Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday After Epiphany listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 4,12-17.23-25): When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to settle down in Capernaum, a town by the lake of Galilee, at the bord...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 3 January 2022 Monday after Epiphany Sunday or The Most Holy Name of Jesus Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday after Epiphany Sunday From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishopIn choosing to be born for us, God chose to be known by u...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 3 January 2022 Monday after Epiphany Sunday or The Most Holy Name of Jesus 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.
Monday 3 January 2022 Monday after Epiphany Sunday or The Most Holy Name of Jesus 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 h...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 3 January 2022 Monday after Epiphany Sunday 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.
Monday 3 January 2022 Monday after Epiphany Sunday Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 3 January 2022 Monday after Epiphany Sunday Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 3 January 2022 Monday after Epiphany Sunday or The Most Holy Name of Jesus 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.
Monday 3 January 2022 Monday after Epiphany Sunday Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to ...
Posted by peter Chamberland
As a member of the satanic temple I can completely agree with the statement about the pursuit of justice always being more than the written word. There is a sense within us as human beings of right and wrong. We know the basics, and I would argue that even a native out in the boondocks somewhere dis...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain– Acts 2:23 Nowhere is the sovereignty of God seen more brilliantly displayed than in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. God had already shown, f...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: A More Excellent Name Having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Hebrews 1:4 Jesus has a More Excellent Name than the angels. The angels are ministering spirits sent to help the heirs...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, I pray for Your peace to surround me in this new year. I ask that Your Holy Spirit, will help me to see Your goodness in each new day. Please help me to be patient and kind, even when I am afr...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Hebrews 1:4
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Living a Transformed Life Written By Me for a Class I took Consider how the call to be a Christian led to a transformed and informed you perception of the other two callings (vocational and immediate)? I think to answer this. We need to look at the three callings Smith (2011) states: ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Epiphany of the Lord Lectionary: 20 Reading I Is 60:1-6 Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; but upon you the LORD shines,...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Epiphany of the Lord listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 2:1-12): When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 2 January 2022 The Epiphany of the Lord - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Epiphany of the Lord The Adoration of the Magi, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c.1657. From a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, popeThe Lord has made ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 2 January 2022 The Epiphany of the Lord - Solemnity 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 2 January 2022 The Epiphany of the Lord - Solemnity 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.
Sunday 2 January 2022 The Epiphany of the Lord - Solemnity Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 2 January 2022 The Epiphany of the Lord - Solemnity 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 2 January 2022 The Epiphany of the Lord - Solemnity Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 2 January 2022 The Epiphany of the Lord - Solemnity 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 2 January 2022 The Epiphany of the Lord - Solemnity 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 e...
Posted by peter Chamberland
The Al jilwah says, "all the books of those without are altered by them and they have declined from them." I find this to be the case in the simple note of the first commandment strewn about on state Capitol properties nationwide. "Thou shalt not make any graven images." Any means any period. It doe...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Trinity: The Lord, My Shepherd (Jehovah Roi) The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 The Lord is your Shepherd; He can lead you to green pastures where you can lie down for rest. There you can feed on green grass to regain your strength. He will l...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, As I begin this new year, I ask that You will create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 I pray that Your Holy Spirit will sow into me the seeds of Your love. ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Month of the Holy Name of Jesus Devotion of the Month The month of January is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. After the Blessed Virgin Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit, the angel Gabriel appeared to St. Joseph and told him that the Child’s name should be called Jesus, m...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Octave Day of Christmas Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Lectionary: 18 Reading I Nm 6:22-27 The LORD said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Octave Day of Christmas, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2:16-21): The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When the...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 1 January 2022 Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Mary, Mother of God From a letter of St AthanasiusThe Word took our nature from Mary The Word took to himself the sons of Abraham, says the Apostle, and so had ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 1 January 2022 Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 1 January 2022 Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 1 January 2022 Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 1 January 2022 Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 1 January 2022 Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity 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 1 January 2022 Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Epiphany of the Lord) 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, c...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 1 January 2022 Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity 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 Evangelist Larry Sims
Good morning beloved Daily Promises (December 31st) O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory? The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law. But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethr...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Four Unendings Friday, December 31, 2021 Take a look at the end of the four gospels and how they end. Matthew 28, Messiah commissions them to go into all the earth making disciples of all nations. Mark 16, "Go into all the world and preach the good news, then Messiah was ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Heir of All Things (God) has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds. Hebrews 1:2 Jesus is the Heir of All Things, because at the end of this age, all things will be...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Today, on this last day of this year, I reflect on the passage of time, and I remember that You are outside the limits of both time and space. You move in mysterious and transcendent ways. ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day (God) has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds. Hebrews 1:2
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas Lectionary: 204 Reading I 1 Jn 2:18-21 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. Thus we know this is the last hour. ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 1:1-18): In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and wi...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 31 December 2021 7th day within the octave of Christmas (optional commemoration of Saint Silvester I, Pope) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 7th day within the octave of Christmas From a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, popeThe birthday of the Lord i...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 31 December 2021 7th day within the octave of Christmas (optional commemoration of Saint Silvester I, Pope) 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.
Friday 31 December 2021 7th day within the octave of Christmas (optional commemoration of Saint Silvester I, Pope) 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 31 December 2021 7th day within the octave of Christmas 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.
Friday 31 December 2021 7th day within the octave of Christmas 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.
Friday 31 December 2021 7th day within the octave of Christmas 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.
Friday 31 December 2021 7th day within the octave of Christmas (optional commemoration of Saint Silvester I, Pope) (First Vespers of tomorrow, Mary, Mother of God) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the ver...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 31 December 2021 7th day within the octave of Christmas 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 en...
Posted by peter Chamberland
The Al jilwah says, "when temptation comes, I will give my covenant to those who trust in me." Somebody new to the idea of Satanism might actually be confused about a satanist talking about temptation. Isn't temptation a Christian thing? Sin and all of that stuff,, isn't it all just Christian orient...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Daily Verse "No, you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering, and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect, and Jesus, the mediator of a ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Today's Meditation “If you would suffer with patience the adversities and miseries of this life, be a man of prayer. If you would obtain courage and strength to conquer the temptations of the enemy, be a man of prayer. If you would mortify your own will with all its inclinations and appetites...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Gap & The Glory Thursday, December 30, 2021 Now when you were a child, your parents bought you clothes. Most of the time they bought you clothes that were a few sizes too large because they knew you were growing and you would fit into them eventually. Believers do that to...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: He Who Comes Down from Heaven For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world. John 6:33 Jesus is He Who Comes Down from Heaven; He is the only Person to ever have preexistence. He lived in Heaven before He was born. J...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You that Your mercies are new every morning... Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Great is You...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas Lectionary: 203 Reading I 1 Jn 2:12-17 I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven for his name’s sake. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2:36-40): There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband afte...
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Thursday 30 December 2021 6th day within the octave of Christmas Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 6th day within the octave of Christmas The treatise of St Hippolytus "On the Refutation of All Heresies"The word made flesh makes us divine Our faith is not...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 30 December 2021 6th day within the octave of Christmas 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 30 December 2021 6th day within the octave of Christmas 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 b...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 30 December 2021 6th day within the octave of Christmas 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 30 December 2021 6th day within the octave of Christmas 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 30 December 2021 6th day within the octave of Christmas 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 30 December 2021 6th day within the octave of Christmas 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 30 December 2021 6th day within the octave of Christmas 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 ...
Posted by peter Chamberland
The classic villains in the super hero movies always seem to have some type of agenda rhetoric to prove. Some ultimate formula for dominating and controlling the world with evil laughs included. It's easy to paraphrase the strategies within these movies to parallel real life. Somebody who is the evi...
Posted by Evelyne Lucretia
Maglie Calcio 2022 stato lasciato fuori dalla squadra Aston Villa dopo soli otto mesi per unirsi ai turchi del Maglietta Napoli, Maglia Russia Poco Prezzo l'acquisto di £ 8,5 milioni nuove maglie calcio sostituito da barkley Mbwana Samatta ha lasciato l'Aston Villa dopo ...
Posted by Evelyne Lucretia
Maglie Calcio 2022 crede che altri fattori abbiano Cristiano Ronaldo prima che tornasse al Manchester United Nuova Maglia Bayer Leverkusen il city, campione di premier it maglie calcio madrid iker casillas Secondo Fernandinho, il Manchester City aveva una "considerevole possib...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Anti-Semite who Came up With a Hebrew Holiday Wednesday, December 29, 2021 Purim is the Jewish holiday, the festival of lots, the casting of lots. Do you know that holiday is named after the enemy of the Jewish people? It was Haman who came up with it. He decided that lot...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Him Who Raised Jesus But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Romans 8:11 ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, I thank You for Your Holy Spirit who raised up Jesus. Thank You that your Holy Spirit fills me and all followers of Jesus, giving us the gift of Your constant presence. I look to You as this y...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Romans 8:11
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Daily Verse "So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin."–James 4:17
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Today's Meditation “Let us pass on now to the other question—namely, what you can do to strengthen your resolutions and make them succeed? There is no better mean than to put them into practice. But you say that you are still so weak that, although you often make strong resolutions not ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas Lectionary: 202 Reading I 1 Jn 2:3-11 Beloved: The way we may be sure that we know Jesus is to keep his commandments. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2:22-35): When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 29 December 2021 5th day within the octave of Christmas (optional commemoration of Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 5th day within the octave of Christmas From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxIn the fullne...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 29 December 2021 5th day within the octave of Christmas (optional commemoration of Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr) 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.
Wednesday 29 December 2021 5th day within the octave of Christmas (optional commemoration of Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr) 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.
Wednesday 29 December 2021 5th day within the octave of Christmas 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 29 December 2021 5th day within the octave of Christmas 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 th...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 29 December 2021 5th day within the octave of Christmas 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 29 December 2021 5th day within the octave of Christmas (optional commemoration of Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr) 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.
Wednesday 29 December 2021 5th day within the octave of Christmas 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Exile or The Sowing Tuesday, December 28, 2021 In the Book of Acts, chapter 8 describes how the believers were scattered. They were persecuted so they were scattered. The word in Greek is "Diaspora." We get the word dispersed or dispersion from that. It's the same word us...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Fruit of Mary's Womb Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!’ Luke 1:42 Jesus is the Fruit of Mary’s Womb. The Holy Spirit supernaturally conceived Jesus in...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for Your Word, The Holy Bible, and the truth it provides. Please help me to spend time with You each day in Your Word, in prayer, in worship, in Your presence and with Your Holy Spirit. ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day ...whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these thin...
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Holy Innocents Saint of the Day The Holy Innocents (1st c.) are the children mentioned in the account of Jesus' birth in Matthew's Gospel (2:16-18). When the Magi came to Jerusalem to find and adore the Baby Jesus, the newborn King of the Jews, King Herod requested that they inform him of the Ch...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Dear Church Family, It’s with the deepest regret, that I inform you, that I have recently contracted the Covid-19 virus. I am resting at home comfortably for now and for the next several weeks, we are suspending all broadcast messages until further notice. Additionally, w...
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Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs Lectionary: 698 Reading I 1 Jn 1:5—2:2 Beloved: This is the message that we have heard from Jesus Christ and proclaim to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say, “We have fellowship ...
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December 28th: Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 2:13-18): When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, fle...
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Tuesday 28 December 2021 The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Holy Innocents, Martyrs The Massacre of the Innocents (c.1585) by Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594), Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice. A sermon of St Quo...