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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 9 September 2021 Saint Peter Claver  on Thursday of week 23 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 ha...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 9 September 2021 Thursday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Misquoting Jesus The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Wh

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Joseph Esquivel

    Misquoting Jesus The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why By: Bart D. Ehrman   Who is Bart D. Ehrman? He chairs the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an authority on the history of the New Testament, the early church, and the lif...

  • Chapter 28

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Joseph Esquivel

    Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History Complete and Unabridged l New Updated Edition Translated By C.F. Cruse ISBN 978-1-56563-813-6 Tenth Printing --- January 2018   Book 5 Chapter 28   Those who followed the heresy of Artemon in the beginning Their character, and attempt at c...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Shalev and The Quiet Secret of Success Wednesday, September 8, 2021   Shalev, it's Hebrew for quiet and tranquility. It also means success/successful. It's different from our picture of success. Ours is filled with things, events, happenings, activity. But in Hebrew, success is...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Almighty “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’ name “Almighty” comes from El Shaddai, which ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, The Almighty,   I find comfort and security in Your strong embrace, the place of Your love and protection.   It is so good to know that You care for me.   It is so good to know that You can protec...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • A Time For Prayer

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name– Matthew 6:9 Every word of our Lord’s model prayer is remarkable and vital, but it is especially important to notice first what he puts first. He begins with these wonderful and welcoming words: our Fathe...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Adrian of Nicomedia St. Adrian of Nicomedia (d. 306 A.D.) lived under the Christian persecutions of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian. Thirty-three Christians were seized in Nicomedia, brought before a judge, and ordered to be sa...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that ...

  • Feast Day

    Posted September 8, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day Nativity of the Virgin Mary The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8th, nine months after the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The Blessed Virgin’s parents, St. Ann and Joachim, we...

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 636 Reading I Mi 5:1-4a The LORD says:     You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah,         too small to be among the clans of Judah,     From you shall c...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    September 8th: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 1,1-16.18-23): The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jaco...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 8 September 2021 The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary From a discourse by Saint Andrew of CreteThe old has passed away: all things are made new ‘The ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 8 September 2021 The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 8 September 2021 The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 8 September 2021 The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to he...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 8 September 2021 The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us....

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 8 September 2021 The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 8 September 2021 The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 8 September 2021 The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast 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.G...

  • The Word of The Lord

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God– Matthew 4:4   We have to eat to live. Yet, Jesus reminds us (and Satan), food is not all that is needed. You could have all the food in the world and yet remain empty and lifeless.   The...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Tiny Shalom Masters Tuesday, September 7, 2021   A title given to Messiah: "Sar Shalom." It means "Prince of Peace." More than that, it means, "Prince of Shalom," Prince of fullness, wholeness, completion, perfection, well-being, soundness, blessing, and prosperity. "Sar" means...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Amen And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, "These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God." Revelation 3:14   Jesus is the Amen, the final word on everything that is done by God. The A...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   I praise You for who You are;   You are the Alpha and the Omega,   The Beginning and the End,   My Savior and my Lord,   Creator of all,   Thank You fo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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 not fall, for it was founded on t...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Regina Saint Regina (d. 286 A.D.) was born to pagan parents in France. Her mother died in childbirth, and her father gave her to the care of a Christian nurse who secretly baptized her and raised her in the Christian fait...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "But even if you should suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you. Do not be afraid or terrified with fear of them, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your h...

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 438 Reading I Col 2:6-15 Brothers and sisters: As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in than...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6,12-19): Jesus went out into the hills to pray, spending the whole night in prayer with God. When day came, He called his disciples to him and chose twelve ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 7 September 2021 Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxI shall stand upon my watch-tower to see what the Lord will say to me We read in the...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 7 September 2021 Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 7 September 2021 Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 7 September 2021 Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...

  • Several ways to farm Bless Unleashed Star Seeds

    Posted September 6, 2021 by YYY JJJ

    For players, Bless Unleashed Star Seeds are needed to purchase items in the market, enhance weapons, and resurrect themselves. Unfortunately, for many players to quickly obtain Bless Unleashed Star Seeds may be a daunting challenge, in the process, players may spend a lot of time. Here are a few eas...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 7 September 2021 Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 7 September 2021 Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 7 September 2021 Tuesday of week 23 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 7 September 2021 Tuesday of week 23 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...

  • The Gospel Message

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name – John 20:31   John here gives us the mission statement for his gospel; in it we find an excellent summary of thegospel message.   First, the ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Paul's use of the Past Monday, September 6, 2021   If anyone could've been disqualified from serving the Lord, it was Saul, Paul. He was the greatest of sinners. Instead, he set his heart on the grace and love of God, and lived a life of repentance. His past didn't disqualify h...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Supplication And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Zechariah 12:10   The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Suppli...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for the strength you give to me each day...   I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13   Thank You my Lord Jesus for Your strength and salvation which yo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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 not fall, for it was founded on t...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Eleutherius the Abbot St. Eleutherius (d. 585 A.D.) was a monk living in Spoleto, Italy. Little is known of his early life. He became the Abbot of St. Mark's Abbey and was well-known as a man of simplicity and penance. He also demons...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1  

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 437 Reading I Col 1:24–2:3 Brothers and sisters: I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his Body, wh...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6,6-11): On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and began teaching. There was a man with a paralyzed right hand and the teachers of the Law and the Ph...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 September 2021 Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time From a sermon on the Beatitudes by Saint Leo the GreatWhoever loves your law will have abundant peace The blessedness of seeing...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 September 2021 Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 September 2021 Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 September 2021 Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 September 2021 Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 September 2021 Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 September 2021 Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 6 September 2021 Monday of week 23 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...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Son of Man No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. John 3:13-14   Jesus is the Son of Man. On Earth, Je...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer This prayer is based upon Proverbs 29:22-27   Dear Father in Heaven,   Let me never be an angry person who stirs up strife nor a furious person who abounds in transgression.   I pray that I will NOT be so filled w...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. John 3:13-14

  • Salvation In Christ

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by him all that believe are justified from all things – Acts 13:38-39   How strange that it could ever be truthfully said that “through this man”—any mere man—could be found forgiveness of sins! ...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997), known simply as Mother Teresa, was born to a family of Albanian descent in what is now Macedonia. As a young girl Mother Teresa was fascinated by stories sh...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 128 Reading I Is 35:4-7a Thus says the LORD:     Say to those whose hearts are frightened:         Be strong, fear not!     Here is your God,  &nb...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7,31-37): Again 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 m...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 5 September 2021 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time From a sermon on the Beatitudes by Saint Leo the GreatChristian wisdom The Lord then goes on to say: Blessed are those who hunger and thirs...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 5 September 2021 23rd 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 5 September 2021 23rd 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 5 September 2021 23rd 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 5 September 2021 23rd 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 5 September 2021 23rd 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 5 September 2021 23rd 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 5 September 2021 23rd 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. Al...

  • Danmarks Landsholdstrøje

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Nieves Maria

    billige fodboldtrøjer interview med den spanske radiostation Gonzalez fortalte i et interview med den spanske radiostation Manchester United Trøje, Danmarks Landsholdstrøje, Billig Fodboldtøj men som det er nu, er der fodboldtrøjer til salg arriba...

  • Real Madrid Trøje

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Nieves Maria

    billige fodboldtrøjer Leicester City mod Brighton Manchester United mod West Ham Køb Fodboldtrøjer, Real Madrid Trøje januar 2022 tirsdag den 8. køb fodboldtrøjer online marts 2022 lørdag Leicester City mod Brighton Manchester Uni...

  • Repentance Is Healing Hearts

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth– Revelation 14:7   This message comes from an angel, in the last days, and is part of the “everlasting gospel” which he preaches to all the inhabitants of earth...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Bright and Morning Star I am…the Bright and Morning Star. Revelation 22:16   Jesus is the Bright and Morning Star; He shines in darkness to give all people hope. Just before the dawn, a bright star appears on the horizon where the sun will be rising. That las...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Almighty God,   Jesus taught us...   But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you. Matth...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you. Matthew 5:44

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Rosalia St. Rosalia (1130–1166 A.D.) was born to a wealthy and noble Norman family, descendants of Charlemagne who had migrated to Sicily. From a young age Rosalia was strongly drawn to Christ, which caused her to leave her l...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength."" Isaiah 30:15a

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 436 Reading I Col 1:21-23 Brothers and sisters: You once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds; God has now reconciled you in the fleshly Body of Christ through his death, to pr...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6,1-5): One Sabbath Jesus was going through the corn fields and his disciples began to pick heads of grain crushing them in their hands for food. Some of t...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 4 September 2021 Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time From a sermon on the Beatitudes by Saint Leo the GreatThe blessedness of Christ's kingdom After pronouncing his blessing ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 4 September 2021 Saturday of week 22 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 4 September 2021 Saturday of week 22 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, co...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 4 September 2021 Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 4 September 2021 Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 4 September 2021 Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 4 September 2021 Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 4 September 2021 Saturday of week 22 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 en...

  • PSG Tröja

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Emilio Caraballo

    fotbollströjor barn kunna bygga ett lag kring Dortmund var Lewandowski en av de Fotbollströjor, PSG Tröja men snarare än att kunna kjøp fotballdrakter 3 och 4 miljoner Efter att ha gjort 103 mål på 187 matcher för Dortmund var Lewandow...

  • The Outcome of Sin

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    She said, ‘The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.’ And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, ‘I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself.’ And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him– Judges 16:20   The horrendous tragedy of the shorn, helples...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Snakes Have no Ears Friday, September 3, 2021   Most snakes have no real sense of hearing. They can sense vibrations, but they have no ears. In the natural realm, serpents are just another creature. Yet in the spiritual realm, they represent the powers of darkness. In the spiri...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: A Deposit God, who sealed us has also given us the Spirit in our hearts as a deposit that there are more good things coming. (author’s translation) 2 Corinthians 1:21-22   When you became a Christian, you received the Holy Spirit as ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Loving Father in Heaven,   Today I lift up all teachers to You.   I pray for Your anointing upon their lives, their work and their ministries.   Please give them wisdom, knowledge, guidance, patience, love, p...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher. Luke 6:40 NIV

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Pope St. Gregory the Great Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604 A.D.) was the son of a wealthy Roman senator. His mother and two of his aunts are also saints, which provided him with a strong and devout religious upbringing. His skill i...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also gl...

  • Meditation

    Posted September 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "For want of contrition, innumerable Confessions are either sacrilegious or invalid; the penitent so often breaks his promises to God, and falls again so easily into the same faults, and many souls are eternally lost. Contrition is that true and l...