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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 23 February 2022 Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr  on Wednesday of week 7 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 Lo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 23 February 2022 Wednesday of week 7 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 23 February 2022 Wednesday of week 7 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 23 February 2022 Wednesday of week 7 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 23 February 2022 Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr  on Wednesday of week 7 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 23 February 2022 Wednesday of week 7 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 Fa...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Forgiveness & Sabbath Tuesday, February 22, 2022   Messiah died on the sixth day on purpose because it was the eve of the Sabbath. He died on the very eve of the Sabbath, because He was bringing in the Sabbath. He was ushering in the Sabbath peace of God. On the cross, He shows...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Son All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Matthew 11:27   Jesus is the Son. He...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for all the children of the world.   Each child is a precious gift from You, and each child is highly valued by You...   But Jesus called (the children) to Him and said, “Le...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Luke 18:16 NKJV But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; ...

  • Meditation

    Posted February 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “Thus sin renders the soul miserable, weak and torpid, inconstant in doing good, cowardly in resisting temptation, slothful in the observance of God’s commandments. It deprives her of true liberty and of that sovereignty which she should never resign; it makes her a s...

  • Lectionary

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle Lectionary: 535 Reading I 1 Pt 5:1-4 Beloved: I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed. Tend the flock of God...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    February 22: Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16:16-19): When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Peter's Chair "The Throne of St Peter" (1647-53) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), in St Peter's Basilica, Rome. Photograph by "Dnalor 01". From...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast  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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    St. Peter Damian Saint of the Day St. Peter Damian (1007-1072 A.D.) was born in Ravenna, Italy, the youngest of a large and noble yet poor family. After his birth his mother initially refused to nurse him due to the strain he would put on the family, and he nearly died. He was later orphaned and...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Lord God The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor, He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison t...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I worship You today and I lift up my praise to You.   Thank You for covering me with Your love and grace.   Please open my eyes that I may see and always be mindful of what I may be holding back...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 12:2 NKJV And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 341 Reading I Jas 3:13-18 Beloved: Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show his works by a good life   in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and se...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9:14-29): As Jesus came down from the mountain with Peter, James, John and approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing w...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time A sermon on Ecclesiastes by St Gregory of NyssaChrist is our head, and the wise man ke...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Peter Damian, 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 aid. O Lo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Peter Damian, 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 our aid. ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 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 February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 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 February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 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 February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Peter Damian, 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 our aid...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 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...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: King of Kings and Lord of Lords And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16   Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the absolute, sovereign Ruler of the universe. Today He has given peo...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Let me experience Your love and share Your love with others...   Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 &...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I John 4:7 NKJV Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.   Daniel 9:4 NKJV And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and...

  • Lectionary

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 81 Reading I 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziph with three thousand picked men of Israel, to search for David in the desert of Ziph. So David and Abishai went among Saul&...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6:27-38): Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistre...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time A treatise on Charity by St Maximus the ConfessorWithout love everything is in vain Charity is a right attitude of mind which prefers nothing...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th Sunday 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 Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th Sunday 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th Sunday 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 Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th Sunday 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th Sunday 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th Sunday 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 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. All...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Shadow of a Great Rock A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Isaiah 32:2   Just as a person struggling through the desert need...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1   Dear Lord God,   I thank you for Your beautiful creation of everything in the world around me.   I pray that you will send your ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Genesis 1:1 NKJV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.   II Peter 3:13 NKJV Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

  • Lectionary

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 340 Reading I Jas 3:1-10 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you realize that we will be judged more strictly, for we all fall short in many respects. If anyone does not f...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9:2-13): Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzlin...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time An address by Pope Pius XII to newly married couplesThe wife - the radiant sun of the family The family is illuminated by i...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  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, com...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, us...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Freedom of Being His Friday, February 18, 2022   Are you struggling with something? Trying to break free of something? Let me tell you a secret, it's from the Song of Solomon. It's the word of the bride, "Dodi Li V' Ani Lo," my beloved is mine and I am His. How do you becom...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: Creator Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28   The Lord is the Creator; without Him nothing...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: Creator Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28   The Lord is the Creator; without Him nothing...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for all of the special people You have placed in my life to surround me with support and encouragement.   Thank You for creating me to live out my life in community with You and with others. &nb...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 139:1-2 NKJV O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.

  • Lectionary

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 339 Reading I Jas 2:14-24, 26 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?    Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8:34-9,1): Jesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time From a treatise by St Augustine on the first epistle of JohnOur heart longs for God We have been promised that we shall be like h...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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 February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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 February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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 February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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 February 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Worship Healing Thursday, February 17, 2022   In the Greek New Testament, the word "therapeuo" means "to heal". But it also means "to adore" or "to worship". This is amazing because two very important things are connected: worship and healing. All the people who were healed...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Redeemer For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth. Job 19:25   Jesus is the Redeemer. Before you were saved, you were owned by sin and the Devil, but Jesus bought you with a special redemptive price. “You were not redeem...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You have promised that Your grace is sufficient for me...   And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Commemoration and Life Wednesday, February 16, 2022   In religion, people end up commemorating things. They commemorate the miracles of God like Passover, Chanukah, Purim and The Resurrection. So, in a synagogue in Nazareth, they commemorated the power and works of God in praye...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8   Just as Jesus was present in New Testament times to lead His disciples, so He is ready to guide you today. Jesus is the Beginning and the End, so He&rs...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   I know that You sent Jesus into the world so that I could have eternal life with You.   As Jesus explained...   For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, th...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 3:16 NKJV For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.   John 3:17 NKJV For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that t...

  • Lectionary

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 337 Reading I Jas 1:19-27 Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger for anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God. Therefore, put aw...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8:22-26): When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand an...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time The commentary on Proverbs by Procopius of GazaThe Wisdom of God has mixed wine for us and set up a feast Wisdom has bui...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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 Fa...

  • many attributes that don't fit the bible

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Pastor David May

    4 Questions about the Attributes of God  by: Gerald Bray The Attributes of God: An Introduction Q: What are God’s attributes and why have I never heard of them before? A: The attributes of God are the characteristics that describe what he is like. The word is used by theologians ...

  • A Step by Step Guideline on How to Compose a Statistics dissert

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Olivia Brown

    A case study is used to analyze data collected during an investigation. The paper is also critical because it provides a the writer with a summary of the conclusions drawn from the analysis. When writing a statistics dissertation, it is essential to stick https://topessaybrands.com/ to the...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Arch and The Graffiti Tuesday, February 15, 2022   After the Roman Empire destroyed Israel, the Romans built an arch called the Arch of Titus to celebrate the victory. Today the Roman Empire is gone. Yet the Arch of Titus still stands. Somebody wrote on that arch in graffit...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: The King (Jehovah Melek) Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the king, the LORD of hosts. Isaiah 6:5   The Lord is Jehovah Melek, the K...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for this new day.   Thank You for the little things that I often take for granted.   I’m blessed because You are a loving, forgiving and understanding God.   You hav...