christ. But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and n...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 26, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Little Girl & Captain Fuchida Monday, October 26, 2020 One of the leaders of the attack on Pearl Harbor in the Second World War was the Japanese commander Mitzuo Fuchida. After the war, Fuchida met a Japanese friend who had been captured in the war and imprisoned in an American prisoner ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Firstborn From the Dead And from Jesus Christ, …the firstborn from the dead. Revelation 1:5 Jesus was the Firstborn from the Dead, which means He was the first to be generated—or given life—from the dead, to never see death again and to live etern...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I seek You and Your Kingdom first with all my heart... Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to You. Matthew 6:33 Please cover me with the righteousness of Christ. I...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ...but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 6:20

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 479 Reading 1 EPH 4:32–5:8 Brothers and sisters: Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ. Be imitators of God, as beloved children, and liv...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 13,10-17): Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath and a crippled woman was there. An evil spirit had kept her bent for eighteen years so that she could not straighten up at...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 October 2020 Monday of week 30 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 30 in Ordinary Time From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansLet us not be fugitives from the will of God My dear friends, take car...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 October 2020 Monday of week 30 in Ordinary Time  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 October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 October 2020 Monday of week 30 in Ordinary Time  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 October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 October 2020 Monday of week 30 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 the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 October 2020 Monday of week 30 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 Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 October 2020 Monday of week 30 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 the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 October 2020 Monday of week 30 in Ordinary Time  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 October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 October 2020 Monday of week 30 in Ordinary Time 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 ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Holy One For You will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:27 Jesus is the Holy One of God. He was the Father’s Representative sent to Earth to redeem the sinful race. When Adam sinned, all humanity was lost. Becaus...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I want to thank You that the Christian faith continues to grow throughout the world. I want to thank You for the faith of those who influenced and touched my life so that I now have a growing faith in You. Thank You for Your W...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For You will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:27

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Sts. Crispin and Crispinian Sts. Crispin and Crispinian (d. 286 A.D.) were brothers, believed to be twins, from a noble Roman family. They were Christians and went as missionaries into Gaul (present-day France). Taking the Apostle St. Pa...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every ...

  • Meditation

    Posted October 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Many beginners, delighting in the sweetness and joy of their spiritual occupations, strive after spiritual sweetness rather than after purity and discretion, which is that which God regards and accepts in the whole course of the spiritual way. Fo...

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 148 Reading 1 EX 22:20-26 Thus says the LORD: "You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.  You shall not wrong any widow or orphan.  If ever you w...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 30th (A) in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 22,34-40): When the Pharisees heard how Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. One of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to test him with this question, «Teac...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 October 2020 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansIn his goodness to all, God gives order and harmony to the world Let us fix our ga...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 October 2020 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time  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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 October 2020 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time  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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 October 2020 30th Sunday 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 the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 October 2020 30th Sunday 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 Father and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 October 2020 30th Sunday 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 the Father an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 October 2020 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time  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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 October 2020 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 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. All...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit of God And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30 The Holy Spirit of God comes to you from God because the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity. The Father sent Him to help you be...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for this beautiful new day. Thank You for the seasons that change and the awesome wonder of Your creation that You have given to us today. Thank You for the cool breezes at the end of a hot, dry day. T...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Anthony Mary Claret St. Anthony Mary Claret (1807–1870) was born in Spain, the fifth of eleven children, the same year Napoleon invaded the country. He took up his father's trade of weaving before entering the priesthood. He se...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For he will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone." Psalm 91:11-12  

  • Meditation

    Posted October 24, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "In the old days, people demanded 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,' and to repay evil for evil. Patience was not yet on the earth, because faith was not on the earth either. Of course, impatience made full use of the opportunities the L...

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 478 Reading 1 EPH 4:7-16 Brothers and sisters: Grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore, it says: He ascended on high and took prisoners captive; h...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 29th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 13,1-9): One day some persons told Jesus what had occurred in the Temple: Pilate had Galileans killed and their blood mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. Jesus replied, &la...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 October 2020 Saturday of week 29 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Antony Mary Claret, Bishop  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 29 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishopThe word, the wisdom of God, was ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 October 2020 Saturday of week 29 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Antony Mary Claret, Bishop  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 October 2020 Saturday of week 29 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Antony Mary Claret, Bishop  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 October 2020 Saturday of week 29 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 October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 October 2020 Saturday of week 29 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 October 2020 Saturday of week 29 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 the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 October 2020 Saturday of week 29 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Antony Mary Claret, Bishop  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 October 2020 Saturday of week 29 in Ordinary Time 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...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. John of Capistrano St. John of Capistrano (1385-1456) was born in Capistrano, Italy. After the death of his father, his mother sent him to study law in Perugia where he rose to prominence. He achieved great success as a lawyer and ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from who...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Blesser is Greater Friday, October 23, 2020 In Hebrews 7 we're told of the priest king, Melchizedek blessing Abraham - and then of a principle, which is this: "Without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater." In other words the one who blesses is greater than the one who i...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: A Son Over His Own House But Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. Hebrews 3:6   Jesus is the Son over His Own House. Just as Levi was the first priest in I...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for showing me how to live my life in a world full of conflicting ideas...   Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge Proverbs 23:12   I’m tr...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge Proverbs 23:12

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 23 October 2020 Friday of week 29 in Ordinary Time  or Saint John of Capistrano, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 29 in Ordinary Time A letter to Proba by St AugustineThe spirit pleads for us The person who asks for and ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 23 October 2020 Friday of week 29 in Ordinary Time  or Saint John of Capistrano, Priest  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 23 October 2020 Friday of week 29 in Ordinary Time  or Saint John of Capistrano, Priest  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 23 October 2020 Friday of week 29 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 the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 23 October 2020 Friday of week 29 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 Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 23 October 2020 Friday of week 29 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 the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 23 October 2020 Friday of week 29 in Ordinary Time  or Saint John of Capistrano, Priest  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. ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 23 October 2020 Friday of week 29 in Ordinary Time 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 ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 477 Reading 1 Eph 4:1-6 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing w...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 29th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 12,54-59): Jesus said to the crowds, «When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once: ‘A shower is coming’. And so it happens. And when the wind blows fro...

  • a vision of the last day

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Kim Currier High Priestess

    Hi al . Blessed Thursday morning to you all . I am here to share a Vision with you that I had back in the mid 90's that was my reason to become Pagan Clergy and leave the teachings of the Christian Church behind me . I was raised Southern Baptist , but felt the teaching was wrong, Even as a very sma...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Pope St. John Paul II Pope St. John Paul II (1920–2005) was born in Poland and was a vibrant, athletic, and intelligent child. His deeply religious father played an important role in his spiritual formation after his mother's dea...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "We belong to God, and anyone who knows God listens to us, while anyone who does not belong to God refuses to hear us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit." 1 John 4:6  

  • Meditation

    Posted October 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "My dear brothers and sisters, not only is prayer very powerful; even more, it's of the utmost necessity for overcoming the enemies of our salvation. Look at all the saints: They weren't content with watching and fighting to overcome the enemies o...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 21, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Worst Case Scenario Thursday, October 22, 2020 I've written of two towering saints of the twentieth century, Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, leaders of the underground church in Romania, who had both spent years in Communist prisons for their faith. I was blessed to know them personall...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 21, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: A Price For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:20   Jesus is the complete Price that was paid to redeem you from sin. Salvation was not free; He paid a price. His death ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 21, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You paid it all...   Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe; Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow.   You made the greatest sacrifice.   You are spo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 21, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." Matthew 16:24

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 476 Reading 1 EPH 3:14-21 Brothers and sisters: I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to b...