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  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 8 March 20202nd Sunday of Lent 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 8 March 20202nd Sunday of LentCompline (Night Prayer)________INTRODUCTIONO 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 ...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted March 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: God Our Father To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 1:7   God Our Father is your Heavenly Father—He is the One who knows you personally an...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for being my everything.   Each day when I wake up, I choose to follow You.   Show me what it means to live each moment of each day for You.   Please allow me to have th...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good. Job 34:4

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Perpetua & St. Felicity St. Perpetua and St. Felicity (d. 203 A.D.) were friends who lived in Carthage, North Africa. They were both catechumens preparing to receive the Church's sacraments: Perpetua was a married noblewoman n...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "But, as it is written, 'What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him'— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depth...

  • Lectionary Readings

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

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   March 07 2020   « March 6  |  March 8 » Saturday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 229 Reading 1 Dt 26:16-19 Moses spoke to the people, sa...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Liturgical day: Saturday 1st of Lent View saints March 7th: Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,43-48): Jesus said to his disciples, «You have heard that it was said: ‘Love your neighbor and do not do good to your enemy’. B...

  • Office Readings

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

    Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs)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 March 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs)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 March 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of LentMid-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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of LentAfternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of LentAfternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs)(First Vespers of tomorrow, 2nd Sunday of Lent)Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 7 March 2020Saturday of the 1st week of LentCompline (Night Prayer)________INTRODUCTIONO 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,...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 6, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Living In The Spirit Covenant Friday, March 6, 2020 It is in Jeremiah 31 where God promises Israel a New Covenant or Brit Hadashah in Hebrew. Verse 33 says, “I will put My Law within them, and on their heart, I will write it.” The Old Covenant had 613 commandments for every p...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted March 6, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Finisher of Our Faith Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2   Jesu...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 6, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You are God, our Protector, and our Healer.   I pray for all the nations and peoples that are in the midst of war, struggling to recover from brokenness and trying to rebuild after disasters.   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 6, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 'Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Colette St. Colette (1381-1447) was born in Picardy, France, the daughter of a poor carpenter who served the local Benedictine abbey. Her parents conceived her in their old age after praying to St. Nicholas for a child, naming Cole...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Liturgical day: Friday I of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,20-26): Jesus said to his disciples, «I tell you, then, that if you are not righteous in a much broader way than the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard...

  • Lectionary Readings

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

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   March 06 2020   « March 5  |  March 7 » Friday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 228 Reading 1 Ez 18:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: If the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st week of LentCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st week of Lent 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 March 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st week of LentAfternoon 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 March 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st week of LentMidday 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 March 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st week of LentMid-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 March 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st week of Lent 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 F...

  • Office Readings

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

    Friday 6 March 2020Friday of the 1st week of Lent 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 Fathe...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Covering Your Weak Spot Thursday, March 5, 2020 What is an Achilles heel? The phrase comes from Greek mythology. A baby, Achilles was dipped into the River of Immortality. Thus, the one place he wasn’t dipped was the heel by which his mother held him. In battle, his enemies shot an...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted March 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Our High Priest So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "You are My Son, today I have begotten You." Hebrews 5:5   There were many priests in the Old Testament assigned to small groups of people. Ea...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You are greater and higher than all leaders and rulers today...   And He (Jesus) has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:6   You have...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And He (Jesus) has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:6

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. John-Joseph of the Cross St. John-Joseph of the Cross (1654-1739) was born on the island of Ischia, near Naples. He joined the Franciscan Order of the Strict Observance (the reform of St. Peter of Alcantara) at age sixteen. His influ...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them yo...

  • Meditations

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

      Meditation of the Day "Many Christians regard Confession in the light of an unimportant act of piety, if not mere ceremony . . . many go even frequently to Confession, but so few amend, and consequently derive little or no benefit from the Sacrament. ... Be, then, most...

  • Lectionary Readings

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

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   March 05 2020   « March 4  |  March 6 » Thursday of the First Week in Lent Lectionary: 227 Reading 1 Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Queen Esther, seiz...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Liturgical day: Thursday I of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7,7-12): Jesus said to his disciples, «Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives; whoever seeks, finds; and the door will be opened to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st week of LentCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st week of Lent 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 March 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st week of LentAfternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st week of LentMidday 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st week of LentMid-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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st week of Lent 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 t...

  • Office Readings

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

    Thursday 5 March 2020Thursday of the 1st week of Lent 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 F...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 4, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Privilege Of The Hard Test Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Are you going through hard testing times? Do you feel that it’s hard hanging on, or that you don’t have the strength for it? Let me share something. When you’re given tests in the fifth grade, they’re harder ...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted March 4, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: The Lord Is There (Jehovah Shammah) The city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE (Jehovah Shammah). Ezekiel 48:35   The name Jehovah Shammah means the Lord Is There. The Lord is already in Heaven, where you will spend eternity. Ezekiel described th...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 4, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   Thank You for giving me the opportunity to live my life to the fullest through the price paid by Your Son Jesus on the cross.   I want to cherish each day that I have with You here on earth.   I lift u...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 4, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer Romans 12:12

  • Come Together

    Posted March 4, 2020 by Scott Bruno

    Have you had a moment to check out what CERN scientists have done lately to advance their cause by 10 fold? Heard of the Large Hadron collider? The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle collider and the largest machine in the world. It took thousands upon thousands...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Casimir of Poland St. Casimir of Poland (1458-1484) was the second son of King Casimir IV and Queen Elizabeth of Austria, one of thirteen children born to them in the royal palace at Cracow. Casimir committed his life to God from a...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears. Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. But our cit...

  • Meditations

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

      Meditation of the Day "Christian life is a retreat. We are 'not of this world', just as Jesus Christ is 'not of this world' (John 17:14). What is the world? It is, as St. John said, the 'lust of the flesh', that is, sensuality and corruption in our desires and deeds; '...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Liturgical day: Wednesday 1st of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 11,29-32): As the crowd increased, Jesus began to speak in this way, «People of the present time are evil people. They ask for a sign, but no sign will be given to them except the sign of Jonah. As Jonah bec...

  • Lectionary Readings

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

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   March 04 2020   « March 3  |  March 5 » Wednesday of the First Week in Lent Lectionary: 226 Reading 1 Jon 3:1-10 The word of the LORD came to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of LentCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir)Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.  ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of LentAfternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of LentMidday 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of LentMid-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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir)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.  &...

  • Office Readings

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

    Wednesday 4 March 2020Wednesday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir)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.   ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Other Side Of Every Sin Tuesday, March 3, 2020 There are accounts of people who have been in bondage to alcoholism or drugs, who claimed nothing was wrong, or that they were only hurting themselves. It wasn’t until they realized the pain and damage that their sin was causing to...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted March 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Son of Mary Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us? Mark 6:3   Jesus is the Son of Mary, born as a human baby; yet Mary was a virgin. Jesus was born sinless, witho...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You for calling me to be Your disciple.   Thank You for adopting me into Your family.   Thank You that I can live free from fear as Your child...   For you did not rece...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Katharine Drexel St. Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) was a wealthy heiress from a prominent family in Philadelphia. From a young age she felt called to serve the spiritual and temporal needs of the underprivileged, particularly the Af...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression." Psalm 19: 12-13  

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Tuesday 1st of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 6,7-15): Jesus said to his disciples, «When you pray, do not use a lot of words, as the pagans do, for they hold that the more they say, the more chance they have of being heard. Do not be like them. Your Fath...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   March 03 2020   « March 2  |  March 4 » Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 225 Reading 1 Is 55:10-11 Thus says the LORD: Just as fr...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st week of LentCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel)Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. &...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st week of LentAfternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st week of LentMidday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st week of LentMid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel)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. &n...

  • Office Readings

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 3 March 2020Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel)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.  ...

  • Epistle of Barnabas Chap IV

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Joseph Esquivel

    Epistle of Barnabas CHAP. IV.   That Christ was to suffer: proved from the prophecies concerning him.   FOR this cause did our Lord vouchsafe to give up his body to destruction, that through the forgiveness of out sins we might be sanctified; that is, by the sprinkling of his blood. ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Woman Who Lit Up A Hospital Monday, March 2, 2020 I knew an amazing woman of God, who was hospitalized with terminal cancer and suffered great pain. Still, she was filled with love and peace and never complained. The supervisor and head nurse of the hospital was a very hard woman. Ye...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Lord Who Is, Who Was and Who Is to Come I am . . . the Lord who isand who was and who is to come,the Almighty. Revelation 1:8 Jesus is the Lord Who Is, Who Was and Who Is to Come. He is eternal, without beginning and without end. This description reflects Jesu...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You are the Almighty God.   Thank You for creating me and for Loving me.   Today I am grateful for my body, which You have given to me.   ...you are the temple of God an...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ...you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you... 1 Corinthians 3:16

  • Devotion of the Month

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Devotion of the Month Month of St. Joseph The Church traditionally dedicates the month of March to the special veneration of St. Joseph, whose feast day is March 19th. "He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and protector of hi...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Blessed Charles the Good Blessed Charles the Good (1083–1127), also known as Charles I and the Count of Flanders, was born in Denmark, the only son of King Canute IV (St. Canute) and Adela of Flanders. He was five years old when hi...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to everyone, an apt teacher, patient, correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth, and that they may escape from the snare...

  • Meditations

    Posted March 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Our Blessed Lord, bound like a thief, is conducted through the public streets of Jerusalem accompanied by a large body of soldiers who indulge their rage and hatred by ill-treating Him in every possible way, and surrounded by a multitude of peopl...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted March 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Monday 1st of Lent View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 25,31-46): Jesus said to his disciples, «When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all his angels, He will sit on the throne of his Glory. All the nations will be brought before him, and as a shepherd separat...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted March 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   March 02 2020   « March 1  |  March 3 » Monday of the First Week of Lent Lectionary: 224 Reading 1 Lv 19:1-2, 11-18 The LORD said to Moses, &l...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 2 March 2020Monday of the 1st week of LentCompline (Night Prayer) (today)The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday.________INTRODUCTIONO God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 2 March 2020Monday of the 1st week of Lent 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 March 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 2 March 2020Monday of the 1st week of LentAfternoon 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 March 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 2 March 2020Monday of the 1st week of LentMidday 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 March 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 2 March 2020Monday of the 1st week of Lent 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 2 March 2020Monday of the 1st week of Lent 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 F...

  • Office Readings

    Posted March 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 2 March 2020Monday of the 1st week of Lent 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 Fathe...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted March 1, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    ST. DAVID OF WALES St. David of Wales (6th c.), also called Dewi Sant by the Welsh, was a missionary priest, Celtic monk, archbishop, miracle-worker, and the founder of many monasteries in Wales and western England. He was descended from Welsh royalty, and in medieval times many b...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted March 1, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: Dew I will be like the dew to Israel. Hosea 14:5   The Holy Spirit is Dew who can refresh your spirit with His presence today. Feel Him! He is Dew, coming gently to leave refreshment, even when you can’t see with your physical eyes. Do you feel the ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 1, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   You are a merciful God.   As I go through my days, I see many acts of kindness and love, such as a mother smiling as she looks at the little baby in her arms or someone taking the time to help and encourage a ...