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  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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 January 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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 January 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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...

  • Deception

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor David May

    Deception is not a topic to take lightly, brush over, or disregard. The Lord gives warnings throughout the Bible to be watchful of deception. Not just from the enemy, but also from those within the church forsaking truth, and those who’ve linked arms with the enemy to lead people into the detr...

  • Saint of the Day

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

    St. Hilary of Poitiers Saint of the Day St. Hilary of Poitiers (300–368 A.D.) was born in France to noble pagan parents. He was well instructed in philosophy and converted to Christianity after studying the Old and New Testaments. He was baptized into the Church along with his wife and dau...

  • Daily Divination

    Posted January 13, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Today's demon is abraxas who warns us to beware of lies of omission... Often times people of the wrong sort will smile at you through their teeth presenting a good warm and hearty handshake while planning on plundering your city to lay it to ruin. White lies/fibs are almost just as lethal as lies of...

  • Never Give up

    Posted January 13, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    When things get difficult and it turns to a sense of monotony about life, I find that it takes a sense of true grit to deal with the repetition of it all and retain that sense of appreciation for things in life. When you're on a fixed income this can be especially difficult, looking for the cheap de...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Gravity-Free Living Thursday, January 13, 2022   Are you burdened down with problems, worries, fears, a million issues? You think, if I get rid of the problems, I'll get rid of the burdens. No. This world has problems, but there's a secret of how to live a burden-free life. The...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: The Father of Lights Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. James 1:17   God is the Father of Lights who originally created physical l...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for filling Your creation with awe-inspiring beauty.   Help me to see Your glory today as it is displayed in Your creation.   Please help me to recognize the works of Your hands all arou...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day So, God created man in His own image, in the image of God, He created him, male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27   O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up, ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 308 Reading I 1 Sm 4:1-11 The Philistines gathered for an attack on Israel. Israel went out to engage them in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek. The Philistines then dre...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 1,40-45): A leper came to him [and kneeling down] begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Hilary, Bishop, Doctor  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time From the Discourse Against the Pagans by Saint Athanasius, bishopThe word of the Father...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Hilary, 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 Lord,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Hilary, 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. O L...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 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 January 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Hilary, 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. O...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 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...

  • Verse of the Day

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

    Daily Verse "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make straight your paths."–Proverbs 3:5-6

  • Meditation

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

    Today's Meditation “Man will not consent to drive away the money-changers from the temple of his soul until he realizes that it is a Holy of Holies—not a house of traffic, but in very truth the house of God. We thus reach two striking conclusions: There cannot be entire dependence upon ...

  • Vestments

    Posted January 12, 2022 by Rev. Jim DeLuccia

    Question to my Minister Brother and Sisters, what are you wearing to perform a Christian/Civil Ceremony? I have done several and I need some guidance as what should be worn to show the Sanctity and honor of the event. thank you all and blessings

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Rejected Missionary Wednesday, January 12, 2022   Letter from missions board to an applicant: "We received your application and we're surprised. You're afflicted with severe eye trouble. This is a handicap to effective ministry. Is it appropriate for a missionary to do part...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Door of the Sheep Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep." John 10:7   During the time of Jesus, a sheepfold was an enclosure to keep sheep from wandering or getting lost. It usually had rock walls, an...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I desire to meditate on Your Words and to live in Your holy presence throughout this new day.   Thank You for my salvation, for rescuing me from my sins and from my brokenness.   I bow at Your f...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Even the darkness will not be dark to you. the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being. you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully an...

  • Lectionary

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

    Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 307 Reading I 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20 During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent. One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. H...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 1:29-39): On leaving the synagogue he entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediate...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 12 January 2022 Wednesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusKnowledge of the Father consists in the self-revelation of the Son ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Wednesday 12 January 2022 Wednesday of week 1 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 January 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 12 January 2022 Wednesday of week 1 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 January 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 12 January 2022 Wednesday of week 1 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 January 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 12 January 2022 Wednesday of week 1 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 January 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 12 January 2022 Wednesday of week 1 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 January 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 12 January 2022 Wednesday of week 1 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 January 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 12 January 2022 Wednesday of week 1 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...

  • Daily Divination

    Posted January 11, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Todays demon is Melchom.. He suggests to focus on budgeting and frugility,  Tough times are around for everyone, and you may feel like the only one, but trust me, your not. Remember this when you feel the need to borrow money from people. The stress levels of borrowing that is put on someone wh...

  • Internal Dynamics...

    Posted January 11, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Faith and spiritual life is an internal process. For whatever reason we begin to develop more awareness of ourselves and our environments and we tend to change or not accordingly. Internal dynamics are the causes and effects of emotions that rise and fall within us as we go about our daily life. Cog...

  • Best way to summarize an article

    Posted January 11, 2022 by Eddy Smith

    When you want to make a good literature review, you need to choose the most energizing subject and make a great academy papers, no more, nobody will be able to argue with you, everything will be back to claim and motivation. For example, when the American Psychological Association released their lat...

  • Emergency

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

    I am home now. Was rushed to the ER at 3:30am. Was having problems with blood pressure getting was  2 high so they took 2 ekg's blood work, pump me full of medication.  Took CT scam pf lungs, no broken blood vessels no heart attack just worked on getting the bp back to normal.Left there11:...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Time of Messiah's Coming Tuesday, January 11, 2022   The rabbis have identified Daniel 9 as telling when Messiah will come. Rabbi Moses Abraham Levi wrote, "I have examined and searched all of the Holy Scriptures but haven't found the time for Messiah's coming clearly fixed...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Bread of God For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. John 6:33   Jesus is the Bread of God. Just as bread gives us strength for our daily activities, so Jesus gives us mental and spiritual strength to live fo...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   You give the Bread of God, Your precious son Jesus, to every person in the world.   You are the hope for the hopeless and You are unwavering in Your love for me.   Lord, I lift up all the anxiet...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 306 Reading I 1 Sm 1:9-20 Hannah rose after a meal at Shiloh, and presented herself before the LORD; at the time, Eli the priest was sitting on a chair near the doorpost of the LORD’s temple. In her ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 1:21-28): Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he tau...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Tuesday 11 January 2022 Tuesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time From the Detailed Rules for Monks by Saint Basil the Great, bishopThe ability to love is within each of us Love of God is not s...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Tuesday 11 January 2022 Tuesday of week 1 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 11 January 2022 Tuesday of week 1 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 11 January 2022 Tuesday of week 1 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 January 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 11 January 2022 Tuesday of week 1 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 11 January 2022 Tuesday of week 1 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 11 January 2022 Tuesday of week 1 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 January 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 11 January 2022 Tuesday of week 1 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...

  • cognition

    Posted January 10, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    In the book The Happy Satanist, the author makes mention of cognitive dissonance, a Wikipedia article describes this as “In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information. Relevant items of information include a person's actions, feelings, ideas, b...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Sgt. Pepper, Summer of Love, & The Ancient Prophecy Monday, January 10, 2022   June 7, 1967, a date in which ancient prophecy was fulfilled. It was the year when the Beatles came out with the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." The Vietnam War was in full swing and p...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: His Voice The LORD thundered from heaven,and the Most High uttered His voice. Psalm 18:13 God speaks in many ways. In the Bible, some audibly heard His voice, and others inwardly heard it. At other times He spoke through prophetic utterances. He also spoke throug...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for the ways that You have blessed and guided throughout my life.   I look to my past to remember that You have been faithful in guiding and blessing me all the days of my life...   The ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 10, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Psalm 23:1-3 &nb...

  • Verse of the Day

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

    Daily Verse "But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you, you [both] are doing and will continue to do. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of Christ."–2 T...

  • Meditation

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

    Today's Meditation “Our confidence in God must be founded on His infinite goodness and on the merits of the Passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, with this condition on our part: that we should preserve and recognize in ourselves an entire and firm resolution to belong wholly to God, an...

  • Lectionary

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

    Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 305 Reading I 1 Sm 1:1-8 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, Elkanah by name, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 1,14-20): After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. R...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 10 January 2022 Monday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 1 in Ordinary Time From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansAll wisdom comes from the Word of God on high We shall pray without ceas...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 10 January 2022 Monday of week 1 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 10 January 2022 Monday of week 1 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 January 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 10 January 2022 Monday of week 1 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 10 January 2022 Monday of week 1 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 January 9, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 10 January 2022 Monday of week 1 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 10 January 2022 Monday of week 1 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 10 January 2022 Monday of week 1 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...

  • Many Names

    Posted January 9, 2022 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    I will raise unto David a righteous Branch… and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS – Jeremiah 23:5-6   Jesus Christ perfectly kept the law, from beginning to end. When Moses recorded the first five books of the Bible, then, he was not so much ...

  • Daily Divination

    Posted January 9, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Balan suggests for us to take repose and observe and listen to our environment instead of seeking to influence things al the time. What comes to mind for me is to admit when things are out of perspective of your control, and let things be. If someone disagrees with you, then let it be. Don’t f...

  • Tools of the Trade

    Posted January 9, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Today I wanted to discuss a tool that is rarely if ever mentioned within the witch’s arsenol, the blind fold. In classic witchcraft of the fifties and sixties, a blind fold was used during initiation along with a cord to bind the witch’s hands, that were released upon initiation and the ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Truth 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 Truth; He cannot lie. He will always tell you what is right; He will not deceive you. When you read His Word, it w...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   Thank You for being the truth in my life and in this world. John 14:6   Please open my eyes so that I can seek and know Your truth in my life, in the difficult moments, and that I would recognize Your truth in...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 9, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 7:24 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   Isaiah 41:10 NIV So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for ...

  • Lectionary

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

    The Baptism of the Lord Lectionary: 21 Reading I Is 42:1-4, 6-7 Thus says the LORD: Here is my servant whom I uphold,      my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my spirit;      he shall bri...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    The Baptism of the Lord (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 3:15-16.21-22): The people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Christ. John answered them all, saying, “I am baptizin...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Baptism of the Lord The Baptism of Christ, by Piero della Francesca, c.1450-60. From a sermon by Saint Gregory NazianzenThe baptism of Christ Christ is bathe...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 January 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 January 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - Feast 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.Am...

  • Daily Divination...

    Posted January 8, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Flavros suggests to make friends with unkikely allies. Even those that we may distrust. Social dynamics are an advanced sign of productive endeavors but can also mean things are not going well in certain contexts... Are you interracting enough with people, or are you unsatisfied with reclusive behav...

  • Zen and Devil Worship

    Posted January 8, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Part of Zen is not only living simply, but living courageously as well. We look through the spectrum of human experience without trepidation, knowing our control and level of indulgence is reasonable without doubt. A Church of Satan statement is that Satan represents all of the so called sins, as th...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Light Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." John 8:12   Jesus is the Light; He can show you where to walk today. He was the Light that shin...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for loving me.   I want to be more like You my Lord.   Please open my eyes so that I can see You more clearly.   Jesus said "I am the light of the world." John 8:12 ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 8:12 NKJV Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life.”   Matthew 5:14 NKJV “You are the light of the world....

  • Lectionary

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

    Saturday after Epiphany Lectionary: 217 Reading I 1 Jn 5:14-21 Beloved: We have this confidence in him that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have ask...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Saturday after Epiphany listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 3:22-30): Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea, where he spent some time with them baptizing. John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was an abunda...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 8 January 2022 Saturday after Epiphany Sunday  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday after Epiphany Sunday A sermon by Faustus of RiezThe marriage of Christ and the Church On the third day there was a wedding. What wedding can this be but the...