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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 9, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 10 October 2020 Saturday of week 27 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 9, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 10 October 2020 Saturday of week 27 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 9, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 10 October 2020 Saturday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, u...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 9, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 10 October 2020 Saturday of week 27 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 9, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Blessings Of Your Haman Friday, October 9, 2020 Haman was an evil man. He breathed evil, schemed evil, committed evil. And yet because of Haman, Esther finally rose up to her calling. She stopped living a lie. Because of Haman, Esther grew to become a truly great person, a woman of r...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 9, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Power of the Highest The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. Luke 1:35   The Holy Spirit is the Power of the Highest, the One responsible for the virgin birth of Jesus. The Holy Spirit is the active ag...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 9, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Good morning Lord,   I am so thankful that You have called me to Your purpose on this earth.   I am grateful for Your salvation in Jesus and the power You have given to me through Your Holy Spirit.   As I start t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 9, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God's heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 9, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Blessed John Henry Newman Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801–1890) was the eldest of six children born to a nominal Protestant family in London, England. As a child he loved reading the Scriptures, and experienced a convers...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 9, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy." Hebrews 10:23  

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 465 Reading 1 GAL 3:7-14 Brothers and sisters:Realize that it is those who have faithwho are children of Abraham.Scripture, which saw in advance that Godwould justify the Gentiles by faith,foretold t...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 11,15-26): As Jesus was casting out a devil some of the people said, «He drives out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons». So others wanted to put hi...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 9 October 2020 Friday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saints Denis, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs  or Saint John Leonardi, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 27 in Ordinary Time An instruction by St Vincent of L&...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 9 October 2020 Friday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saints Denis, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs  or Saint John Leonardi, Priest  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invi...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 9 October 2020 Friday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saints Denis, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs  or Saint John Leonardi, Priest  Morning Prayer (Lauds) 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 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 9 October 2020 Friday of week 27 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 9 October 2020 Friday of week 27 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 9 October 2020 Friday of week 27 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 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 9 October 2020 Friday of week 27 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 9 October 2020 Friday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saints Denis, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs  or Saint John Leonardi, Priest  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 9 October 2020 Friday of week 27 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 a...

  • due season

    Posted October 8, 2020 by David Koontz

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 - To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Galatians 6:9 - And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Luke 18:27 - And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Washington's Non-Fighting Army Thursday, October 8, 2020 George Washington had an army of people who didn't know what they were doing, making America's birth unlikely. With little provisions, they were a ragtag army fighting the most formidable military force in the world, the British. W...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: He Who Was Dead and Is Alive These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life. Revelation 2:8   Jesus is He Who Was Dead and Is Alive; He will be with you in persecution because He understands suffering. He took the bitter drink of death for...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Please help me to focus on You and all that is positive in Your Kingdom.   There are so many bad things going on in the world.   There is increasing persecution of Christians.   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. John 15:19

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Blessed Ambrose of Siena Blessed Ambrose (1220-1286) was born in Siena, Italy, the son of a book illuminator. He was born so severely deformed that his parents could not bear the sight of him. They put their son in the care of a nur...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 8, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love." 1 John 4:7-8  

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 464 Reading 1 GAL 3:1-5 O stupid Galatians!Who has bewitched you,before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?I want to learn only this from you:did you receive the Spirit fro...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 27th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 11,5-13): Jesus said to his disciples, «Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to his house in the middle of the night and says: ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, for a ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 8 October 2020 Thursday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 27 in Ordinary Time From St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the PhiladelphiansOne bishop with the presbyters and deacons Ignatius, also ca...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 8 October 2020 Thursday of week 27 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 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 8 October 2020 Thursday of week 27 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 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 8 October 2020 Thursday of week 27 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 8 October 2020 Thursday of week 27 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 8 October 2020 Thursday of week 27 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 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 8 October 2020 Thursday of week 27 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 8 October 2020 Thursday of week 27 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 Fath...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Devil's Venom Wednesday, October 7, 2020 Psalm 58:4 says, "They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like a cobra." Venom is injected through the snake's teeth. Once inside, it destroys the victims by hemorrhaging the blood vessels. The poison kills the prey. All the serpent needs...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: He Who Holds the Seven Stars in His Right Hand These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. Revelation 2:1   Jesus is He Who Holds the Seven Stars in His Right Hand. These stars we...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   I praise Your name, which is above all names...   Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name Philippians 2:9   I lift up to You al...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name Philippians 2:9

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Justina of Padua St. Justina of Padua (d. 304 A.D.) was a young and pious Christian woman who dedicated her virginity to Christ. She received baptism at the hands of St. Prosdocimus, the first Bishop of Padua in Italy. At the age of ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling. For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to ...

  • Feast Day

    Posted October 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of the Rosary The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary was instituted following the Christian victory over the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. Pope St. Pius V, the "Pope of the Rosary," attributed the naval ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary Lectionary: 463 Reading 1 GAL 2:1-2, 7-14 Brothers and sisters: After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. I went up in accord with a revelation, and I presented to them the Gos...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 27th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 11,1-4): One day Jesus was praying in a certain place and when He had finished, one of his disciples said to him, «Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples&...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 7 October 2020 Our Lady of the Rosary  on Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady of the Rosary Virgin and Child with a Rosary (c.1650) by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), Museo del Prado, Madr...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 7 October 2020 Our Lady of the Rosary  on Wednesday of week 27 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 hast...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 7 October 2020 Our Lady of the Rosary  on Wednesday of week 27 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 7 October 2020 Wednesday of week 27 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 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 7 October 2020 Wednesday of week 27 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 October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 7 October 2020 Wednesday of week 27 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 October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 7 October 2020 Our Lady of the Rosary  on Wednesday of week 27 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, mak...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 7 October 2020 Wednesday of week 27 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 Fa...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Bruno St. Bruno (1030-1101) was born to a noble and prominent family in Cologne, Germany. He was well educated and excelled in his studies, and became a priest around the year 1055. He went on to direct and teach at the episcopal s...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "[There is] one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to the measu...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Separated One Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Hebrews 5:1 says, "For every high priest is taken from among men." The Levites were taken from Israel. The priests, or kohanim, were taken from the Levites. The High Priest was taken from the priests. Each was taken and was separated and that wa...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Same Spirit of Faith And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak. 2 Corinthians 4:13   The Holy Spirit gave you the gift of faith when...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Sometimes I get frustrated and angry when I believe someone has wronged me, not lived up to their promises or let me down.   Help me to remember that people are not perfect.   I pray that I wil...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you [a]will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 New King James Version (NKJV)   Footnotes: John 16:33...

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 462 Reading 1 GAL 1:13-24 Brothers and sisters: You heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I persecuted the Church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it,  and progressed in Ju...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10,38-42): As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, He entered a village and a woman called Martha welcomed him to her house. She had a sister named Mary who sat down at the Lo...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Bruno, Priest  or Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time From St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the TralliansI w...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Bruno, Priest  or Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Bruno, Priest  or Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 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 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Bruno, Priest  or Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher  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. ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 6 October 2020 Tuesday of week 27 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Praise After The Bomb     Monday, October 5, 2020 I know a Jewish believer in Israel who was in a congregation of believers and there was opposition. The Orthodox bombed his congregation. He knew it was the enemy trying to intimidate him, so days after the bombing the...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: God's Son from Heaven And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. 1 Thessalonians 1:10   Jesus is God’s Son from Heaven. Therefore, you should live a godly life, anticipating ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   You know the tribulations I have faced and those which I will face.   Thank You for giving me hope in the face of these trials and temptations.   Please bring these words of Jesus to my m...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John 16:33

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Maria Faustina Kowalska St. Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), baptized with the name Helena, was one of ten children born to a devout, peasant farming family in Poland. She grew up during the tough years leading up to and follow...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, "Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."" Isaiah 35:3-4 &nb...

  • Meditation

    Posted October 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "What is this brightness—with which God fills the soul of the just—but that clear knowledge of all that is necessary for salvation? He shows them the beauty of virtue and the deformity of vice. He reveals to them the vanity of the worl...

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 461 Reading 1 GAL 1:6-12 Brothers and sisters: I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking the one who called you by the grace of Christ for a different gospel (not that there is another). But th...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 27th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10,25-37): A teacher of the Law came and began putting Jesus to the test. And he said, «Master, what shall I do to receive eternal life?». Jesus replied, «What is w...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious  or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St Ambrose on Cain and AbelAbove all, w...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious  or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitator...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious  or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invit...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 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 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious  or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Inv...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 5 October 2020 Monday of week 27 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 a...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Prophet The LORD your God will raise up for youa Prophet like me from your midst,from your brethren.Him you shall hear.Deuteronomy 18:15 Jesus is called a Prophet; this was a title given to Him by Moses, who predicted Jesus’ coming into the world. Not o...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   Today I want to ask for Your protection and blessing upon all of my Christian sisters and brothers around the world.   Please give us wisdom and guidance, and surround us with Your guardian angels.   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Francis of Assisi St. Francis (1181-1226) was born in Assisi, Italy, to a wealthy cloth merchant. He was a spoiled child given to pleasure, fine dress, liberal spending, and worldliness. Handsome and courteous, he was a favorite am...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "He said to them, "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned."" Mark 16:15-16  

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 139 Reading 1 IS 5:1-7 Let me now sing of my friend, my friend's song concerning his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside; he spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 27th (A) in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 21,33-43): Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people, «Listen to another example: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 4 October 2020 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Pastoral Guide, by Pope St Gregory the GreatLet the pastor be discreetly silent, and to the point when he speaks A spiritual guide should...

  • Office Readings

    Posted October 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 4 October 2020 27th 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 4 October 2020 27th 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 4 October 2020 27th 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 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 4 October 2020 27th 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 to...