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  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 10 June 2022 Friday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 June 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 10 June 2022 Friday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 June 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 10 June 2022 Friday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 10 June 2022 Friday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 June 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Spirit Graduates Thursday, June 9, 2022   On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came. Why then? One reason is because the disciples were at a crossroads. Their discipleship was over, they finished the course, their teacher was gone, and it was time to go forth and discip...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Life Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.' John 14:6   Jesus is the Life; He is the source of life. He embedded the world with His life when He created it (Colossians 1:16)...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You that Jesus paid the price to save me and to give me eternal life with You...   For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 6:23 NKJV For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.   II Corinthians 5:21 NKJV For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 362 Reading I 1 Kgs 18:41-46 Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, c...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5:20-26): Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdo...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 9 June 2022 Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Ephraem, Deacon, Doctor  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time A sermon by OrigenThe conquest of Jericho Jericho is besieged and surrounded but has ye...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 9 June 2022 Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Ephraem, Deacon, Doctor  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, m...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 9 June 2022 Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Ephraem, Deacon, Doctor  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 9 June 2022 Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 9 June 2022 Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 June 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 9 June 2022 Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 9 June 2022 Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Ephraem, Deacon, Doctor  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O L...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 9 June 2022 Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 a...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Devil's Fear Wednesday, June 8, 2022   The devil, satan, is real. This was the hardest thing to believe when I first came to the Lord. Yet when you consider Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, the Holocaust, and Hitler's obsession with destroying the Jewish people, no words less th...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Breath of God's Nostrils The foundations of the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. Psalm 18:15   The Holy Spirit is the Breath of God’s Nostrils. When God breathes judgment, the H...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   I pray that I will always have a testimony that points to You.   Help me to live as if today were my last before entering eternity, for I know not what tomorrow may bring. (Proverbs 27:1)   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Proverbs 27:1 NKJV Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

  • How to Benefit from New Trends in Custom Mailer Boxes

    Posted June 8, 2022 by Penelope Harriet

      Custom Mailer Boxes are the latest packaging trend, and they not only look wonderful but can also be utilized as a marketing tool to help your customers remember your products. Mailer boxes are required for every box company that transports numerous things to its customers. Boxes such as ca...

  • Instructions on how to make bob wigs appear more realistic in a

    Posted June 7, 2022 by Perez Cesar

    First and foremost, you must mentally prepare yourself before you even consider wearing your wig. A person's perception of themselves when wearing a wig, as well as whether or not they believe it is realistic, can all be influenced by short haircuts stigma, fear, and misconceptions. Wearing wigs and...

  • Lectionary

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

    Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 361 Reading I 1 Kgs18:20-39 Ahab sent to all the children of Israel and had the prophets assemble on Mount Carmel. Elijah appealed to all the people and said, “How long will you straddle the issue...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5,17-19): Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 8 June 2022 Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time A sermon by OrigenThe crossing of the Jordan The ark of the covenant led the people of God across the Jordan. The priests a...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Wednesday 8 June 2022 Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 8 June 2022 Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 8 June 2022 Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 8 June 2022 Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 8 June 2022 Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 8 June 2022 Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 8 June 2022 Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Power of up Tuesday, June 7, 2022   No matter where you are or what you are doing, you have to deal with gravity every moment of your life. Gravity has a job and that is to hold you down. Just look at your body. As you age, your body becomes a graphic display of the laws of...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Lamb Slain from the Foundation of the World All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13:8   As Israel faced the first Passover, “M...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I join with all of Heaven in proclaiming...   Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing! Revelation 5:12   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Revelation 5:12 NKJV saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

  • Lectionary

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

    Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 360 Reading I 1 Kgs 17:7-16 The brook near where Elijah was hiding ran dry, because no rain had fallen in the land. So the LORD said to Elijah: “Move on to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have d...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5:13-16): Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for any...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Tuesday 7 June 2022 Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time From St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the RomansMy bodily desires have been crucified All the kingdoms of this world are worth ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Tuesday 7 June 2022 Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 7 June 2022 Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 7 June 2022 Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 7 June 2022 Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 7 June 2022 Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 7 June 2022 Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 7 June 2022 Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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...

  • The Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide to Tiling Your Bathroom

    Posted June 6, 2022 by Perez Cesar

    If the flooring in your bathroom is a little dated or if you just want to give the room a new look all around, switching to tile could be the upgrade you're looking for to give it a more modern appearance overall. Tile is not only appealing to the eye, but it is also simple to install, customize, an...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Mystery of The Moreh and The Malkosh Monday, June 6, 2022   In Israel, there are rains called the former and latter rains. One in the spring, the Moreh and the other in the fall, the Malkosh. In the Bible, rain is often used as the symbol of the Spirit. The Spirit was poure...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Head of All Principality and Power And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:10   Jesus is the Head of All Principality and Power, which means that laws and authority originally came from Him. Because He is rig...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Because You are for me, who can be against me?   What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us al...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 8:31-32 NKJV What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

  • Feast Day

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

    Mary, Mother of the Church Daily Feast Mary, by virtue of being the mother of Jesus Christ, has always been recognized as the Mother of the Church, which Jesus established during His Passion. Before He expired on the Cross, Jesus gave His final instructions to Mary and John, elevating the nature...

  • Devotion of the Month

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

    Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Devotion of the Month Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most popular Catholic devotions. Although it was beloved in previous centuries, Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in 1673, showing her a vision of the now-famous image of His Sac...

  • Saint of the Day

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

    St. Marcellin Champagnat Saint of the Day St. Marcellin Champagnat (1789–1840) was born to a peasant family near Lyons, France, in the same year the French Revolution erupted. He grew up amid the havoc and instability it left in every area of life. Like many other children, St. Marcellin w...

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Lectionary: 572A Reading I Gn 3:9-15, 20 After Adam had eaten of the tree,             the LORD God called to him and asked him, “Where are y...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 19:25-34): Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 6 June 2022 Mary, Mother of the Church  on Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Mary, Mother of the Church From an allocution by Pope Paul VI at the Second Vatican CouncilThe Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 6 June 2022 Mary, Mother of the Church  on Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 6 June 2022 Mary, Mother of the Church  on Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 6 June 2022 Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 6 June 2022 Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 June 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 June 2022 Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 June 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 June 2022 Mary, Mother of the Church  on Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make has...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 6 June 2022 Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 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 t...

  • Meditation

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

    Today's Meditation “After the events of the Resurrection and Ascension, Mary entered the Upper Room together with the Apostles to await Pentecost, and was present there as the Mother of the glorified Lord. … Thus there began to develop a special bond between this Mother and the Church....

  • Lectionary

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

    Readings for the Extended Vigil Readings for the At the Vigil Mass Readings for the Pentecost Sunday LISTEN PODCAST En Español View Calendar Get Daily Readings E-mails Pentecost Sunday Mass during the Day Lectionary: 63 ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Pentecost Sunday listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 20,19-23): On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, &ld...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Sunday 5 June 2022 Pentecost  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Pentecost An altarpiece at Siena (1308-1311) by Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255-1319). From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusThe sending of the Holy Spirit When the Lord told his...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Sunday 5 June 2022 Pentecost  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 to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 5 June 2022 Pentecost  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 and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 5 June 2022 Pentecost 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 to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 5 June 2022 Pentecost 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 the Ho...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 5 June 2022 Pentecost 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 the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 5 June 2022 Pentecost  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 and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 5 June 2022 Pentecost 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. Alleluia. ________ Exami...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Head of the Body And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18   Jesus is the Head of the Body; the One who gives direction to the Ch...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I need to learn to take one day at a time and not to worry about tomorrow.   Jesus reminds me...   Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 6:31-34 NKJV “Therefore, do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows tha...

  • Saint of the Day

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

    St. Filippo Smaldone Saint of the Day St. Filippo Smaldone (1848–1923) was born in Naples, Italy, during a time of upheaval and unrest both in Italy and in the Church. He decided to become a priest, and while in seminary he took on a personal apostolate of assisting the deaf and mute commu...

  • Meditation

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

    Today's Meditation “We will never be free of trials and temptations as long as our earthly life lasts. For Job has said: ‘Is not the life of human beings on earth a drudgery?’ (Job 7:1). Therefore, we should always be on our guard against temptations, always praying that our enemy...

  • Lectionary

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

    Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter Mass in the Morning Lectionary: 302 Reading I Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 When he entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him. Three days later he called together the leaders of the...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 21:20-25): Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved, the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper and had said, “Master, who...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 4 June 2022 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide A reading from a 6th-century African authorThe Church in its unity speaks in the language of every nation The disciples sp...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Saturday 4 June 2022 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 4 June 2022 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 4 June 2022 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 4 June 2022 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 4 June 2022 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 4 June 2022 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide  (First Vespers of tomorrow, Pentecost) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 4 June 2022 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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.A...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    How to Have a Year of God's Favor Friday, June 3, 2022   What kind of a year will this New Year be for you? When Messiah began His ministry, He went to the synagogue and read from Isaiah 61, "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, for He has anointed me to preach the Good News ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Hidden Manna He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Please help me to develop a greater thirst for You.   Please give me a hunger for Your daily Manna bread.   Please increase my desire to spend time with You today...   Draw near t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 3, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Lectionary

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

    Readings for the Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs LISTEN PODCAST VIEW REFLECTION VIDEO En Español View Calendar Get Daily Readings E-mails Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs Lectionary: ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 21:15-19): After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than th...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Friday 3 June 2022 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs  on Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs Saint Charles Lwanga (in the centre) and his 21 followers, by A...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Friday 3 June 2022 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs  on Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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...