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  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 4 July 2022 Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansSeek the good of all, not personal advantage The command has been written:...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 4 July 2022 Monday 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 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 July 2022 Monday 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 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 July 2022 Monday 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 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 July 2022 Monday 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 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 July 2022 Monday 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 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 July 2022 Monday 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 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 July 2022 Monday 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...

  • Saint of the Day

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

    St. Thomas the Apostle Saint of the Day St. Thomas the Apostle (1st c.) was one of the twelve disciples who accompanied Jesus during His earthly ministry. He is remembered for his disbelief in the news of Christ's Resurrection until he physically saw and touched Jesus' wounds—thus earning ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Good Master Now behold, one came and said to Him, "Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" Matthew 19:16   The rich young ruler went to Jesus asking, “Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal li...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You that You have given so much.   I am so thankful for Your love and the salvation that You provide for me...   In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I John 4:10 NKJV In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 102 Reading 1 Is 66:10-14c Thus says the LORD: Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her, all you who love her; exult, exult with her, all you who were mourning over her! Oh, that yo...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10:1-12.17-20): At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, "The ha...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 July 2022 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineA sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit I acknowledge my transgression, says David. If I admit my fault, then yo...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 July 2022 14th 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 July 2022 14th 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 July 2022 14th 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 and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 July 2022 14th 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 July 2022 14th 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 to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 July 2022 14th 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 Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 July 2022 14th 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. Allelui...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: Our Spiritual Father Our earthly fathers correct us, and we still respect them. Isn’t it even better to be given true life by letting our spiritual Father correct us? Hebrews 12:9   The Lord is called our Spiritual Father. All spirits in t...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Thank You for Your loving hand of guidance on my life.   And, thank You for Your love and discipline in my life...   ...the LORD disciplines those he loves... Proverbs 3:12  ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 8:28 NKJV And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

  • More: About Me

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.

        I am an individual with disabilities, myself I have an 80% dBs loss in the high frequency have always viewed life as being filled with opportunities and challenge. I have always tried to take all the opportunities presented to me, and even some that were not! Nevertheless, I try to s...

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 382 Reading 1  AM 9:11-15 Thus says the LORD:On that day I will raise upthe fallen hut of David;I will wall up its breaches,raise up its ruins,and rebuild it as in the days of old,That they may c...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9:14-17): The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemConfess your sins at the acceptable time If anyone here is a slav...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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 our...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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, come to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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...

  • What exactly is a quality control system and how does it functi

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Perez Cesar

    A special focus should be placed on the three stages of manufacturing: input input (for example, the operator's materials and labor); process execution; and output output (for example, semi-finished and finished products, as well as other products). In spite of the fact that the fundamental technolo...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    THE ARMY'S NEW RAINBOW CAMPAIGN Friday, July 1, 2022   Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission... The purpose of the U.S. Department of Defense is to protect American sovereignty, American interests, and American citizens. As a protective organizat...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Rock of Spiritual Refreshment And by a miracle, God sent them food to eat and water to drink there in the desert; they drank the water that Christ gave them. He was there with them as a mighty Rock of spiritual refreshment. 1 Corinthians 10:3-4  ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   My Rock of Spiritual Refreshment, I'm thirsty.   I'm thirsty for Your Living Water of life my Lord Jesus...   He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow ri...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 6:35 NKJV And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.   John 7:38 NKJV He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 381 Reading I Am 8:4-6, 9-12 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we may sell our grain, and th...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9:9-13): As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. Wh...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Junipero Serra  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time St Augustine on the Predestination of the SaintsJesus Christ, son of David according to the flesh The ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Junipero Serra  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Junipero Serra  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 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 June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 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 June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 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 June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Junipero Serra  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 has...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 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...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Blessed Gennaro Sarnelli Saint of the Day Bl. Gennaro Sarnelli (1702 – 1744) was born to a noble family in Naples, Italy. He was very well educated, and completed his doctorate in civil and canon law at the age of 20. He gave much of his time to caring for the incurably sick, through which...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Name on Your sin Thursday, June 30, 2022   The word chata'ah is Hebrew for sin. It's not just the word for sin; it is also the name of the sin-offering, the sacrifice that takes away sin. It's a shadow of Messiah, He is the sin-offering, He became sin for us. The sin and th...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: He Who Has the Bride He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. John 3:29   The Bride is the Church—born-again believers, those who hav...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   I praise You today for who You are.   I come to You today in prayer for married couples.​   You created marriage, as Jesus taught us...   And He answered and said to them, “Have yo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 30, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two sha...

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Readings for the Optional Memorial of the First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church LISTEN PODCAST En Español View Calendar Get Daily Readings E-mails Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 380 ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9:1-8): After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jes...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time St Jerome's homily on Psalm 41 to the newly baptizedI will go up to your gloriou...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome  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 June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome  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 June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 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 June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 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 June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 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 June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time  or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome  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 June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 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 June 29, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Why The Fight? Wednesday, June 29, 2022   For most of the last 2,000 years, with a few short exceptions, few have cared about Jerusalem. In the twentieth century the whole world is wrapped up in it. For 2,000 years Jerusalem was largely a backwater of history. In the nineteenth...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 29, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: My Helper So, we may boldly say: ‘The LORD is my helper, I will not fear. What can man do to me? Hebrews 13:6   Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me, LORD, be my helper! Psalm 30:10   The Lord is your Helper; He is the One who...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 29, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for being my helper...   So, we may boldly say: ‘The LORD is my helper, I will not fear. What can man do to me? Hebrews 13:6   Thank You for opening Your arms and welcomi...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 29, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hebrews 13:6 NKJV So we may boldly say: “The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

  • Meditation

    Posted June 29, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, ‘If you keep a lot of rules I’ll reward you, and if you don’t I’ll do the other thing.’ I do not think that is the best way of looking at it. I would much rather ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Vigil Lectionary: 590 Reading I Acts 3:1-10 Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    June 29th: Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16:13-19): When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They re...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Peter Denying Christ (1660), by Rembrandt (1606-1669). From a sermon by Saint AugustineThe martyrs had seen what they...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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.Glor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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....

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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.Gl...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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 u...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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 w...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    It's Only Snow Tuesday, June 28, 2022   Psalm 37 says "don't fret." A secret of abundant life is to not worry. A man I knew with a heart condition, went out to shovel snow, had a heart attack and died. Many people die shoveling snow. Yet in a few days it's all gone anyway. It's...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Holy One and The Just But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you. Acts 3:14   The Jewish leaders rejected Jesus, the Holy One and the Just. They accused Jesus of being a blasphemer of God and a traitor to His na...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   There are so many injustices in this world which I am burdened by and which I must place before You...   Increasingly governments make decisions contrary to the instruction of Your Word, The Holy Bible. &nb...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 28, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Micah 6:8 NKJV He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

  • 3 Ways The Enemy Tries To Use Your Past Against You

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.

      3 Ways The Enemy Tries To Use Your Past Against You   “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2nd Corinthians 5 verse 17 One of the greatest blessings God has...

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 378 Reading I Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12 Hear this word, O children of Israel, that the LORD pronounces over you, over the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:      &n...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 8:23-27): As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but h...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr  on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusLife in man is the glory of G...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr  on Tuesday of week 13 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,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr  on Tuesday of week 13 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 L...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 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 June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 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 June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 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 June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr  on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, SS. Peter and Paul) 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 June 27, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Apply This Monday, June 27, 2022   You probably attend worship services regularly and hear a message or sermon every week. You may even listen to Christian radio daily. With so many ways to enjoy the Word of God, it's very easy for us to develop a consumer mentality that affect...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: A Name for Salvation ...but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31   The angel commanded Joseph in a dream, “Call His name Jesus, for He will...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for this new day.   I am in awe of Your creation...   Brilliant blue skies and the clouds that bring rain, Thunderstorms that send lightning and thunder crashing, Winds that ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 27, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Genesis 1:31 NKJV Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So, the evening and the morning were the sixth day.