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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,16-18): Jesus said to his disciples, «No one, after lighting a lamp covers it with a bowl or puts it under the bed; rather he puts it on a lamp-stand ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Compan...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 25 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 Invitat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 25 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 Inv...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 20 September 2021 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 25 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 I...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 20 September 2021 Monday of week 25 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 Fathe...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: Our Hope By the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope. 1 Timothy 1:1 Jesus is your Hope when things go wrong; He can change circumstances when you pray. Jesus is your Hope when you’re in a hole and it seems you can’t ge...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord, If tomorrow never comes for me on this earth, I pray that I will leave behind a testimony that points to You. Please help me to live as if today was my last before entering eternity with You, for I know not what t...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:1
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him– Job 13:15 There is perhaps no man in history, besides Jesus Christ himself, who has suffered as greatly as Job. Job’s afflictions came because of his obedience to God, yet he seemed to be u...
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by Chelsey MckennFotballdrakter tyske manageren har blitt beskyldt Den tyske manageren har blitt beskyldt for Messi Drakt, Chelsea Drakt united har blitt tildelt 20 fotballdrakter til bedriftslag premier league -trofeet Den tyske manageren har blitt beskyldt for å ha spilt tankekamper fora...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Januarius St. Januarius (d. 305 A.D.), also known as San Gennaro, was the Bishop of Benevento, Italy. Little is known of his early life. He was arrested and imprisoned for his faith while visiting other Christians in jail duri...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple." Psalm 27:4
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 134 Reading I Wis 2:12, 17-20 The wicked say: Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself against our doings, &...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9,30-37): After leaving the mountain, Jesus and his disciples made their way through Galilee; but Jesus did not want people to know where He was because He was teachi...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 19 September 2021 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsOn weak Christians You have failed to strengthen the weak, says the Lord. He is speaking to wicked shepher...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 Fa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 Fath...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 19 September 2021 25th 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. A...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth – 1 Timothy 3:15 Paul makes three astonishing claims for the church, in rapid-fire succession, which we would do well to remember. First, the church is the house of God.Don’t let the wond...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Might The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2 The Holy Spirit is the Spirit o...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Almighty God, Please increase my faith in You today. Help me to understand what your Holy Bible says about faith... Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Joseph of Cupertino St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663) was the son of a poor Italian carpenter. His father died before he was born, leaving his mother destitute. As a result Joseph was underfed and often sick. He was an intellectu...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerus...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 448 Reading I 1 Tm 6:13-16 Beloved: I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession, to keep the co...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,4-15): As a great crowd gathered and people came to him from every town, Jesus began teaching them through stories, or parables, «The sower went ou...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsOffer the bandage of consolation Scripture says: God chastises every son whom he acknowl...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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, c...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today,...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 18 September 2021 Saturday of week 24 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 e...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body– Hebrews 13:3 What a selfless, sacrificial, thoughtful command to service! It is not enough, the writer of Hebrews clearly implies, to merely pity the poor or to ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Return of The Falashas Friday, September 17, 2021 In Africa, there lived a people known as the Falashas who call themselves Beta Yisrael, the House of Israel. They are descendants of Jewish people who ultimately intermarried. But they were removed from the rest of the Jew...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Beginning and the End "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,“ says the Lord, “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8 Jesus is the Beginning and the End; He was the Creator of all thing...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Today I pray and ask You, and depend on You, to be the source of victory in my life. I put my hope in You and I praise You today... Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 43:5 He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Hildegard von Bingen St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) was born to a large and noble German family. She began to have mystical visions at the age of three which continued throughout her life. Her parents, promising her to ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace." Numbers 6:24-26
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 447 Reading I 1 Tm 6:2c-12 Beloved: Teach and urge these things. Whoever teaches something different and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the religious teaching is co...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,1-3): Jesus walked through towns and countryside, preaching and giving the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve followed him, and also some women wh...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On Pa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wi...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor or Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin, Doctor Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 17 September 2021 Friday of week 24 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 Fathe...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.If any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel– 1 Timothy 5:8 We live in an age of self-justification. We can excuse or explain almost any personal behavior or habit or shortcoming, making a case for our...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Mystery of Beit Lechem Thursday, September 16, 2021 Bethlehem - in Hebrew is really two words: Bet and Lechem. Bet means house. Lechem means bread. Bethlehem means - THE HOUSE or PLACE - OF BREAD. What is the Bread of Life? It's what we need more than anything else. If yo...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Son of the Blessed But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" Mark 14:61 During the trial of Jesus, the high priest asked Him, “Are You . . . the Son of...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Thank You for the example You gave us while You walked on the earth. There were times when Your silence was powerful. Other times Your wise questions and Scripture responses spoke volumes. ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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 were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the lif...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day Pope St. Cornelius Pope St. Cornelius (d. 253 A.D.) was a Roman citizen and a holy priest who became the twenty-first successor to the chair of St. Peter, following a fourteen-month vacancy when Pope St. Fabian was martyred by Rom...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because i...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Meditation of the Day "Let us recognize with lively faith and with the help of the Holy Ghost the great evil of sin, which robs us of grace. Then we shall immediately detest it with all the power of our soul and banish it from our heart. We shall detest it because, in ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lectionary: 445 Reading I 1 Tm 3:14-16 Beloved: I am writing you, although I hope to visit you soon. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the p...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 7,36-50): One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to share his meal, so He went to the Pharisee's home and as usual reclined on the sofa to eat. And it happened t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs A letter of St CyprianA faith that is eager and f...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Thursday of week 24 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, com...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Thursday of week 24 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,...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 16 September 2021 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Thursday of week 24 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 Go...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 16 September 2021 Thursday of week 24 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 F...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind– 2 Timothy 1:7 Fearfulness does not come from God. As children of God, who believe in the perfection and power of Jesus Christ, we don’t need to worry about the future, or fret over circumstances, or be a...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMMessiah B.C. Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Jesus was born before Christ! We know through the writings of Josephus that Herod the Great died in the year 4 B.C. Therefore Messiah had to be born B.C., before Christ, no later than the year 4 BC. How did that happen? A monk made a...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: The Wisdom of His Spirit I pray that the great God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the wisdom of His Spirit. Then you will be able to understand the secrets about Him as you know Him better. Ephesians 1:17 The Wisdom...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, There are people in this world that I can learn so much from. People who have gone through hard times and have strengthened their faith. People who have been Christians for years and are so...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. Jame...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Catherine of Genoa St. Catherine (1447–1510) was born into an aristocratic family in Genoa, Italy. She was a quiet, obedient, physically beautiful, and holy child who devoted herself to prayer and penance. At the ag...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.'" Isaiah 52:7
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa) Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa - Mother of Sorrows) became widespread in the Church around the 14th century. It was revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) that devo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Meditation of the Day "In this valley of tears, every man is born to weep, and all must suffer, by enduring the evils that take place every day. But how much greater would be the misery of life, if we also knew the future evils that await us! 'Unfortunate, indeed,...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lectionary: 445 Reading I 1 Tm 3:14-16 Beloved: I am writing you, although I hope to visit you soon. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the p...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.September 15th: Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2:33-35): Jesus’ father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows on Wednesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady of Sorrows From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxHis mother stood by the cross The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth b...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows on Wednesday of week 24 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 hast...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows on Wednesday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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 th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 15 September 2021 Our Lady of Sorrows on Wednesday of week 24 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, mak...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 15 September 2021 Wednesday of week 24 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...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord– Romans 12:11 The word “business” here refers to any responsibility or activity in which we might be engaged, not just career or financial obligations. Paul exhorts us not to be slothful, or lazy, in anything that we do. Whether you...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Paradises of Hell Tuesday, September 14, 2021 Hitler promised to usher in a thousand year kingdom of glory for the Aryan people. Stalin promised a worker's paradise on earth. Mao, likewise, promised China a people's paradise. Around 6 million Jews perished under Hitler; 9...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Seed of the Woman And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. Genesis 3:15 Jesus is the Seed of the Woman who judged Satan. After Adam and Eve sin...