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  • Lectionary

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Readings for the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Readings for the Thursday of Holy Week LISTEN PODCAST En Español View Calendar Get Daily Readings E-mails Holy Thursday Chrism Mass Lectionary: 260 Re...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Holy Thursday (Lord's Supper) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 13:1-15): Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. The ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Maundy Thursday From an Easter homily by Saint Melito of Sardis, bishopThe Lamb that was slain has delivered us from death and given us life There was much proclaimed by the prophets...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday  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 to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the S...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday  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 to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. ________ Exami...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Spirit Step Wednesday, April 13, 2022   Pentecost; it's the Hebrew Shavuot. It's the feast of the harvest, the feast of the Spirit. The disciples were waiting. The gathering of the apostles in Jerusalem is the ultimate example of the conditions that need to be met in our li...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Only Wise God Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17   Jesus is the Only Wise God. Idols can’t speak and leaders of false religions don’t know anyt...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   I love to sing Your praise.   Thank You for Your everlasting love.   Praise the Lord, all you nations, extol him, all you peoples. For great is His love toward us, and the fa...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 7:24-25 NKJV “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall,...

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of Holy Week Lectionary: 259 Reading I Is 50:4-9a The Lord GOD has given me             a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary       &nbs...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of Holy Week listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 26:14-25): One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of Holy Week From a treatise on John by St AugustineThe perfection of love Dear brethren, the Lord has marked out for us the fullness of love that we ought to have ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week  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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the S...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Book of Oracles Tuesday, April 12, 2022   The world is very desperate for any kind of guidance, any shred of revelation or spirituality. People go to horoscopes and fortune tellers, only to end up being darker and more lost than they were before. Even some believers fall in...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: My Father My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one. John 10:29-30   The Father has a special relationship to Jesus Christ: Jesus is Hi...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Please show me how to worship you in Spirit and in truth, as Jesus taught...   Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 4:23-24 NIV Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit an...

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of Holy Week Lectionary: 258 Reading I Is 49:1-6 Hear me, O islands,             listen, O distant peoples. The Lord called me from birth,          &nbs...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of Holy Week listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 13:21-33.36-38): Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked a...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of Holy Week From the book On the Holy Spirit by Saint Basil the Great, bishopBy one death and resurrection the world was saved When mankind was estranged from him by dis...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week  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 to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week  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 April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son a...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Worship Weapon Monday, April 11, 2022   They're the most powerful of weapons, but rarely used. They can vanquish the greatest of earthly foes. They can subdue an army, even give victory, but most believers rarely use them; even when they are needed the most. What are these ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Prince of the Kings of the Earth And from Jesus Christ, . . . the prince of the kings of the earth. Revelation 1:5   Jesus is the Prince of the Kings of the Earth. A prince is one who is waiting for the throne that he will formally assume in the future. Je...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   My soul exalts You.   My Lord Jesus, I want to abide in You, Thank You for abiding in me...   Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in th...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 15:4 NKJV Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of Holy Week Lectionary: 257 Reading I Is 42:1-7 Here is my servant whom I uphold,             my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my Spirit;      &nb...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of Holy Week listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 12:1-11): Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was on...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 April 2022 Monday of Holy Week  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of Holy Week From a sermon by Saint AugustineLet us too glory in the cross of the Lord The passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is the hope of glory and a lesson in ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 April 2022 Monday of Holy Week  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the S...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 April 2022 Monday of Holy Week  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 to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 April 2022 Monday of Holy Week Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 April 2022 Monday of Holy Week Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 April 2022 Monday of Holy Week Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the So...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 April 2022 Monday of Holy Week  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 to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 April 2022 Monday of Holy Week Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Righteous Judge Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day. 2 Timothy 4:8   Jesus is the Righteous Judge. When you come into future judgment, He will not punish yo...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Today I join with Christians around the world to celebrate Jesus on this Palm Sunday.   You fill and bless all areas of my life.   Even in the darkest parts of my heart, Your presence bring...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 115:11 NKJV You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield.

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Lectionary: 37 and 37 At the Procession with Palms - Gospel Lk 19:28-40 Jesus proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem. As he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 22:14—23:56): When the hour came, he took his place at table with the apostles. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 April 2022 Palm Sunday  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Palm Sunday From the discourse "On the Palm Branches" by Saint Andrew of CreteBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; blessed is the King of Israel. Let us go together to meet Chr...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 April 2022 Palm Sunday  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 April 2022 Palm Sunday  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 to the Son a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 April 2022 Palm Sunday Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 April 2022 Palm Sunday Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 April 2022 Palm Sunday Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 April 2022 Palm Sunday  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 to the Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 10 April 2022 Palm Sunday Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. ________ Examination...

  • Abuse Vs. Love: Planning for a Safe Exit

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Pastor Sarah Grace Ake ULCM

    OC: https://windhavenministry.org/abuse-vs-love-planning-for-a-safe-exit/   When we look at the scripture in the Bible and attempt to understand it, we must look at it the same way we look at any other piece of literature. Keep in mind that the Bible is not just one book, but a combin...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: Almighty God (El Shaddai) The LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God [El Shaddai]; walk before Me and be blameless." Genesis 17:1   The Lord is Almighty God (El Shaddai), a name that carries two opposite ideas—sympathy and...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for the trees and flowers that bud, blossom and bloom in the sunshine.   I praise You for this season that brings new life.   Please bring new life and passion into my heart.  ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I Timothy 2:8 NKJV I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 256 Reading I Ez 37:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land. I will make the...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 11:45-56): Today's Gospel (Jn 11:45-56) Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees a...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 April 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 5th week of Lent From a sermon by Saint Gregory NazianzenWe are soon going to share in the Passover We are soon going to share in the Passover, and al...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 April 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 April 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 April 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 April 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 April 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 April 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent  (First Vespers of tomorrow, Palm Sunday) 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 L...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 9 April 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    You are Being Called Friday, April 8, 2022   Many believers talk about being called. They will say, "I know I am called or being called; God is calling me or there is a calling on my life." Imagine, there is someone outside your house saying, "come on out!" The person sitting i...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Only Begotten of the Father And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14   Jesus is the Only Begotten of the Father, which means He come...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You that Your perfect love for me "keeps no record of wrongs." 1 Corinthians 13:5   Thank You that you have forgiven me and removed my sins from me...   As far as the east is from the west, ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 8:1 ESV There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 255 Reading I Jer 20:10-13 I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 10:31-42): The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 April 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 5th week of Lent From a treatise on faith addressed to Peter by Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe, bishopChrist offered himself for us The sacrifices of animal vict...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 April 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Lent  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 April 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Lent  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 April 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Lent Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 April 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Lent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 April 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Lent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 April 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Lent  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 8 April 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Lent Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Hermetically Sealed Sukkah Thursday, April 7, 2022   Every year in autumn, the children of Israel celebrate Sukkot - the Feast of Tabernacles. During the Feast of Tabernacles, Jewish people were required to live in sukkahs. These were huts, made of branches and fruit. Each ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Light of the Glorious Gospel The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not [the unsaved], lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 2 Corinthians 4:4   Jesus is...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You for being strong when I am weak.   I join the Apostle Paul in his powerful declaration...   Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Ephesians 6:12-13 ESV For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore, take ...

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    Posted April 7, 2022 by annevet svllitca

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  • Link Building Services, SEO Experts

    Posted April 7, 2022 by Myles Barton

    Here are some of the services that you can use to get link building for your content: - Content Marketing Services: If you need help with content marketing, then you should consider hiring a professional to do the job. You can hire individuals or agencies that have experience with different types o...

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 254 Reading I Gn 17:3-9 When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him: “My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations. No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall...