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  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 8:51-59): Jesus said to the Jews: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” So the Jews said to him, “Now we are sure that y...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 7 April 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of the 5th week of Lent From "Lumen gentium", the Second Vatican Council's dogmatic constit...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 7 April 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest) 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, c...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 7 April 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest) 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 Go...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 7 April 2022 Thursday 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 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 April 2022 Thursday 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 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 April 2022 Thursday 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 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 April 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest) 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 7 April 2022 Thursday 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 ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Yeshua Water Wednesday, April 6, 2022   During the Hebrew Feast of Sukkot - or Tabernacles, Jewish people took part in the Water Drawing Ceremony. They'd draw water from the Pool of Siloam and bring it up to the Temple Mount. They'd pour out and recite Isaiah 12, "And in joy yo...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Finger of God Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them. Exodus 8:19   The Holy Spirit is the Finger of God. He is the One used by the Father and Son ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for listening when I speak.   I know that You hear my prayers, and that You will answer my prayers, as Jesus promised...   If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:14 ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 14:14 NKJV If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.   Psalms 145:18 NIV The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.  

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 253 Reading I Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 King Nebuchadnezzar said: “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up? Be ready now to fall d...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 8:31-42): Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will se...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 April 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent A commentary of St Augustine on Psalm 85Jesus Christ prays for us and in us and is the object of our prayers God could give n...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 April 2022 Wednesday 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 April 2022 Wednesday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 April 2022 Wednesday 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 April 2022 Wednesday 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 April 2022 Wednesday 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 April 2022 Wednesday 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 April 2022 Wednesday 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 an...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Gravity of Sin Tuesday, April 5, 2022   Everything with mass has gravity and pull and attracts other objects. The mass of the earth pulls us to its center. If we can break out of that gravitational field, we are free. We would have no more weight; we could float. Outside of...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6   J...

  • Meditation

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “And let me make it quite clear that when Christians say the Christ-life is in them, they do not mean simply something mental or moral. When they speak of being ‘in Christ’ or of Christ being ‘in them’, this is not simply a way of saying that they ar...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You for The Bible and how it so clearly presents Your love and Your truth for all people.   Please teach and guide me as I read You Holy Word, The Bible.   Help me to commit verses to...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hebrews 4:12 NIV For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 252 Reading I Nm 21:4-9 From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to bypass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, &...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 8:21-30): Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” So the Jews sa...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 April 2022 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Vincent Ferrer, Priest) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent From a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, popeThe Cross of Christ is the source of a...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 April 2022 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Vincent Ferrer, Priest) 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 April 2022 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Vincent Ferrer, Priest) 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 o...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 April 2022 Tuesday 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 April 2022 Tuesday 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 April 2022 Tuesday 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 April 2022 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Vincent Ferrer, Priest) 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 April 2022 Tuesday 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...

  • Appreciating Diverse Beliefs

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Pastor Sarah Grace Ake ULCM

    Original Content: https://windhavenministry.org/appreciating-diverse-beliefs/ So today I want to talk a little bit about appreciating diverse beliefs. What I mean by this, is that we shouldn’t spend all of our time butting heads about which set of beliefs are right or wrong. Belief is pe...

  • Ending Corporal Punishment of Children: Spare the Rod, Spoil Th

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Pastor Sarah Grace Ake ULCM

    Original Content: https://windhavenministry.org/ending-corporal-punishment-of-children-spare-the-rod-spoil-the-child/ So today I want to teach about the issues behind corporal punishment of children and what the biblical meaning of “the rod” really is. When we can gain a better und...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Bully's Bluff Monday, April 4, 2022   To this day, historians are amazed at the rise of Adolf Hitler. He was an unsuccessful artist, a misfit, yet he ended up taking control of Germany, then Europe, and almost the world. He had a tactic that he used from the beginning to th...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Lion of the Tribe of Judah One of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals." Revelation 5:5   Jesus is the Lion of the ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for creating this fruitful and beautiful earth.   I thank You for Your good creation, the many ecosystems and forests around the world, please let them thrive and grow.   Then God saw ev...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Genesis 1:31 NKJV Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So, the evening and the morning were the sixth day.   Psalms 119:90 NIV Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established...

  • Meditation

    Posted April 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “There is good reason to be astonished that men should sin so boldly in the sight of Heaven and earth and show so little fear of the most high God. Yet it is a much greater cause of astonishment that while we multiply our iniquities beyond the sands of the sea and have so g...

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 251 Reading I Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62 In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim, who married a very beautiful and God-fearing woman, Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah; her pious parents had traine...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 April 2022 Monday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Isidore, Bishop, Doctor) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of the 5th week of Lent From the commentary on the penitential psalms (1555) by St John Fisher, bishop and...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 April 2022 Monday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Isidore, Bishop, Doctor) Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our ai...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 April 2022 Monday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Isidore, Bishop, Doctor) Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to ou...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 April 2022 Monday 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 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 April 2022 Monday 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 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 April 2022 Monday 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 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 April 2022 Monday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Isidore, Bishop, Doctor) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 April 2022 Monday 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...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: Our Father in Heaven When you pray, say: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Luke 11:2   You should pray, “Our Father in Heaven.” This is the phra...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You have called me to Your purposes.   Please ignite a passion in my heart for the work that You have given to me.   Please bring Your light into my home and bring Your significance into my...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Ephesians 5:1-2 NIV Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Fifth Sunday of Lent Year C Readings Lectionary: 36 Reading I Is 43:16-21 Thus says the LORD,             who opens a way in the sea             and ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Fifth Sunday of Lent (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 8:1-11): Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. T...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 April 2022 5th Sunday of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 5th Sunday of Lent From an Easter letter by Saint Athanasius, bishopKeep the coming feast of the Lord through deeds, not words The Word who became all things for us is close to us, o...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 April 2022 5th Sunday 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 and to the Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 April 2022 5th Sunday 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 Father and to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 April 2022 5th Sunday 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 and to the S...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 April 2022 5th Sunday 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 the Son and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 April 2022 5th Sunday 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 to the Son ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 April 2022 5th Sunday of Lent  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 April 2022 5th Sunday 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. ________ Exami...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Lord of Glory None of the rulers of this age knew, for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 1 Corinthians 2:8   Jesus is the Lord of Glory. He left Heaven and its glories to be born as a babe in Bethlehem. Heaven was m...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Your love knows no bounds.   Jesus entered the homes of sinners and placed His healing hands on those who were untouchable.   Your love redeems the broken ones, and Your grace and mercy are unen...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 2, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hebrews 13:3 NIV Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.   Matthew 25:36-40 NIV I needed clothes and you clothed me, I wa...

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent Lectionary: 249 Reading I Jer 11:18-20 I knew their plot because the LORD informed me; at that time you, O LORD, showed me their doings. Yet I, like a trusting lamb led to slaughter, had not realized that they were hatching...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 7:40-53): Some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said, “This is truly the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But others said, &...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 April 2022 Saturday of the 4th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Francis of Paola, hermit) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 4th week of Lent From the Second Vatican Council's pastoral constitution "Gaudium et spes" o...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 April 2022 Saturday of the 4th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Francis of Paola, hermit) 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 o...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 April 2022 Saturday of the 4th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Francis of Paola, hermit) 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 April 2022 Saturday of the 4th 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 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 April 2022 Saturday of the 4th 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 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 April 2022 Saturday of the 4th 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 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 April 2022 Saturday of the 4th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Francis of Paola, hermit) (First Vespers of tomorrow, 5th Sunday of Lent) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the versi...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 April 2022 Saturday of the 4th 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 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    JERUBBAAL Friday, April 1, 2022   Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission...   Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, "Let Baal plead against him, because he has torn down his altar." Judges 6:32 One of the most famous of ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Lord of Peace Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. 2 Thessalonians 3:16   Jesus is the Lord of Peace. As Lord, He is Master, so Jesus is the Master of peace. His nature is peace, so when He awoke in a boat in the middle of ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for the protection and healing that You provide to me and to those that I love.   Please be the firm foundation for my life today and every day.   Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit an...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 1, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Titus 2:11-12 NIV For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age

  • Lectionary

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent Lectionary: 248 Reading I Wis 2:1a, 12-22 The wicked said among themselves,             thinking not aright: “Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to u...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30): Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was ne...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 April 2022 Friday of the 4th week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 4th week of Lent From an Easter letter by Saint Athanasius, bishopThe Paschal sacrament brings together in unity of faith those who are far away Brethren, h...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 April 2022 Friday of the 4th 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 March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 April 2022 Friday of the 4th 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 March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 April 2022 Friday of the 4th 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 March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 April 2022 Friday of the 4th 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 March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 April 2022 Friday of the 4th 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 March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 April 2022 Friday of the 4th 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 March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 1 April 2022 Friday of the 4th 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...

  • Win at Lottery Online with India's Most Trusted and Popular Onl

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Myles Barton

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  • Sapphries

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Simplest Name Thursday, March 31, 2022   Moses at the burning bush asked God: "What is your name?" He was told, "I AM." Think about that -- I AM. You can't get any simpler than that. It is like saying, "I am me!" God's name is so simple, it is just I AM. Some people think t...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: The Faithful God (El Emunah) Therefore, know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments. Deuteronomy 7:9   The Lord is ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You for Your Word, The Holy Bible, and for how it always points me towards Your love for me and for all others.   I ask that You would release my mind from all distractions and fears today so that I...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

  • Meditation

    Posted March 31, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “I’ve appointed the Devil to tempt and to trouble My creatures in this life [St. Catherine of Siena reports that Our Lord said to her]. I’ve done this, not so that My creatures will be overcome, but so that they may overcome, proving their virtue and receiving f...