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  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I John 1:9 NKJV If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  • Lectionary

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 336 Reading I Jas 1:12-18 Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proven he will receive the crown of life  that he promised to those who love him. No one experiencing temptat...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8:14-21): The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Jesus enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the lea...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time From the Discourses against the Arians by Saint Athanasius, bishopWe know the Father through creative and incarnate wisdom The...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday 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...

  • Put your mind in Gear, before mouth in Motion.

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Pastor David May

      By: Pastor David May02/13/2022 Put your mind in Gear, before mouth in Motion. You need to engage your brain before you open your mouth as the saying goes. Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil. It is likely where this wise...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Joy as it is in Heaven Monday, February 14, 2022   The words "heaven" or "heavenly" are often associated with feelings of pleasure. Sayings like "I'm in seventh heaven" and "It's so heavenly" describe experiences that bring joy. For many believers though, heavenly things seem r...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    St. Valentine Saint of the Day St. Valentine of Rome (c. 270) was a priest who lived in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II. Little is known of his life with certainty, except that he ministered to Christians who ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show his works by a good life in the humility that comes from wisdom."  –James 3:13

  • Meditation

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “Each of us must come to the evening of life. Each of us must enter on eternity.  Each of us must come to that quiet, awful time, when we will appear before the Lord of the vineyard, and answer for the deeds done in the body, whether they be good or bad. That, my dear ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Rock And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18   Jesus is the Rock on which the Church is built. Some have mistakenly thought that in Matthew ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Your great love is everlasting and far reaching...   Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is your fa...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Lamentations 3:22-26 NIV Because of the LORD’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore, I will wait for ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop Lectionary: 335 Reading I Jas 1:1-11 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greetings. Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounte...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8:11-13): The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, &...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop  on Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop Saints Cyril and Methodius, painting (1885) by the Polish artist Jan Matejko ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop  on Monday 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 L...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop  on Monday 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....

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Monday 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 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 14 February 2022 Monday 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 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 14 February 2022 Monday 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 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 14 February 2022 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop  on Monday 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 ai...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Monday 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...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Son of Joseph Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote— Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." John 1:45 Jesus is called the Son of Joseph because Joseph was His earthly stepfather and legal guardia...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I praise You for this new day. You are the Creator of the universe and you know all things... 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 we...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the day 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

  • Pay to do my assignment

    Posted February 13, 2022 by Eddy Smith

    Students across the globe’s geographical regions have a tough time when it comes to doing their homework. Most of them are stuck because they do not know how to tackle such a challenging task. Apart from that, most of these students have side jobs to sustain themselves, and others have familie...

  • Lectionary

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

    Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 78 Reading I Jer 17:5-8 Thus says the LORD:             Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings,          &n...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6:17.20-26): Jesus came down with the Twelve and stood on a stretch of level ground with a great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and J...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Sunday 13 February 2022 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time From a commentary on the Diatessaron by Saint Ephraem, deaconGod's word is an inexhaustible spring of life Lord, who can comprehend even one ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Sunday 13 February 2022 6th 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 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 13 February 2022 6th 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 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 13 February 2022 6th 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 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 13 February 2022 6th 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 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 13 February 2022 6th 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 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 13 February 2022 6th 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 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 13 February 2022 6th 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 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: A Sound from Heaven And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Acts 2:2   The Holy Spirit was like a Sound from Heaven when He came upon the disciples at ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   I often ask You for help for my plans.   Please teach me to wait upon You my Lord and to seek Your plans for my life...   But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Isaiah 40:31 NKJV But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.   Matthew 7:7 NIV “Ask and it will be ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 334 Reading I 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34 Jeroboam thought to himself: “The kingdom will return to David’s house. If now this people go up to offer sacrifices in the temple of the LORD in Jerusal...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8:1-10): In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for th...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 12 February 2022 Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Blessed Isaac of Stella, abbotThe pre-eminence of love Why, my brethren, are we so little concerned with f...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Saturday 12 February 2022 Saturday of week 5 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 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 12 February 2022 Saturday of week 5 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 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 12 February 2022 Saturday of week 5 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 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 12 February 2022 Saturday of week 5 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 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 12 February 2022 Saturday of week 5 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 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 12 February 2022 Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 6th 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 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 12 February 2022 Saturday of week 5 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 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Praise of The Kohanim Friday, February 11, 2022   In the Hebrew temple were the Kohaneem, the priests. There were many facets to their ministry. They offered sacrifices, kept the temple and cleaned it. The Kohaneem were entrusted to praise and worship, even over the Levites...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Son of the Highest He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. Luke 1:32   Jesus is the Son of the Highest, as no human can be. The name “Most High” in th...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Each day I make countless decisions.   Some are big decisions, most are small.   Please help me to approach each choice with wisdom and to come to You for guidance.   I ask for yo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Proverbs 9:10 NKJV “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.   James 1:5 NKJV If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and withou...

  • Lectionary

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

    Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 333 Reading I 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19 Jeroboam left Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road. The two were alone in the area, and the prophet was wearing a new cloak. Ahijah took of...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:31-37): Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to him a deaf man wh...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Our Lady of Lourdes  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, popeRecognise the dignity of your nature Our Lord Jesus Christ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Our Lady of Lourdes  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Our Lady of Lourdes  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 ha...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 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 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 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 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 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 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  or Our Lady of Lourdes  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 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...

  • "L O U R D E S Day"

    Posted February 10, 2022 by Peter Schmalenbach · L.A.M. · Germany

      Today is "Lourdes Day". February 11, 1858 was the day of the first apparition of Mary in Lourdes, which eventually led to a pilgrimage site for the sick of international importance.   Since 2003, I have been very often to this impressive pilgrimage site in the Pyrenees of ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Rabbi who Leads The Church Thursday, February 10, 2022   The head of the church isn't a pope, isn't a minister, it's a Rabbi. Yeshua, Jesus is a Rabbi. He's called Rabbi, and He's the grand Rabbi. The Rabbi in Jewish culture was the one who taught you. He expounds on God's ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: That Spiritual Rock For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:4   Jesus was that Spiritual Rock from which the Israelites drank when they thirsted in the wilderness as they traveled from Egypt. T...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I join with your people in Heaven and on the Earth to proclaim...   Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Revelation 5:12   Worthy is my Lord Jesus, the Lamb whose loving and obedient sacrifice...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 7:24-25 NKJV “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:24-30): Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. Soon a woman whose daughter ha...

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin Lectionary: 332 Reading I 1 Kgs 11:4-13 When Solomon was old his wives had turned his heart to strange gods, and his heart was not entirely with the LORD, his God, as the heart of his father David had been. By adoring Asta...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin  on Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Scholastica, Virgin From an altarpiece (c.1453) by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) in the Brera Gallery, Milan. From the books o...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin  on Thursday of week 5 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 ha...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin  on Thursday of week 5 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, mak...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 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 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 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 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 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 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin  on Thursday of week 5 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, m...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 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 Fath...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Door and The Window Wednesday, February 9, 2022   In Acts 9, Paul is in danger and there are people out for his life. He is being guarded and can't go out the regular gate of the city. So what does he do? He goes out the window modeling the out-the-window principle. The doo...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: The Shadow of the Almighty He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1   A shadow can be both good and bad. A threatening shadow may warn of an approaching storm. When we see a shadow in the...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Today I desire to live fully in Your presence.   I welcome Your Holy Spirit to fill me and to lead me.   As I work through my lists and projects, I will seek You above all else, recognizing You as...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 91:1 NKJV He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

  • Lectionary

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

    Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 331 Reading I 1 Kgs 10:1-10 The queen of Sheba, having heard of Solomon’s fame, came to test him with subtle questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very numerous retinue, and with camels bearin...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:14-23): Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a letter by Saint Ambrose, bishopWe are heirs of God, co-heirs with Christ The person who puts to death by the Spiri...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 b...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 Fat...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Word for you Today Tuesday, February 8, 2022   In synagogues during ancient times, the rabbis would minister using Biblical accounts: the past works of God, what God would one day do in His kingdom, when the time of the kingdom would come and what would come on the earth. O...