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  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: He Who Holds the Seven Stars in His Right Hand These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. Revelation 2:1   Jesus is He Who Holds the Seven Stars in His Right Hand. These stars we...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   I praise Your name, which is above all names...   Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name Philippians 2:9   I lift up to You all...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 7, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name Philippians 2:9

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary Lectionary: 464 Reading I Mal 3:13-20b You have defied me in word, says the LORD,     yet you ask, “What have we spoken against you?” You have said, “It is vain to serve God,    &nbs...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 11:5-13): Jesus said to his disciples, «Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to his house in the middle of the night and says: ‘Friend, le...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 7 October 2021 Our Lady of the Rosary  on Thursday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady of the Rosary Virgin and Child with a Rosary (c.1650) by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), Museo del Prado, Madrid...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 7 October 2021 Our Lady of the Rosary  on Thursday of week 27 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 7 October 2021 Our Lady of the Rosary  on Thursday of week 27 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 ha...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 7 October 2021 Thursday of week 27 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 7 October 2021 Thursday of week 27 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 October 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 October 2021 Thursday of week 27 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 October 6, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 7 October 2021 Our Lady of the Rosary  on Thursday of week 27 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 7 October 2021 Thursday of week 27 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 Elder Scrolls Online: Deadlands will be released soon

    Posted October 6, 2021 by YYYY JJJ

    The highly anticipated The Elder Scrolls Online: Deadlands will be released in November. PC/Mac and Stadia will get the DLC on November 1, while the Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions will be available on November 16. For fans looking forward to Deadlands, this news should be very ex...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Angelic day Wednesday, October 6, 2021   You have heard of the angels Gabriel and Michael, but have you heard of the other angels? Do you know that you are supposed to be an angel? The Hebrew word in the Bible for angel is Malachi and the Greek word is Angelos. John the Bap...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Same Spirit of Faith And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak. 2 Corinthians 4:13   The Holy Spirit gave you the gift of faith when...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Sometimes I get frustrated and angry when I believe someone has wronged me, not lived up to their promises or let me down.   Help me to remember that people are not perfect.   I pray that I will...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 6, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ...

  • The Good News

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

    This is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day – John 6:40 In his perfect life, sacrificial death, and triumphant resurrection, Jesus proved that he was sent from God. And here John...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Bruno St. Bruno (1030-1101) was born to a noble and prominent family in Cologne, Germany. He was well educated and excelled in his studies, and became a priest around the year 1055. He went on to direct and teach at the episcopal s...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "[There is] one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to the measu...

  • Lectionary

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

    Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 463 Reading I Jon 4:1-11 Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry that God did not carry out the evil he threatened against Nineveh. He prayed, “I beseech you, LORD, is not this what ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 11:1-4): One day Jesus was praying in a certain place and when He had finished, one of his disciples said to him, «Lord, teach us to pray, just as ...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 6 October 2021 Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Bruno, Priest  or Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time From St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the Tralli...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Wednesday 6 October 2021 Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Bruno, Priest  or Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 6 October 2021 Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Bruno, Priest  or Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 6 October 2021 Wednesday of week 27 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 October 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 October 2021 Wednesday of week 27 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 October 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 October 2021 Wednesday of week 27 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 October 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 6 October 2021 Wednesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Bruno, Priest  or Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm inste...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 6 October 2021 Wednesday of week 27 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...

  • The Elder Scrolls Online Deadlands expansion will launch in Nov

    Posted October 5, 2021 by YYYY JJJ

    There is still a long time before the release of The Elder Scrolls VI, but at the same time, The Elder Scrolls Online is ending its year-long Gates of Oblivion event and is preparing to release its next expansion pack, Deadlands. Players can use it on November 1st. If players want to have an advanta...

  • Verse of the Day

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

    Verse of the Day "Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, "Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."" Isaiah 35:3-4

  • Meditation

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

      Meditation of the Day "What is this brightness—with which God fills the soul of the just—but that clear knowledge of all that is necessary for salvation? He shows them the beauty of virtue and the deformity of vice. He reveals to them the vanity of the worl...

  • At The Heart Of Salvation

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

    Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace – Ephesians 1:5-6 The salvation that is in Jesus Christ is predestinated. It is not an accident or a backup plan on God’s part. It ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Redemption of Vasilescu Tuesday, October 5, 2021   This is a true story of Richard Wurmbrand, a Jewish believer who was imprisoned for his faith in communist prisons in Romania. There was a young man named Vasilescu, a criminal in Romania, who was put in charge by the commu...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Lord Strong and Mighty Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8   Jesus is the Lord Strong and Mighty. Come to Him when you’re afraid and losing the battle. Lean on Him when you’re weak. He knows that th...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Oh, how I praise You Lord!   You heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.   You count the number of the stars and call them all by name.   Great are You, Lord, and mighty in power.   Your u...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8

  • Lectionary

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

    Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 462 Reading I Jon 3:1-10 The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:  “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you.” So Jonah ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10:38-42): As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, He entered a village and a woman called Martha welcomed him to her house. She had a sister named M...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Tuesday 5 October 2021 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious  or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time From St Ignatius of Antioch's l...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Tuesday 5 October 2021 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious  or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 5 October 2021 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious  or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Inv...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 5 October 2021 Tuesday of week 27 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 October 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 October 2021 Tuesday of week 27 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 October 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 October 2021 Tuesday of week 27 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 October 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5 October 2021 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Faustina Kowalska, Religious  or Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the I...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 5 October 2021 Tuesday of week 27 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...

  • How powerful is Skyrim's Dragonborn in Elder Scrolls Online?

    Posted October 4, 2021 by YYYY JJJ

    If the players are sitting on the solemn carriage and going to the cutting board when they play Skyrim for the first time, they may not know how to get out of this predicament. When they were approached by the executioner to be beheaded, there was a huge roar from the mountain, which sounded like th...

  • Norge Drakt

    Posted October 4, 2021 by Chelsey Mckenn

    Billige Fotballdrakter kommer inn for sin andre Pachuca hadde ballen i 57 prosent av Norge Drakt, Manchester United Drakt de har scoret 14 mål på de hvor kan man kjøpe fotballdrakter dissekering av sporten Los Tuzos er 8-3-2 i de siste 13 kampene og scoret to ...

  • Real Madrid Drakt Barn

    Posted October 4, 2021 by Chelsey Mckenn

    Billige Fotballdrakter begge blitt koblet til trekk Kylian Mbappe og Erling Haaland har begge blitt koblet til Real Madrid Drakt Barn lyons femårige kvelertak fotballdrakter tilbud vår, det er for sikker Kylian Mbappe og Erling Haaland har begge blitt koblet til trek...

  • Sapphries

    Posted October 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    His Mercy: The Womb Monday, October 4, 2021   In John 3, Messiah says to Nicodemus, "You must be born again." Nicodemus says, "But how can I? Can a man go back into his mother's womb and be born?" The word for womb is rechem. That's also the word from which we get the word merc...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Prophet The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear. Deuteronomy 18:15   Jesus is called a Prophet; this was a title given to Him by Moses, who predicted Jesus’ coming into th...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   Today I want to ask for Your protection and blessing for my Christian sisters and brothers around the world.   Please give us all wisdom and guidance, and surround us with Your guardian angels...   For...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. Psalm 91:11   "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in a...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Francis of Assisi St. Francis (1181-1226) was born in Assisi, Italy, to a wealthy cloth merchant. He was a spoiled child given to pleasure, fine dress, liberal spending, and worldliness. Handsome and courteous, he was a favorite am...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "He said to them, "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned."" Mark 16:15-16  

  • What It Is To Repent

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

    Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out – Acts 3:19   Peter is here addressing the very people who had helped to crucify Jesus, but his words are appropriate to anyone who denies the claims of Christ upon their lives.   Repent of your obstinate re...

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi Lectionary: 461 Reading I Jon 1:1–2:1-2, 11 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it; their wickedness has come up before me....

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10:25-37): A teacher of the Law came and began putting Jesus to the test. And he said, «Master, what shall I do to receive eternal life?». Jesus...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 4 October 2021 Saint Francis of Assisi  on Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Francis of Assisi A painting (c.1598) by Cigoli (1559-1613), Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. A letter from St Francis of Assi...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 4 October 2021 Saint Francis of Assisi  on Monday of week 27 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 4 October 2021 Saint Francis of Assisi  on Monday of week 27 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 4 October 2021 Monday of week 27 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 4 October 2021 Monday of week 27 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 October 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 4 October 2021 Monday of week 27 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 4 October 2021 Saint Francis of Assisi  on Monday of week 27 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 has...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 4 October 2021 Monday of week 27 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 a...

  • The Hill I Have Chosen to Die On

    Posted October 3, 2021 by Rabbi Gary

      We live in the time of the biggest battle of good versus evil the world has ever seen. All over the world, people are being injected with a toxic, experimental, failed “vaccine.” Those who do not want to be injected are being coerced into being injected in violation of the Nuremb...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Adoption For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." Romans 8:15   The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Adoption who placed you in the fam...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted October 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   There are so many couples who long to have children.   I pray for those families, that you will anoint them and bless the desire of their hearts.   And, there are many children who long to...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Trust in the Lord , and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord , And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord , Trust also in Him, And He shall ...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Theodore Guerin St. Theodore Guerin (1798–1856), also known as St. Theodora, was born in Etables, France, towards the end of the French Revolution. She was a pious child who loved prayer and who knew her vocation was to be a ...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? As it is written: "For your sake we are being slain all the day; we are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered."...

  • The Effects Of Sin

    Posted October 2, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels – Psalm 81:12   Sin results in separation from God. But here we are also reminded that it means being joined completely to our own desires and schemes.   At first glance, this might not sound ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 140 Reading I Gn 2:18-24 The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him." So the LORD God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 10,2-16): Some Pharisees came and put him to the test with this question, «Is it right for a husband to divorce his wife?». He replied, «What law ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 October 2021 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Pastoral Guide, by Pope St Gregory the GreatLet the pastor be discreetly silent, and to the point when he speaks A spiritual guide should...

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 October 2021 27th 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 an...

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 October 2021 27th 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 Fathe...

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 October 2021 27th 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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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 October 2021 27th 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 to...

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 October 2021 27th 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 and...

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 3 October 2021 27th 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 Fat...

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far o...

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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    Posted October 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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    Posted October 1, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

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    Posted October 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted October 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 October 2021 The Holy Guardian Angels  on Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make hast...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 October 2021 The Holy Guardian Angels  on Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make ...

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    Posted October 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 October 2021 Saturday of week 26 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 2 October 2021 Saturday of week 26 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...