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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
Posted 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...
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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...
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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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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; ...
Posted 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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
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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...
Posted 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
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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...
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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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
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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 ...
Posted 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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
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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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
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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...
Posted 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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
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Jesus: A Nazarene And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene." Matthew 2:23 Two cities are especially important to the baby Jesus. He was born in Bethlehem, ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, You are my refuge and my strength... In God is my salvation and my glory, The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Psalm 62:7 I thank you that you are always with me...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day In God is my salvation and my glory, The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Psalm 62:7 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1
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Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 330 Reading I 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30 Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole community of Israel, and stretching forth his hands toward heaven, he said, “LORD, God of Is...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:1-13): When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with uncle...
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Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a homily on Genesis by OrigenThe sacrifice of Abraha...
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Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin 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. ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instea...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday 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 Fathe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday 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 Fa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm inst...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday 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 ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Disappearing Dictators Monday, February 7, 2022 A believer suffered under Stalin and other dictators for his Christian faith. He had a dream one night that all these dictators were at a table. Instead of condemning them, hating them and blaming them for all the suffering ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Author of Our Faith Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 Jesus ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for this beautiful new day that you have made... This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 Your voice is so important to me, I lis...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day This is the day the Lord has made, We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27
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Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 329 Reading I 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13 The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel, came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark ...
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Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6:53-56): After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat...
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Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From the 'Breviloquium' of St BonaventureFrom the knowledge of Jesus Christ flows the understanding of the whole of holy Scripture ...
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Monday 7 February 2022 Monday 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 the Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 7 February 2022 Monday 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 to the...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 7 February 2022 Monday 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 F...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 7 February 2022 Monday 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 7 February 2022 Monday 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 Fath...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 7 February 2022 Monday 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 be to t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 7 February 2022 Monday 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 an...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Light of the City The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. Revelation 21:23 When we get to Heaven, we won’t need the sun that shines in our solar system. Je...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, You are my light of life... 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.” Jo...