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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 24 February 2020Monday of week 7 in Ordinary TimeCompline (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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 24 February 2020Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 24 February 2020Monday of week 7 in Ordinary TimeAfternoon 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 24 February 2020Monday of week 7 in Ordinary TimeMidday 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 24 February 2020Monday of week 7 in Ordinary TimeMid-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 b...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 24 February 2020Monday of week 7 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...

  • Office Readings

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 24 February 2020Monday of week 7 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...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Word In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1   Jesus is called the Word because He expressed the true idea of the Father, just as a written word represents the ideas of an author. Jesus is also called ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for this beautiful new day.   I come to You and humbly ask that You will create in me a clean heart, and forgive me of my sins and failures.   Create in me a clean heart, O God, A...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous ...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Polycarp of Smyrna St. Polycarp of Smyrna (c. 69-155 A.D.) became a Christian in his youth, a disciple of St. John the Evangelist. St. John ordained him Bishop of Smyrna (in modern day Turkey) and from this position Polycarp became...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and ...

  • Meditations

    Posted February 23, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "God sees you in secret. Know that he sees into your very depths, infinitely farther than you do yourself. Make a simple, lively act of faith in his presence. Christian soul, place yourself entirely under his gaze. He is very near. He is present, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 23 February 20207th Sunday in Ordinary TimeCompline (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, an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 23 February 20207th 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 23 February 20207th Sunday in Ordinary TimeAfternoon 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 February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 23 February 20207th Sunday in Ordinary TimeMidday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 23 February 20207th Sunday in Ordinary TimeMid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 23 February 20207th 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 ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 23 February 20207th 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 Fath...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Son All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except for the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Matthew 11:27   Jesus is the Son...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for all the children of the world.   Each child is a precious gift from You, and each child is highly valued by You...   But Jesus called (the children) to Him and said, “Le...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But Jesus called (the children) to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God." Luke 18:16

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Margaret of Cortona St. Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297) was born in Tuscany, Italy, the only child of a working-class family. She lost her mother at age seven, and had a poor relationship with her stepmother. Margaret was spoiled, ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love." Eph...

  • Feast Day

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day Feast of the Chair of St. Peter Enshrined in the beautiful Bernini reliquary in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is the relic of the actual Chair of St. Peter the Apostle, venerated because it was from that very chair that the f...

  • Meditations

    Posted February 22, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Thus sin renders the soul miserable, weak and torpid, inconstant in doing good, cowardly in resisting temptation, slothful in the observance of God's commandments. It deprives her of true liberty and of that sovereignty which she should never res...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: February 22: Chair of St. Peter, apostle View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16,13-19): When Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi, He asked his disciples, «Who do people say the Son of man is?». They said, «For some of them you are John the Baptist, for othe...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   February 22 2020   « February 21  |  February 23 » Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle Lectionary: 535 Reading 1 1 Pt 5:1-4 Beloved: I ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 22 February 2020Saint Peter's Chair - FeastCompline (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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 22 February 2020Saint Peter's Chair - Feast (First Vespers of tomorrow, 7th 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.&...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 22 February 2020Saint Peter's Chair - FeastAfternoon 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 22 February 2020Saint Peter's Chair - FeastMidday 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 22 February 2020Saint Peter's Chair - FeastMid-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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 22 February 2020Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 22 February 2020Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 t...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    You Have To Be Better Than Demons Friday, February 21, 2020 In the Scriptures, Messiah commanded unclean spirits. They heard His command once and immediately obeyed. The demons were more responsive to the Lord than a lot of believers are today. Many believers struggle with obeying the Lo...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Lord God The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison t...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I worship You today and I lift up my praise to You.   Thank You for covering me with Your love and grace.   Please open my eyes that I may see and always be mindful of what I may be holding back...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Peter Damian St. Peter Damian (1007-1072 A.D.) was born in Ravenna, Italy, the youngest of a large and noble yet poor family. After his birth his mother initially refused to nurse him due to the strain he would put on the family, and...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 21, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in...

  • Injustice and Prejustice of the Soul

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Friday 6th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8,34-9,1): Jesus called the peo­ple and his disciples and said, «If you want to follow me, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me. For if you choose to save your life, you will lose it; an...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   February 21 2020   « February 20  |  February 22 » Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 339 Reading 1 Jas 2:14-24, 26 What go...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 21 February 2020Friday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeCompline (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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 21 February 2020Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor 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.  &n...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 21 February 2020Friday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeAfternoon 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 21 February 2020Friday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeMidday 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 21 February 2020Friday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeMid-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 b...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 21 February 2020Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor 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.  &nb...

  • Office Readings

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 21 February 2020Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor 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 February 20, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Dropping Your Nets Again Thursday, February 20, 2020 In Matthew 4, Messiah was walking along the Sea of Galilee and saw Simon and Andrew fishing. He said, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. Why did they immediat...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Sts. Francisco & Jacinta Marto St. Francisco (1908-1919) and St. Jacinta Marto (1910–1920) were siblings and the youngest of the three shepherd children, who, along with their cousin, Lúcia Santos, witnessed three appariti...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." 1 Peter 2:9  

  • Meditations

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "No one denies what everyone knows, for nature herself teaches it: that God is the Creator of the universe, and that it is good, and that it belongs to humanity by the free gift of its Creator. But there is a vast difference between the corrupted ...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: King of Kings and Lord of Lords And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16   Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the absolute, sovereign Ruler of the universe. Today He has given peo...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Let me experience Your love and share Your love with others...   Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 &...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 20, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Thursday 6th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8,27-33): Jesus set out with his disciples for the villages around Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked them, «Who do people say I am?». And they told him, «Some say you are John th...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   February 20 2020   « February 19  |  February 21 » Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 338 Reading 1 Jas 2:1-9 My brothers...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 20 February 2020Thursday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeCompline (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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 20 February 2020Thursday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 20 February 2020Thursday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeAfternoon 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 February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 20 February 2020Thursday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeMidday 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 February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 20 February 2020Thursday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeMid-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.Glo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 20 February 2020Thursday of week 6 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 ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 20 February 2020Thursday of week 6 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 t...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Zechariah And Elisabeth Wednesday, February 19, 2020 In Luke 1:55 and 1:73, Mary and Zechariah make references to an oath that God made. Zechariah means God has remembered. His wife’s name, Elisheva means His oath. Put together, it says, God has remembered His oath. What oath did G...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Shadow of a Great Rock A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Isaiah 32:2   Just as a person struggling through the desert need...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1   Dear Lord God,   I thank you for Your beautiful creation of everything in the world around me.   I pray that you will send resto...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Blessed Alvarez of Cordova Bl. Alvarez of (Córdoba) Cordova (1350-1430) was born to a noble family in Zamora, Spain. He joined the Dominican Order and preached throughout Spain, and served at the court of Queen Catherine. He went ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I; for you are my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy. Let me abide in your tent forever, find refug...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Wednesday 6th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8,22-26): When Jesus and his disciples came to Bethsaida, Jesus was asked to touch a blind man who was brought to him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had put sp...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   February 19 2020   « February 18  |  February 20 » Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 337 Reading 1 Jas 1:19-27 Know thi...

  • Meditations

    Posted February 19, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "And so the idea of peace came down to do the work of peace: The Word was made flesh and even now dwells among us. It is by faith that he dwells in our hearts, in our memory, our intellect and penetrates even into our imagination. What concept cou...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 19 February 2020Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeCompline (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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 19 February 2020Wednesday of week 6 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.Glo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 19 February 2020Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeAfternoon 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.Glor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 19 February 2020Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeMidday 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 b...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 19 February 2020Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeMid-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.G...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 19 February 2020Wednesday of week 6 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.Glor...

  • Office Readings

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 19 February 2020Wednesday of week 6 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...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:13

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Devil’s Fear Tuesday, February 18, 2020 In Mark 1:24, the demons say to Messiah, “Have you come to destroy us?” Sometimes we think that demons are scary things, but they don’t scare Messiah. Rather, He scares them! It’s a legion, and yet they’re to...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: Creator Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28   The Lord is the Creator; without Him, nothin...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for all of the special people You have placed in my life to surround me with support and encouragement.   Thank You for creating me to live out my life in community with You and with others. &nb...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. Psalm 139:1-2

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Blessed Fra Angelico Bl. Fra Angelico (1387-1455) was born Guido di Pietro in Tuscany, Italy. Little is known of his early life, but he became a famous early Italian Renaissance master painter. Fra Angelico would pray earnestly before he...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Tuesday 6th inOrdinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8,14-21): The disciples had forgotten to bring more bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. Then Jesus warned them, «Keep your eyes open and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeas...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted February 18, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   February 18 2020   « February 17  |  February 19 » Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 336 Reading 1 Jas 1:12-18 Blessed is...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 17, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 18 February 2020Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeCompline (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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 17, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 18 February 2020Tuesday of week 6 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 b...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 17, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 18 February 2020Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeAfternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 17, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 18 February 2020Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeMidday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 17, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 18 February 2020Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeMid-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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 17, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 18 February 2020Tuesday of week 6 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...

  • Office Readings

    Posted February 17, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 18 February 2020Tuesday of week 6 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 ...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted February 17, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Manettus and the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites St. Manettus (d. 1268), also known as St. Benedict dell’Antella, was one of the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites. Between 1225 and 1227 in the city of Florence, It...