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  • Lectionary

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint Benedict, Abbot Lectionary: 389 Reading 1  IS 1:10-17 Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah! What care I for the number of your sacrifices? says the LORD. I have had enough...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10:34—11:1): Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 July 2022 Saint Benedict, Abbot  on Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Benedict, Abbot St Benedict hands his Rule to St Maurus, from a 12th-century manuscript in the British Library. From the Rule of Benedi...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 July 2022 Saint Benedict, Abbot  on Monday of week 15 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 July 2022 Saint Benedict, Abbot  on Monday of week 15 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 July 2022 Monday of week 15 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 July 2022 Monday of week 15 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 July 2022 Monday of week 15 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 July 2022 Saint Benedict, Abbot  on Monday of week 15 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 July 2022 Monday of week 15 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 and ...

  • meditation

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “I do not wish the soul to consider her sins, either in general or in particular, without also remembering the Blood and the broadness of My mercy, for fear that otherwise she should be brought to confusion. And together with confusion would come the devil, who has caused i...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Greater Than Our Father Jacob Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock? John 4:12   The woman at the well asked Jesus if He was greater than Jacob. She was being sarcasti...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Good morning, Father God,   Thank You for another beautiful day of life with You...   This is the day the LORD has made, We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24   I pray that I will live this day...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 103:1 NKJV Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 105 Reading 1 Dt 30:10-14 Moses said to the people:"If only you would heed the voice of the LORD, your God,and keep his commandments and statutesthat are written in this book of the law,when you return to the LORD, y...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10:25-37): There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "What is written in ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 July 2022 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time From the beginning of the treatise "On the Mysteries" by St Ambrose, bishopCatechesis on the rites preceding baptism We gave a daily instructio...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 July 2022 15th 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 and ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 July 2022 15th 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 Father ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 July 2022 15th 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 July 2022 15th 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 July 2022 15th 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 and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 July 2022 15th 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 July 2022 15th 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. Allelu...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Greater Than Our Father Abraham "Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Who do You make Yourself out to be?" ...Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?" Jesus said to...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Please give me an insatiable desire and thirst for spending more time with You in prayer, worship and reading my Bible.   I call to You and I ask you to draw near to me...   The Lord is near to ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 145:18 NKJV The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 388 Reading 1  IS 6:1-8 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. Seraphim were stationed above; each of ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10:24-33): Jesus said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master. It is enough for the disciple that he become like h...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 July 2022 Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, Martyrs  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time From a discourse of St Augustine on Psalm 126The true Solomon is...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 July 2022 Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, Martyrs  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 July 2022 Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, Martyrs  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 July 2022 Saturday of week 14 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 July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 July 2022 Saturday of week 14 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 July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 July 2022 Saturday of week 14 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 July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 July 2022 Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, Martyrs  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 July 2022 Saturday of week 14 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.Ame...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Being Their Angel Friday, July 8, 2022   Simon Peter is in jail for his faith. He is awaiting execution and an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him inside the prison cell. The angel had good news for Peter. He is going to be free. Angels are good at bringing good news. In...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: God of My Praise (Elohim Tehilati) Don’t stand by silently, O God of my praise, while wicked people slander me and tell lies about me. Psalm 109:1-2 author's translation   David made it a habit to praise God all the time. David called the Lord...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of My Praise,   I lift up Your name and praise You this day,   Today and everyday are the days that You have made...   This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 118:24 NKJV This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 387 Reading 1  HOS 14:2-10 Thus says the LORD: Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God; you have collapsed through your guilt. Take with you words, and return to the LORD; Say to him, “Forg...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10:16-23): Jesus said to his Apostles: “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. But bewa...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 July 2022 Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansWe are blessed if we fulfil the commands of the Lord in the harmony of love...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 July 2022 Friday of week 14 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 July 2022 Friday of week 14 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 July 2022 Friday of week 14 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 July 2022 Friday of week 14 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 July 2022 Friday of week 14 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 July 2022 Friday of week 14 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 July 2022 Friday of week 14 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 and t...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Out of The Larva cell Thursday, July 7, 2022   When a bee starts out in life, it does so as a larva and the new-born bee does nothing but eat. In a real short time, the bee leaves the larva stage and steps out of its cell and begins immediately helping out. No longer does it ha...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Greater than Jonah The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and indeed, a greater than Jonah is here. Matthew 12:41   Jonah was one of the greatest preachers...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord,   I am so aware of how the devil picks at me and tries to trip me all the time.   Please help me to...   Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I Peter 5:8 NKJV Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.   James 4:7 NKJV Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 386 Reading 1  HOS 11:1-4, 8E-9 Thus says the LORD: When Israel was a child I loved him,  out of Egypt I called my son. The more I called them, the farther they went from me, Sacrificing t...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10:7-15): Jesus said to his Apostles: “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead,...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 July 2022 Thursday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 14 in Ordinary Time The Explanations of the Psalms by Saint Ambrose: Psalm 118God's temple is holy, and you are his temple My father and I will co...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 July 2022 Thursday of week 14 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 July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 July 2022 Thursday of week 14 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 July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 July 2022 Thursday of week 14 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 July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 July 2022 Thursday of week 14 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 July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 July 2022 Thursday of week 14 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 July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 July 2022 Thursday of week 14 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 July 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 July 2022 Thursday of week 14 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    He who Keeps Israel Wednesday, July 6, 2022   In Jeremiah 31, it is written that as long as there are stars in the sky, so God will preserve the Jewish people. One of the most famous prayers in the Hebrew language is called the Shehecheyanu. It's the prayer that thank God for p...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: That Great Shepherd of the Sheep Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant... Hebrews 13:20   There are many roles for the Great Shepherd of th...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Too many times I find myself, or I notice others becoming concerned about what someone else is or is not doing.   Some people will complain and refuse to go out of their way or beyond the call of duty to...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hebrews 13:20 NKJV Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 385 Reading 1  HOS 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 Israel is a luxuriant vine whose fruit matches its growth. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built; The more productive his land, the more sacr...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10:1-7): Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 July 2022 Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time From the ancient document entitled "The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles"The Euc...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 July 2022 Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 July 2022 Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr  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 ai...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 July 2022 Wednesday of week 14 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 July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 July 2022 Wednesday of week 14 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 July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 July 2022 Wednesday of week 14 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 July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 July 2022 Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 July 2022 Wednesday of week 14 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 July 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Supernatural Date Code Tuesday, July 5, 2022   I typed a memo to a staff worker and sent it via the computer. She opened it a week later, but the date on the memo was the date she opened it. She thought it was by divine power that she received it on the day she needed that ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Glory of the Lord But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18   The Holy Spirit is ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   As You instruct us in 2 Chronicles 7:14...   ...if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day II Chronicles 7:14 NKJV if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 384 Reading 1  HOS 8:4-7, 11-13 Thus says the LORD:They made kings in Israel, but not by my authority;they established princes, but without my approval.With their silver and gold they madeidols f...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9:32-38): A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus, and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “No...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 July 2022 Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Elizabeth of Portugal  or Saint Antony Mary Zaccaria, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time From a discourse of St Augustine on Psalm 32Wheth...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 July 2022 Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Elizabeth of Portugal  or Saint Antony Mary Zaccaria, 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 ins...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 July 2022 Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Elizabeth of Portugal  or Saint Antony Mary Zaccaria, 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 July 2022 Tuesday of week 14 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 July 2022 Tuesday of week 14 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 July 2022 Tuesday of week 14 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 July 2022 Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Elizabeth of Portugal  or Saint Antony Mary Zaccaria, Priest  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 July 2022 Tuesday of week 14 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 and...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    After The End Monday, July 4, 2022   Messiah rose on Sunday morning and the Resurrection is the Sunday miracle. Sunday morning is the first day of the Hebrew week. It comes after the Shabbat, the Sabbath. The Sabbath is the seventh day, the end. Sunday is the day that comes aft...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Good Shepherd I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. John 10:11   Jesus called Himself the Good Shepherd, because He does what good shepherds do: They give their lives for their sheep. They give up the pleasures of home to l...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Today I am thinking about how people try so hard to be independent.   We want to be individuals, to “do it ourselves.”   It starts when we are children.   We are child...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 8:16 NKJV The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God

  • Meditation

    Posted July 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “Among the various indications that make the holiness of God known to men, the most convincing sign is the holiness of men, who are sanctified by the divine indwelling . . . In teaching us the words, ‘hallowed be Thy name,’ our Lord also bids us, when we pray, t...

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 383 Reading 1  HOS 2:16, 17C-18, 21-22 Thus says the LORD: I will allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart. She shall respond there as in the days of her youth, when she...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9:18-26): While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, “My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her,...