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Thursday 2 January 20202 JanuaryMid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...
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Thursday 2 January 2020Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors on 2 JanuaryMorning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. ...
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Thursday 2 January 2020Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors on 2 JanuaryOffice 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 th...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
2020 – WHAT WILL IT BRING? Wednesday, January 1, 2020 I closed 2019 with a word concerning what had been and what lay ahead. As we begin 2020, I’m led to continue that word. What will the year 2020 bring? What are the signs? First, we are in a critical period...
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Laws of the Lighthouse by Max Lucado The first of the year is known for three things: black-eyed peas, bowl games, and lists. Some don’t eat black-eyed peas. Others hate football. But everybody likes lists. The Bible certainly has its share of lists. M...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV A Time to Think We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is calle...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, As I begin this new year 2020, I ask that You will create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 I pray that Your Holy Spirit will sow into me the seeds of Your love and pre...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such, there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Devotion of the Month Month of the Holy Name of Jesus The month of January is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. After the Blessed Virgin Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit, the angel Gabriel appeared to St. Joseph and told him that the ...
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Saint of the Day St. Joseph Mary Tomasi St. Joseph Mary Tomasi (1649-1713) was born in Sicily to noble and virtuous parents. He received a good Christian education and was drawn to the things of God from an early age. He renounced his inheritance and tit...
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Verse of the Day "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:33-34
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Today’s Feast Day Holy Mary, Mother of God The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God is celebrated on January 1st, the final day of the Christmas octave and a Holy Day of Obligation. The origin of this feast goes back to the 7th century in the Latin...
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Liturgical day: January 1st (8th Day after Christmas): Mary, Mother of God View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2,16-21): The shepherds came hurriedly and found Mary and Joseph with the baby lying in the manger. On seeing this they related what they had been told about the child, and all...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings January 1 2020 « December 31 | January 2 » The Octave Day of Christmas Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Lectionary: 18 ...
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Meditation of the Day "Mary is honored in the Church with special reverence. Indeed, from most ancient times the Blessed Virgin Mary has been venerated under the title of 'God-bearer.' In all perils and needs, the faithful have fled prayerfully to her protection. ... i...
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Dear Friends in Christ, I hope you had a good year in 2019. With the problems many face through the year I pray that they were resolved and God has met your needs. As this is the last day of 2019, I pray for each and everyone of you for the most Blessed and Peaceful and Prayerful 2020. Always loo...
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Wednesday 1 January 2020Mary, Mother of God - SolemnityCompline (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, ...
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Wednesday 1 January 2020Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity Vespers (Evening Prayer)Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory...
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Wednesday 1 January 2020Mary, Mother of God - SolemnityAfternoon 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 ...
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Wednesday 1 January 2020Mary, Mother of God - SolemnityMidday 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 ...
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Wednesday 1 January 2020Mary, Mother of God - SolemnityMid-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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 1 January 2020Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory)If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory ...
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Wednesday 1 January 2020Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity 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 (wi...
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Saint of the Day Pope St. Sylvester Pope St. Sylvester (c. 250-335 A.D.) was born in Rome and raised as a Christian under the care of pious parents, and the religious instruction of a devout priest. He was later ordained to Holy Orders in Rome, and witne...
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Verse of the Day "Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of t...
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Liturgical day: December 31st (7th Day afterChristmas) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 1,1-18): In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God and the Word was God; he was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him and without him nothing came to be. Whate...
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USCCB » Bible » Daily Readings December 31 2019 « December 30 | January 1 » The Seventh Day in the Octave of ChristmasLectionary: 204 Reading 1 1 Jn 2:18-21 Children, it i...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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...
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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...
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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
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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Verse of the Day "Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits sin." James 4:17
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
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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
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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 ...
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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...
Posted 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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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. ...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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, ...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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, ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...