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  • Sapphries

    Posted December 31, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Removing Your Funeral Wrappings Tuesday, December 31, 2019 The Bible tells us that we are to live in the power of the resurrection. What is the power of the resurrection? When Messiah was placed in the tomb, he was buried with funeral wrappings and pounds of spices. On the day of the res...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted December 31, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Today, on this last day of 2019, I reflect on the passage of time and I remember that You are outside the limits of both time and space.   You move in mysterious and transcendent ways.   Lo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 31, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Jeremiah 29:11 New King James Version (NKJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.   New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture is take...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 31 December 20197th day within the octave of ChristmasCompline (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,   ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 31 December 20197th day within the octave of Christmas  (optional commemoration of Saint Silvester I, Pope)(First Vespers of tomorrow, Mary, Mother of God)Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 31 December 20197th day within the octave of ChristmasMidday 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 December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 31 December 20197th day within the octave of ChristmasAfternoon 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 December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 31 December 20197th day within the octave of ChristmasMid-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 December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 31 December 20197th day within the octave of Christmas  (optional commemoration of Saint Silvester I, Pope)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 ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 31 December 20197th day within the octave of Christmas  (optional commemoration of Saint Silvester I, Pope)Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on...

  • Psalm 25:14-15

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Br. E.G. Carriere

    The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.Psalm 25:14-15Where does true deliverance come from? Only from God. Deliverance is found in God through deep reverential respect for his holin...

  • Matthew 10:26-33

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Br. E.G. Carriere

    Matthew 10:26-33Jesus said to the Twelve: “Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the bod...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Anysia St. Anysia of Salonika (d. c. 298 A.D.), also known as St. Anysia of Thessalonica, was born to wealthy and pious Christian parents near Thessalonica, Greece. After the death of her parents, while she was still a young lady, An...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spi...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: December 30th (6th Day afterChristmas) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2,36-40): There was also a prophetess named Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. After leaving her father's home, she had been seven years with her husband, and since then she had bee...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   December 30 2019   « December 29  |  December 31 » The Sixth Day in the Octave of ChristmasLectionary: 203 Reading 1 1 Jn 2:12-17 I am writing t...

  • Meditations

    Posted December 30, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "If you would suffer with patience the adversities and miseries of this life, be a man of prayer. If you would obtain courage and strength to conquer the temptations of the enemy, be a man of prayer. If you would mortify your own will with all its...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Mirrors & Flashlights Monday, December 30, 2019 If you take out a mirror and hold it up, it will reflect everyone and everything around it. In the darkness, it will reflect darkness. If it’s cloudy, the mirror will reflect the clouds. If it’s sunny, the mirror will reflect th...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You that Your mercies are new every morning...   Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is You...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 December 20196th day within the octave of ChristmasCompline (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,   ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 December 20196th day within the octave of Christmas 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.Glor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 December 20196th day within the octave of ChristmasAfternoon 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 December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 December 20196th day within the octave of ChristmasMidday 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 December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 December 20196th day within the octave of ChristmasMid-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 December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 December 20196th day within the octave of Christmas 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 December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 December 20196th day within the octave of Christmas Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introduction (w...

  • Max Lucado

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    A Friend in High Places by Max Lucado   God has put all things under the authority of Christ. (Eph. 1:22)   Christ is running the show. Right now. A leaf just fell from a tree in the Alps. Christ caused it to do so. A newborn baby in India inhaled for the ...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you. Psalm 39:7 NLT   A Time to Think Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. —Desmond Tutu   A Time to Act Spend time with Go...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   I thank You for Your Holy Spirit who raised up Jesus.   Thank You for dwelling within my heart and giving me the gift of Your presence.   I look to You as this year comes to a close.   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Acts 2 Tree of Life Version (TLV) The Ruach Fills the Disciples 2 When the day of Shavuot[a] had come, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the whole house wher...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Thomas Becket St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170), also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, was the son of a prosperous London merchant. Being a well-educated youth, he was appointed as clerk to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and was later...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day  "Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits sin." James 4:17  

  • Feast Day

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day The Holy Family Jesus and his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and his earthly guardian, protector, and foster-father, St. Joseph, make up the Holy Family. God was made incarnate into the embrace of the human family, and the major...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Holy Family (A) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 2,13-15.19-23): After the wise men had left, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said, «Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will s...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   December 29 2019   « December 28  |  December 30 » The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and JosephLectionary: 17 Reading 1 Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 God sets a...

  • Meditations

    Posted December 29, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Let us pass on now to the other question—namely, what you can do to strengthen your resolutions and make them succeed? There is no better mean than to put them into practice. But you say that you are still so weak that, although you often m...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 December 2019The Holy FamilyCompline (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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 December 2019The Holy Family 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 December 2019The Holy FamilyAfternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 December 2019The Holy FamilyMidday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 December 2019The Holy Family Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 December 2019The Holy Family Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid.    O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...

  • Office Readings

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 December 2019The Holy Family Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introduction (without Invitatory)If th...

  • Book of Jasher IX

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Joseph Esquivel

    Book of Jasher CHAPTER IX.   And Haran, the son of Terah, Abram’s oldest brother, took a wife in those days. Haran was thirty-nine years old when he took her; and the wife of Haran conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Lot. And she conceived again and bare a daughter, an...

  • God and Jesus Christ's Acceptance:

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Joseph Esquivel

    Our Experience with Churches and Temples I find myself amazed we haven't had a single effort put forth for our troubles. We have been praying for 14 years for some true Christians to render us aid. it seems there is no God in the temples built for him to reside in. God said he would reside with his...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Holy Innocents The Holy Innocents (1st c.) are the children mentioned in the account of Jesus' birth in Matthew's Gospel (2:16-18). When the Magi came to Jerusalem to find and adore the Baby Jesus, the newborn King of the Jews, King Hero...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23-24  

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: December 28th: Holy Innocents, martyrs View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 2,13-18): After the wise men had left, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said, «Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you ...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   December 28 2019   « December 27  |  December 29 » Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrsLectionary: 698 Reading 1 1 Jn 1:5—2:2 Beloved:This...

  • Max Lucado

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    God's Higher Purpose   No moment, event or detail falls outside of God’s supervision. God is the one who “causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous” (Matthew 5:45 NIV). He isn’t making up this plan as ...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you. Philippians 2:13 MSG   A Time to Think Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.—Smiley Blanton   A Time to ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for Your Word, The Bible, and the truth it provides.   Please help me to spend time with You each day in Your Word, in prayer, in worship and in Your presence and with Your Holy Spirit.   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 28, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ...whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these thin...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 December 2019The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - 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,  &n...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 December 2019The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - Feast (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Holy Family)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 December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 December 2019The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - 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.G...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 December 2019The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - 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.Glor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 December 2019The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - 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 u...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 December 2019The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - 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.G...

  • Office Readings

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 December 2019The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - Feast Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introductio...

  • Max Lucado

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    God's Higher Purpose   No moment, event or detail falls outside of God’s supervision. God is the one who “causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous” (Matthew 5:45 NIV). He isn’t making up this plan as ...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Psalm 97:11   A Time to Think In daily life, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. — Brother David Steindl...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Altar Of Infinity Friday, December 27, 2019   The Tabernacle, the Temple of Jerusalem, and the path into the Holy Place all existed on an east-west plane. This is something very profound. For unlike north and south, east and west have no beginning or end. The east-west plan...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Your power goes beyond my understanding.   In a time when hope can seem dim, I know that Your light is brighter than any darkness in my life.   I look to You for my hope for today and for my fut...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we lo...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. John the Evangelist St. John the Evangelist (1st c.) was one of the Twelve Apostles, and one of the three in Jesus' inner circle, along with his brother, James, and Simon Peter. St. John was the disciple who reclined on the breast ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    iturgical day: December 27th: John, apostle and evangelist View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 20,2-8): On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala ran to Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved. And she said to them, «They have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we don't ...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted December 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   December 27 2019   « December 26  |  December 28 » Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelistLectionary: 697 Reading 1 1 Jn 1:1-4 Beloved:What ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 December 2019Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist - 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,  ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 December 2019Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast 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 December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 December 2019Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist - 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.Gl...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 December 2019Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist - 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.Gl...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 December 2019Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 December 2019Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist - 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...

  • Office Readings

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 December 2019Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introduct...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Builders And Wreckers Thursday, December 26, 2019 Have you ever watched the demolition of a building or house? It doesn’t take a lot – maybe just a wrecking ball or some explosives – and it’s all done. It doesn’t take much skill. It doesn’t take much c...

  • Max Lucado

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Unceasing Prayer by Max Lucado   Unceasing prayer may sound complicated, but it needn’t be that way. Do this. Think of prayerless as an activity for God and more as an awareness of God. Seek to live in uninterrupted awareness. As you stand in line to register your car, th...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 NIV   A Time to Think Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, the joy you give to others is the joy that comes back to you. –John Greenleaf Whit...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I desire to be more like You.   Thank You for The Bible and for Your Holy Spirit and how they help me to know You and to draw near to You each day...   Draw near to God and He will draw nea...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Draw near to God and He will draw near to you... James 4:8

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Stephen St. Stephen (1st. c.) was one of the Church's first deacons in Jerusalem and an eloquent preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. According to Sacred Scripture he was "a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost" and "full of...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Yet if any of you suffers as a Christian, do not consider it a disgrace, but glorify God because you bear this name." 1 Peter 4:16  

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: December 26th: Stephen, First Martyr View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10,17-22): Jesus said to his disciples, «Be on your guard with respect to people, for they will hand you over to their courts and they will flog you in their synagogues. You will be brought to...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   December 26 2019   « December 25  |  December 27 » Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyrLectionary: 696 Reading 1 Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen, f...

  • Meditations

    Posted December 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "We might say the whole mystery of our redemption in Christ, by his incarnation, his death and his resurrection, consists of this marvelous exchange: in the heart of Christ, God has loved us humanly, so as to render our human hearts capable of lov...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 December 2019Saint Stephen, the first Martyr - 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, &nbs...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 December 2019Saint Stephen, the first Martyr - Feast 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 December 2019Saint Stephen, the first Martyr - 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 December 2019Saint Stephen, the first Martyr - 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....

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 December 2019Saint Stephen, the first Martyr - 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 he...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 December 2019Saint Stephen, the first Martyr - 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 ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 December 2019Saint Stephen, the first Martyr - Feast Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introdu...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 KJV   A Time to Think I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, w...

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Magi’s Secret Wednesday, December 25, 2019 Matthew 2 speaks of “wise men” from the east. But how could they know that the King of Israel would come at the time he did just by seeing “His star”? The answer is in the Book of Daniel. Daniel was made Chief o...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I call upon Your name today in humble admiration.   Fill me with Your Holy Spirit that I may worship You in my words and actions.   Today, I celebrate Jesus's birth and the fact that He came dow...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day They saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Matthew 2:11

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Anastasia St. Anastasia (c. 281-314 A.D.) was a Roman citizen of the noble class, born to a wealthy pagan father and a Christian mother. She was secretly baptized due to her mother's desire to raise her as a Christian. Anastas...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6