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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 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 Lo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 4 November 2021 Thursday 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 Fat...
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by Nieves Mariaderfor spare spanieren for millioner Bernd Leno er klubbens ubestridte nr Billige Fodboldtrøjer 1 og hævder, at mantlen fodboldtrøjer til salg slutningen af kampagnen Bernd Leno er klubbens ubestridte nr. 1 og hævder, at mantlen tilbage efter Emilian...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone– Hosea 4:17 This is one of the saddest statements in Scripture. The people of Ephraim had become so attached to their idols that God finally says, “Let them alone.” In one sense, this command may relate to the prophet Hosea’s interactions with these pe...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Lily Command Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Messiah said, "Consider the lilies." Now that's a command. Have you obeyed it? Messiah is teaching us a lesson. Lilies don't have to worry about clothes, or money, or working; lilies don't spend their days worrying, toiling or struggling. So l...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMesus: The Last Adam The first man Adam became a living being. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Jesus is the Last Adam. Just as Adam was the head of the human race, so Jesus is the Head of those He has redeemed. The first Adam, as head o...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Today's Prayer is based upon Psalm 147 Dear Father God, Oh, how I praise You! Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful... Psalm ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful... Psalm 147:1
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Devotion of the Month Month of the Holy Souls The Catholic Church dedicates the entire month of November to praying in a special way for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Holy Souls (also called the Faithful Departed) are members of the Church...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Martin de Porres St. Martin de Porres (1569-1639) was born in Lima, Peru. He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a freed slave woman from Panama, of either African or Native American descent. His parents never marrie...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "'Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!' The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge." Psalm 46:10-11
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Meditation of the Day "Our Lord, by descending into hell, planted (if I may thus express myself), in the spiritual garden of the Church, a mysterious tree, the fruits of which—namely, His merits—are destined for the constant relief of the Poor Souls in Purg...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 487 Reading I Rom 13:8-10 Brothers and sisters: Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, You shall not commit adult...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 14,25-33): One day, when large crowds were walking along with Jesus, He turned and said to them, «If you come to me, without being ready to give up y...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemThe power of fai...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious 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....
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious 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 ou...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday 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 F...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMEchad & Ashray Tuesday, November 2, 2021 The Lord said, "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." Purity is linked to oneness - being one hundred percent pure. The word in Hebrew for oneness, singleness of mind and heart, is Echad. It says, the Lord our God is Echad, ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Lord 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 Spirit of the Lord is the Holy Spirit, who does the actual wo...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, As You did for Your first disciples, please fill me with Your Joy and fill me with Your Holy Spirit today... And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:52 Help me to bring glory to God The Father and ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Leviticus 11:44 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:52
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.We have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will – Ephesians 1:11 It is unsettling, to some degree, for us to realize that God is actively engaged in His creation and is working everything aft...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day Blessed John Bodey Blessed John Bodey (1549-1583) was born in Wells, England, the son of a wealthy merchant and former mayor. He studied at Oxford and became an Oxford Fellow in 1568 at the age of 19. Later he, along with seven othe...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today’s Feast Day All Souls Day November 2nd is All Souls Day, sometimes called the Day of the Dead. On this day, and during the month of November, the Church prays in a special way for the souls of the faithful departed, and individuals pray espec...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) Lectionary: 668 The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Reading I Wis 3:1-9 The souls of the just are in the hand of God,  ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.November 2nd: All Souls listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 23:33.39-43): When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. Now one of the criminals hanging there...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Souls Purgatory, by Jean Colombe (1485). From St Ambrose's book on the death of his brother SatyrusLet us die with Christ, to live with Christ We see that death is gain, life is loss...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls 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 and to the Son and ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls 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 Father and to the Son ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls 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 and to the Son an...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls 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 Father and to the So...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls 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. Alleluia. ________ ...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you– 1 Peter 5:10 God is “the God all grace.” The first and primary example of grace Peter gives us...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Deborah the Prophetess St. Deborah (11th c. B.C.) was a godly widow and saint of the Old Testament. She was a courageous prophetess and champion of the Israelites. All Israel came to her to judge their disputes, and God prophesied ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Philippians 4:8...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today’s Feast Day All Saints Day On November 1st the Church celebrates all her holy ones in heaven, known and unknown, with the feast of All Saints. The solemnity originally began in the 4th century to commemorate all the Christian martyrs kil...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Get Daily Readings E-mails Solemnity of All Saints Lectionary: 667 Reading I Rv 7:2-4, 9-14 I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.November 1st: Solemnity of All Saints listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5:1-12a): When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Saints All Saints, by Albrecht Dürer (1511). From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxLet us make haste to our brethren who are awaiting us Why should our praise...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - Solemnity Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - Solemnity Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - Solemnity Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - Solemnity Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - Solemnity Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - Solemnity Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - Solemnity Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. Alle...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost – John 19:30 Here is lesson number six from Jesus on the cross: the most important thing in your life is God’s will for your life; you are not finished until you ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The King Invisible Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17 Jesus is the King Invisible; you can’t see Him, but He’s there with you all day, every day. ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, It's true...that I may be the only "Bible" someone ever reads. Please help me be a living testament to others for You. Please work through me to be Your witness and help me to be a light and a...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Acts 1:8 Then the eyes of those who see will no longe...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Wolfgang St. Wolfgang (934-994 A.D.), also known as the Great Almoner, was a Benedictine monk, reformer, and Bishop of Regensburg, Bavaria. He was born into the noble class and had an excellent education. As bishop he wo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "Bless those who persecute [you], bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation. D...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today’s Feast Day All Hallow's Eve All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween, is the vigil of All Saints (All Hallows) Day, which is a major feast on the liturgical calendar and a Holy Day of Obligation. Halloween (October 31st) is connected with All Sa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 152 Reading I Dt 6:2-6 Moses spoke to the people, saying: "Fear the LORD, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you, and thus have long life. ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.hirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Podcast Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,28-34): A teacher of the Law had been listening to this discussion and admired how Jesus answered them. So he came up and asked him, «Which commandment is the first of al...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time From the Second Vatican Council's pastoral constitution "Gaudium et spes" on the Church in the modern worldThe promotion of peace Peace is n...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 31 October 2021 31st 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 31 October 2021 31st 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 31 October 2021 31st 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 31 October 2021 31st 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, All Saints) 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,...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 31 October 2021 31st 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...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: Spirit of Revelation That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Ephesians 1:17 Revelation is needed for the things you can’t know until God...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank you for sending so many special people into my Life. I can think of many people who have meant so much to me and who have been such an encouragement and inspiration to me. I appreciate t...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. Joshua 1:5
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven – Acts 1:11 Five times in this first chapter of Acts the literal visibility of Christ’s ascension is em...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Alphonsus Rodriguez St. Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532–1617) was born in Segovia, Spain, the son of a wool merchant. He was prepared for his First Holy Communion by St. Peter Faber, one of the first Jesuits. When his father died, Al...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised holy Spirit, which is the first installment of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s possession, t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 484 Reading I Rom 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29 Brothers and sisters: I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Of course not! For I too am a child of Israel, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Be...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 14:1.7-11): On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. He told a parable t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 30 October 2021 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time From the dialogue On Divine Providence by Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctorHow good and how delightful is your sp...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 30 October 2021 Saturday of week 30 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 30 October 2021 Saturday of week 30 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 30 October 2021 Saturday of week 30 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 30 October 2021 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 30 October 2021 Saturday of week 30 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 30 October 2021 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, u...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 30 October 2021 Saturday of week 30 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...
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by jamysen jamysenAmazon Game Studio has been solving some problems of New World recently, trying to improve it, hoping to save the lost players. Amazon senior producer Katy Kaszynski gave a speech this week, in which he talked about what the team hopes to do when creating New World and how community feedback and res...
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by YYYY JJJSome time ago, some Reddit players’ complaints against Reddit were combined with a doomsday blog to depict the terrible picture of the New World game economy. The “currency crisis” in the game led to a vicious circle of deflation. There are simply not enough funds in the game to su...
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by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me – Matthew 15:25 We don’t even know the name of this Canaanite woman who comes to Jesus for healing for her daughter. But we do know she has great faith, because Jesus himself commends her for it. In coming to Jesus ...
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by Mark ScorzeCan Be BeNaughty Untrue? Well, its name will not make it look understated, lively, and perhaps somewhat awful, but that may be precisely what you require. I actually don't want to get swindled or tricked by some thing which's too great to be legitimate. Casual daters have exactly the exact ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Lender Friday, October 29, 2021 A king sought to find out which of his two sons was worthy of wearing the crown. He gave them each the same amount of money to see which one would end up with more money at the end of five years. The older son bought expensive possessions a...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Root and Offspring of David I am the Root and the Offspring of David. Revelation 22:16 Jesus is the Root and Offspring of David, the greatest king of Israel. Just as a tree gets strength and life from its roots, so David’s accomplishments and strength ca...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, There are days when I feel weak and uninspired. And there are days when I am full of the life and hope that You have given to me. Please help me to remember that my strength comes from You.....
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Narcissus of Jerusalem St. Narcissus (c. 99 – c. 216 A.D.) was a holy and esteemed priest of Greek origin who became the 30th bishop of Jerusalem in the year 180 A.D., about a century after the city's destruction by the Romans....