Welcome to the ULC Minister's Network

Blogs

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 10 November 2021 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor  on Wednesday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor Pope St Leo the Great, by Francisco de Herrera el Mozo (1622-1685). From a sermon of ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 10 November 2021 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor  on Wednesday of week 32 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 Lo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 10 November 2021 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor  on Wednesday of week 32 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. ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 10 November 2021 Wednesday of week 32 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 10 November 2021 Wednesday of week 32 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 10 November 2021 Wednesday of week 32 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 10 November 2021 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor  on Wednesday of week 32 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 10 November 2021 Wednesday of week 32 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 ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "You need endurance to do the will of God and receive what he has promised. 'For, after just a brief moment, he who is to come shall come; he shall not delay. But my just one shall live by faith, and if he draws back I take no pleasure in him.' We are ...

  • The Great I Am

    Posted November 9, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you – Exodus 3:14 Speaking to Moses out of the burning bush, God gave himself a personal name. It has been pronounced “Jehovah” or “Yahweh”, but the meaning is unmistakable. ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome Lectionary: 671 Reading I Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 The angel brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the fa&ccedi...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    November 9th: Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 2:13-22): Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, an...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Tuesday 9 November 2021 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica The apse of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. From a sermon of St Caesarius of ArlesBaptism makes every one of us into...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Tuesday 9 November 2021 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - Feast  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 9 November 2021 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - Feast  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us....

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 9 November 2021 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - Feast Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Gl...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 9 November 2021 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - Feast Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 9 November 2021 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - Feast Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 9 November 2021 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - Feast  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help u...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 9 November 2021 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - 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.Glory be ...

  • Prayer In Strife

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

    Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him– Acts 12:5   Pain, sorrow, and loss drive us to prayer — and to a turning point — here in this story, and always.   James is beheaded by Herod and Peter is awaiting ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 8, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. let it shine, let it shine, let it shine...   Dear Father God,   Today, want to let the light of Jesus shine through me so that others will come to know Jesus, the li...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 8, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day The Four Crowned Martyrs According to tradition the Four Crowned Martyrs (d. 305 A.D.) were renowned sculptors living in what is today Austria-Hungary. They were commissioned by Roman Emperor Diocletian to make several sculptures; howe...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever possesses the Son has life; whoever does not possess the Son of God does not have life." 1 John 5:11-12  

  • Lectionary

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

    Monday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 491 Reading I Wis 1:1-7 Love justice, you who judge the earth;     think of the Lord in goodness,     and seek him in integrity of heart; Because he is found by those w...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Monday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 17,1-6): Jesus said to his disciples, «Scandals will necessarily come and cause people to fall; but woe to the one who has brought it about. It would b...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 8 November 2021 Monday of week 32 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 32 in Ordinary Time A sermon of the second centuryLet us acknowledge God by our actions It is one of God’s greatest mercies to us that we, bei...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 8 November 2021 Monday of week 32 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 8 November 2021 Monday of week 32 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 8 November 2021 Monday of week 32 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 November 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 8 November 2021 Monday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 8 November 2021 Monday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 8 November 2021 Monday of week 32 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 November 7, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 8 November 2021 Monday of week 32 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 ...

  • Details about New World Patch 1.0.5

    Posted November 7, 2021 by jamysen jamysen

    Amazon Game Studio in the New World patch 1.0.5 solved the previously existing loopholes in copying gold and items, and also fixed some other minor issues. Life Staff’s Orb of Protection also made some much-needed changes. Outpost Rush has been repaired and retouched. And fixed a long list of ...

  • Saint of the Day

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

    All Dominican Saints November 7th is the Feast of All Saints of the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominicans. Founded by a Spaniard, St. Dominic de Guzman, in France in the early 13th century, the order has 14 canonized saints and 215 beatified among its mendicant friars, cl...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "For it is written: 'As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.' So [then] each of us shall give an account of himself [to God]." Romans 14:11-12

  • The Word of God

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

    The scripture cannot be broken– John 10:35   The Word of God is a unified and faultless body of truth. It cannot be broken, as Jesus reminds his audience; it cannot be properly taught or accepted in parts. It cannot be broken up in order to pit one verse or truth against another. They a...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: Well of Water But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. John 4:14   The Holy Spirit is a Well of...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   I'm thirsty for more of You and Your Holy Spirit.   I'm thirsty for Your living water of life, for Your anointing on my life and my ministry to others in Your name...   ...Jesus stood and ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” John 7:37-38

  • Lectionary

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

    Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 155 Reading I 1 Kgs 17:10-16 In those days, Elijah the prophet went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the entrance of the city, a widow was gathering sticks there; he called out to her, "Please bring me a small cu...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Podcast Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12, 38-44): In his teaching to the crowds Jesus said, «Beware of those teachers of the Law who enjoy walking around in long robes and being greeted in the marketplace, and...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Sunday 7 November 2021 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time A sermon of the second centuryChrist wished to save everything that perishes Brethren, we ought to regard Jesus Christ both as God and as th...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Sunday 7 November 2021 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 7 November 2021 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 7 November 2021 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 7 November 2021 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 7 November 2021 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 7 November 2021 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 7 November 2021 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. All...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: God Manifested in the Flesh God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory. 1 Timothy 3:16   Jesus was God Manifested in the Flesh. If you...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   I join with Apostle Thomas and declare that You are my Lord and my God. John 20:28   Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet h...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the DayJesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”John 20:29

  • The Message Of The Gospel

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

    He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God – John 3:18   Here is a crystal clear description of the justified sinner, from the lips of Jesus himself, as well as a dep...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Leonard of Noblac St. Leonard of Noblac (d. 559 A.D.) also known as St. Leonard of Limoges, was a French nobleman in the court of Clovis I, King of France. He was converted to the Christian faith, along with the King, by St. Remigius...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him [on] the last day." John 6:40  

  • Lectionary

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

    Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 490 Reading I Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27 Brothers and sisters: Greet Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I am grateful but also all the...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 16,9-15): Jesus said to his disciples, «And so I tell you: use filthy money to make friends for yourselves, so that when it fails, these people may we...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 6 November 2021 Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary Time St Ambrose, On The Blessing of DeathOn the blessing of death St Paul says, The world is crucified to me, and I to the worl...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Saturday 6 November 2021 Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 6 November 2021 Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, com...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 6 November 2021 Saturday of week 31 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 November 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 6 November 2021 Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 6 November 2021 Saturday of week 31 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 November 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 6 November 2021 Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, u...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 6 November 2021 Saturday of week 31 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...

  • Your Salvation

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

    When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly – Romans 5:6   Salvation is for the helpless, the powerless, the needy. If Christ had waited until people were good enough, strong enough, or willing enough to be saved, he would never have come.   This is...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Gym Teacher & The Lunch Lady Friday, November 5, 2021   In Proverbs 11:12 it says, "He who despises his neighbor lacks sense but he who has wisdom keeps silent." I remember in junior high there was a gym teacher who must have said something to the lunch lady about her hairn...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Understanding 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 S...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I desire a deeper relationship with You.   I want to hear Your voice, to know Your presence, to walk with You each and every day.   Help me to put You first in my life, as Jesus taught us... ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33   ...fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one min...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Elizabeth of the Visitation St. Elizabeth of the Visitation (1st c.) was the wife of Zachary, a temple priest, and the cousin and close companion of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is the one whom Our Lady visited in haste after the A...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you [falsely] because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:1...

  • Lectionary

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

    Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 489 Reading I Rom 15:14-21 I myself am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another. But I have ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 16,1-8): At another time Jesus told his disciples, «There was a rich man whose steward was reported to him for fraudulent service. He summoned the stewa...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint Gregory NazianzenIt is a holy thought to pray for the dead What is man, that you are mindful of him? What...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 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 November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 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 November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 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 ...

  • The Need Of Repentance

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

    In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth – 2 Timothy 2:25   There is something here to be learned for those who might admonish others, for those who are admonished, and an objective and God-glor...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Tracing Messiah Thursday, November 4, 2021   Did you ever have to draw something in school and you tried and got a mess? But then you see the masterpiece. You trace a picture and put the masterpiece behind your paper; follow the lines and soon you have a pretty good image. In 1...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Only Begotten Son For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16   Jesus is the Only Begotten Son, an Old Testament title declaring that He was ete...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   You are my hope and my eternal friend .   I pray that You will give me the patience I need to wait upon Your will and Your plans for me...   But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their s...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Charles Borromeo St. Charles Borromeo (1538–1584) was born into an ancient and wealthy family in Lombardy, Italy. When his uncle became Pope Pius IV, Charles was brought to Rome to take over several important assignments conn...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate, and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace. In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows of the evil one. And ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop Lectionary: 488 Reading I Rom 14:7-12 Brothers and sisters: None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 15,1-10): Tax collectors and sinners were seeking the company of Jesus, all of them eager to hear what He had to say. But the Pharisees and the scribes frow...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop  on Thursday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop Portrait of Charles Borromeo, by Giovanni Figino. Between 1560 and 1608. A sermon by...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop  on Thursday of week 31 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, ma...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop  on Thursday of week 31 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Thursday of week 31 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 November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Thursday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Thursday of week 31 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...