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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I desire a real relationship with You. I want to hear Your voice, to feel Your presence, to walk with You each and every day. Help me to put You first in my life, as Jesus taught us... But seek first the kingdom of God a...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 488 Reading 1 PHIL 3:3-8A Brothers and sisters: We are the circumcision, we who worship through the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh, although ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 31st in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 15,1-10): Tax collectors and sinners were seeking the company of Jesus, all of them eager to hear what He had to say. But the Pharisees and the scribes frowned at this, muttering. ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 5 November 2020 Thursday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 31 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemThe Creed In learning and professing the faith, you must acce...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 5 November 2020 Thursday of week 31 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 th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 5 November 2020 Thursday of week 31 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 5 November 2020 Thursday of week 31 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 5 November 2020 Thursday of week 31 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 5 November 2020 Thursday of week 31 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 5 November 2020 Thursday of week 31 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 5 November 2020 Thursday of week 31 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 Fat...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMArguing at the Judge's Bench Wednesday, November 4, 2020 I only came to the Lord because I was nearly killed when I was 19 years old. I was hit by a locomotive train. And to add insult to injury, after being hit by the train, I was given a summons to appear in court. I came prepared. I had a...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Only Begotten Son For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Jesus is the Only Begotten Son, an Old Testament title declaring that He was eternally generated from the Father. Th...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, You are my Hope and my Promise. I pray that You will give me the patience I need to wait upon Your will and Your plans for me... But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eag...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Charles Borromeo St. Charles Borromeo (1538–1584) was born into an ancient and wealthy family in Lombardy, Italy. When his uncle became Pope Pius IV, Charles was brought to Rome to take over several important assignments conn...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate, and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace. In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows of the evil one. And ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop Lectionary: 487 Reading 1 PHIL 2:12-18 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 wh...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 31st in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 14,25-33): One day, when large crowds were walking along with Jesus, He turned and said to them, «If you come to me, without being ready to give up your love for your father...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 4 November 2020 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop on Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop Portrait of Charles Borromeo, by Giovanni Figino. Between 1560 and 1608. A sermon ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 4 November 2020 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop on Wednesday of week 31 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, ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 4 November 2020 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop on Wednesday of week 31 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 Lo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 4 November 2020 Wednesday of week 31 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 4 November 2020 Wednesday of week 31 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 4 November 2020 Wednesday of week 31 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 4 November 2020 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop on Wednesday of week 31 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Jesus: The Lord Strong and Mighty Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8 Jesus is the Lord Strong and Mighty. Come to Him when you’re afraid and losing the battle. Lean on Him when you’re weak. He knows that ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Martin de Porres St. Martin de Porres (1569-1639) was born in Lima, Peru. He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a freed slave woman from Panama, of either African or Native American descent. His parents never marrie...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "'Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!' The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge." Psalm 46:10-11
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Meditation of the Day "Our Lord, by descending into hell, planted (if I may thus express myself), in the spiritual garden of the Church, a mysterious tree, the fruits of which—namely, His merits—are destined for the constant relief of the Poor Souls in Purg...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Called out Life Tuesday, November 3, 2020 If you're born again, the Bible says, you're part of the church of God. But what does that mean? Does it mean you're a Presbyterian, a Methodist, a Baptist, a Pentecostal, or a Nazarene? The word "church" is really just a translation of the N...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Lord Strong and Mighty Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8 Jesus is the Lord Strong and Mighty. Come to Him when you’re afraid and losing the battle. Lean on Him when you’re weak. He knows that th...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Oh, how I praise You Lord! You heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. You count the number of the stars and call them all by name. Great are You, Lord, and mighty in power. Your u...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 486 Reading 1 PHIL 2:5-11 Brothers and sisters: Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 31st in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 14,15-24): One of those at the table said to Jesus, «Happy are those who eat at the banquet in the kingdom of God!». Jesus replied, «A man once gave a feast and in...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time From the Second Vatican Council's pastoral constitution "Gaudium et spes" on the Ch...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious 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 L...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious 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....
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious 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 ai...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 3 November 2020 Tuesday of week 31 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...
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by David KoontzJames 2:24 - Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. James 2:14 - What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not s...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day Blessed John Bodey Blessed John Bodey (1549-1583) was born in Wells, England, the son of a wealthy merchant and former mayor. He studied at Oxford and became an Oxford Fellow in 1568 at the age of 19. Later he, along with seven othe...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today’s Feast Day All Souls Day November 2nd is All Souls Day, sometimes called the Day of the Dead. On this day, and during the month of November, the Church prays in a special way for the souls of the faithful departed, and individuals pray espec...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMHymns of Zeus Monday, November 2, 2020 When the apostle Paul spoke on Mars Hill in Athens, he did an amazing thing. In sharing the Gospel, he quoted from pagan Greek writers. He even quoted from a hymn they used, and yet used it to speak of God. How could this be? How could he use something ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Lord The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the Lord is the Holy Spirit, who does the actual work in...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Like Your first disciples, please fill me with Your Joy and fill me with Your Holy Spirit today... And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:52 Help me to bring glory to God The Father and to ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Leviticus 11:44
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed(All Souls) Lectionary: 668 The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Reading 1 WIS 3:1-9 The souls of the just are in the hand of God,and no torment shall t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.November 2nd: All Souls listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 23,33.39-43): There at the place called The Skull he was crucified together with the criminals —one on his right and another on his left. One of the criminals hanging with Jesus ins...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Souls Purgatory, by Jean Colombe (1485). From St Ambrose's book on the death of his brother SatyrusLet us die with Christ, to live with Christ We see that death is gain, life is loss....
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son a...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 2 November 2020 All Souls Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. Alleluia. ________ E...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Deborah the Prophetess St. Deborah (11th c. B.C.) was a godly widow and saint of the Old Testament. She was a courageous prophetess and champion of the Israelites. All Israel came to her to judge their disputes, and God prophesied ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Philippians 4:8...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today’s Feast Day All Saints Day On November 1st the Church celebrates all her holy ones in heaven, known and unknown, with the feast of All Saints. The solemnity originally began in the 4th century to commemorate all the Christian martyrs kil...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.What is All Souls Day? November 2 is the Commemoration of All of the Faithful Departed, or All Souls. On this day, we pray that all those who have died— our loved ones, and also those people around the world who we will never meet— through the mercy of God, will rest in ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Saints All Saints, by Albrecht Dürer (1511). From a sermon of St Bernard of Clairvaux Let us make haste to our brethren who are awaiting us ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Solemnity of All Saints Lectionary: 667 Reading 1 RV 7:2-4, 9-14 I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, “...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.November 1st: All Saints listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,1-12a): When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up the mountain. He sat down and his disciples gathered around him. Then he spoke and began to teach them: «Fortunate are those who are...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Saints All Saints, by Albrecht Dürer (1511). From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxLet us make haste to our brethren who are awaiting us Why should our praise...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity 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 Fat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 1 November 2020 All Saints - Solemnity 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. Alle...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The King Invisible Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible,to God who alone is wise,be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.1 Timothy 1:17 Jesus is the King Invisible; you can’t see Him, but He’s there with you all day, every day...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, It's true...that I may be the only "Bible" someone ever reads. Please help me be a living testament to others for You. Please work through me and help me be a light and an encouragement for my non-...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Then the eyes of those who seewill no longer be closed,and the ears of those who hear will listen.Isaiah 32:3
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Wolfgang St. Wolfgang (934-994 A.D.), also known as the Great Almoner, was a Benedictine monk, reformer, and Bishop of Regensburg, Bavaria. He was born into the noble class and had an excellent education. As bishop he wo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "Bless those who persecute [you], bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation. D...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today’s Feast Day All Hallow's Eve All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween, is the vigil of All Saints (All Hallows) Day, which is a major feast on the liturgical calendar and a Holy Day of Obligation. Halloween (October 31st) is connected with All Sa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 484 Reading 1 PHIL 1:18B-26 Brothers and sisters: As long as in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Indeed I shall continue to rejoice, for...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 30th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 14,1.7-11): One Sabbath Jesus had gone to eat a meal in the house of a leading Pharisee, and he was carefully watched. Jesus then told a parable to the guests, for He had noticed h...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time From the dialogue On Divine Providence by Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctorHow good and how delightful is your sp...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, com...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday 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 Fa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, All Saints) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wit...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 31 October 2020 Saturday of week 30 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Alphonsus Rodriguez St. Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532–1617) was born in Segovia, Spain, the son of a wool merchant. He was prepared for his First Holy Communion by St. Peter Faber, one of the first Jesuits. When his father died, Al...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised holy Spirit, which is the first installment of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s possession, t...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Strange Case of Shabbatai Zevi Friday, October 30, 2020 Around the year 1666, a man named Shabbatai Zevi swept over Jewish history. He was hailed by rabbis throughout the lands in which Jewish people lived, as the long-awaited Messiah, come to rescue His people and bring them back to...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Revelation That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Ephesians 1:17 Revelation is needed for the things you can’t know until...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank you for sending so many special people into my Life. I can think of many people who have meant so much to me and who have been such an encouragement and inspiration to me. I appreciate t...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. Joshua 1:5