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  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 14, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I pray that as two people come together to join in holy marriage, that they will take their covenant and their responsibilities seriously, as Jesus taught...   Have you not read that He who made them at t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 14, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh&r...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Kateri Tekakwitha St. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), also known as the 'Lily of the Mohawks,' was born in present-day New York. Her father was a Mohawk chief, and her mother an Algonquin who had been converted to the Christian fait...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; but...

  • Meditation

    Posted July 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. There is no getting away from it; the Christian rule is, ‘Either marriage, with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.’ Now this is so difficult and so...

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin Lectionary: 391 Reading I Ex 3:1-6, 9-12 Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of th...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 11,25-27): On one occasion Jesus said, «Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I praise you, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned a...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 14 July 2021 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha  on Wednesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha From the treatise "On the Mysteries" by St Ambrose, bishopWater does not sanctify without the Holy Spirit You...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 14 July 2021 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha  on Wednesday of week 15 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 July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 14 July 2021 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha  on Wednesday of week 15 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 h...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 14 July 2021 Wednesday of week 15 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 July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 14 July 2021 Wednesday of week 15 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 July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 14 July 2021 Wednesday of week 15 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 July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 14 July 2021 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha  on Wednesday of week 15 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 July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 14 July 2021 Wednesday of week 15 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Heaven & Earth at the Same Time Tuesday, July 13, 2021   The Feast of Tabernacles is a beautiful and even mystical feast. For it celebrated two things at once. They would celebrate God's faithfulness to them in the wilderness while living in the Promised Land. The sukkah, or ta...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying… baruch haba beshem Adonai (in Hebrew) "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!" Matthew 21:9   On Palm Sunday Jesus rod...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for this new day.   Thank You that in You I "live and move and have (my) being." Acts 17:28   I am blessed because You are a forgiving and loving God.   You have done so m...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ Acts 17:28 NKJV

  • Serving God’s

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    When we hear the phrase “serving God,” we usually think of activities like teaching Sunday school or visiting the sick. But the most important thing about a servant of the Lord is character. Though today’s passage was written about pastors, it is applicable to every believer. &nbs...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Henry II Saint Henry II (972-1024 A.D.) was born to the Duke of Bavaria and the Princess of Burgundy. He was a pious child and was given the education of a priest. However, his destiny changed when he succeeded his father as the Du...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. For this I labor and struggle, in accord with the exercise of his power working within me." Colossians 1:28-29 ...

  • Meditation

    Posted July 13, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "My great God, you know all that is in the universe, because you yourself have made it. It is the very work of your hands. You are omniscient, because you are omnicreative. You know each part, however minute, as perfectly as you know the whole. Yo...

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 390 Reading I Ex 2:1-15a A certain man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, who conceived and bore a son. Seeing that he was a goodly child, she hid him for three months. When she could hide hi...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 11,20-24): Jesus began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not repented. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you,...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 13 July 2021 Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Henry  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time From the treatise "On the Mysteries" by St Ambrose, bishopThe many prefigurations of baptism in Scripture L...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 13 July 2021 Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Henry  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 u...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 13 July 2021 Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Henry  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 he...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 13 July 2021 Tuesday of week 15 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 July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 13 July 2021 Tuesday of week 15 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 July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 13 July 2021 Tuesday of week 15 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 July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 13 July 2021 Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Henry  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 13 July 2021 Tuesday of week 15 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 Kingdom

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    John the Baptist and Jesus Both preached, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt. 3:2; Matt. 4:17). And though the nation of Israel rejected Christ as their king, His kingdom was not thwarted.   When an idea recurs in Scripture, we are wise to study it well—and...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Butterfly's Rage Monday, July 12, 2021   Alright, you're not really satisfied with your walk, not real happy with the way you act. You're sick and tired of living less than joyous, less than holy, less than consistent, and less than victorious. It's not a bad thing. It's a ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Greater Than Solomon The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here. Matthew 12:42   Solo...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   I don't want to strive against You with my own self-efforts.   I want to totally rely on You.   Please increase my faith.   Please forgive my unbelief.   James writes...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Veronica St. Veronica (1st c.) is one of the holy women of Jerusalem who accompanied Jesus on the Way of the Cross. Out of her sorrow and compassion she offered Jesus her veil to wipe the blood and sweat from his face as He carried...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likene...

  • Meditation

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "St. Bridget once received and bore patiently a succession of trials from various persons. One of them made an insulting remark to her; another praised her in her presence, but complained of her in her absence; another calumniated her; another spo...

  • Juventus Trøje

    Posted July 12, 2021 by Nieves Maria

    FODBOLDTRØJER blive straffet via pointfradrag eller   Klubberne blev udsat for en utrolig tilbageslag fra fans Juventus Trøje, Real Madrid Trøje, Fodboldtrøjer det antages, at de engelske billige fodboldtrøjer med tryk den ene efter den anden &nb...

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 389 Reading I Ex 1:8-14, 22 A new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to power in Egypt. He said to his subjects, “Look how numerous and powerful the people of the children of Israel are growin...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10,34--11,1): Jesus said to his disciples, «Do not think that I have come to establish peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I h...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 12 July 2021 Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time From the treatise "On the Mysteries" by St Ambrose, bishopWe are born again through water and the Holy Spirit What did you see at t...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 12 July 2021 Monday of week 15 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 12 July 2021 Monday of week 15 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 12 July 2021 Monday of week 15 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 12 July 2021 Monday of week 15 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 12 July 2021 Monday of week 15 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 12 July 2021 Monday of week 15 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 12 July 2021 Monday of week 15 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 and...

  • Latest news on S.O.S.M.A.

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Hello fellow clergy friends.  Besides the Head Diocese is in Countryside Illinois, we were in Florida, but had to close that Diocese Temporarily until we can get New and Honest Ministry there.  We have a Diocese in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Columbia, South America. We have 3 Bishop...

  • What Does Your Heart Tell You?

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    You’ve probably heard that “the heart is more deceitful than all else” (Jer. 17:9), and perhaps you’ve witnessed this truth at work in your own life. But Scripture also says anyone who believes in Jesus is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)—so how do we know whether ou...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: Our Father in Heaven Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven... Matthew 6:8-9   Not only were you born of an earthly father, but also you have a Father in Heaven. Whe...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Today, I am praying for people in this world who do not have earthly fathers.   They may have never known their father, or their father was taken from them, or he may have left them at some point, or a m...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of The Day Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven... Matthew 6:8-9

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 11, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Benedict of Nursia St. Benedict of Nursia (480-547 A.D.) and his twin sister, St. Scholastica, were born to a Roman nobleman and his wife in Nursia, Italy. He spent his childhood with his parents in Rome. As a young man he found in...

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 104 Reading I Am 7:12-15 Amaziah, priest of Bethel, said to Amos, “Off with you, visionary, flee to the land of Judah!  There earn your bread by prophesying, but never again prophesy in Bethel; for it is...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6,7-13): Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 11 July 2021 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time From the beginning of the treatise "On the Mysteries" by St Ambrose, bishopCatechesis on the rites preceding baptism We gave a daily instructio...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 11 July 2021 15th 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 and ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 11 July 2021 15th 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 Father ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 11 July 2021 15th 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 11 July 2021 15th 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 11 July 2021 15th 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 11 July 2021 15th 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 11 July 2021 15th 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. Allelu...

  • He’s Always Watching

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    There are two possible ways to respond to today’s Scripture passage. Some people find great comfort in knowing that God is always present in their life and nothing escapes His notice. This is usually the response of believers, because we understand that He cares for us. Why would we ever want ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Greater Than Our Father Jacob Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock? John 4:12   The woman at the well asked Jesus if He was greater than Jacob. She was being sarcasti...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Good morning Father God,   Thank You for another beautiful day of life with You...   This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24   I pray that I will live this day ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24   Bless the Lord , O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Psalm 103:1

  • PRAYERTIME on SATURDAY

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Peter Schmalenbach · Germany · L.A.M.

      "Mi Sheberach" - The Jewish Prayer for the Sick   Prayers have always inspired me very much, because they are one or the way to THE one who wants to give us only good. Prayers are words, images, sounds, meditations that make me stop and think.   Thus, at the same time, they l...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Amelia St. Amelia (741-772 A.D.) was born into a noble and pious Christian family in the land of the Ardennes, bordering what is today Belgium and Luxembourg. She was a devout child of strong character who committed her virginity t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 10, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Matthew 16:24-25

  • Lectionary

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

    Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 388 Reading I Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a Jacob gave his sons this charge: “Since I am about to be taken to my people, bury me with my fathers in the cave that lies in the field of Ephron the Hittit...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10,24-33): Jesus said to his apostles, «A student is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master. A student should be glad to become like his tea...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 10 July 2021 Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time From a discourse of St Augustine on Psalm 126The true Solomon is our Lord Jesus Christ Because Solomon had built a temple to ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Saturday 10 July 2021 Saturday of week 14 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 ou...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 10 July 2021 Saturday of week 14 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, come t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 10 July 2021 Saturday of week 14 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 July 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 10 July 2021 Saturday of week 14 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 July 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 10 July 2021 Saturday of week 14 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 July 9, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 10 July 2021 Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 10 July 2021 Saturday of week 14 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.Am...

  • Liverpool Drakt

    Posted July 9, 2021 by Chelsey Mckenn

    FOTBALLDRAKTER endast undertecknat den anfallande mittf   United endast undertecknat den anfallande Liverpool Drakt, Borussia Dortmund Drakt, Koszulka Belgia sommarövergångsfönstret billige fotballdrakter barn någonstans - åtminstone   United m&ou...

  • You Can’t Hide From God

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

    Have you ever tried to run from God? Most of us won’t try to escape physically by fleeing to another place, the way Jonah did. But we’re experts at ignoring God’s commands, distracting ourselves with busyness, and offering an alternative plan in place of full obedience. No matter h...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 9, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Unrobing of the High Priest Friday, July 9, 2021   The High Priest of Israel was told to wear holy garments: garments of blue and white, a breastplate of twelve precious gems, and a white turban framed by a golden crown with a golden plate on the front which read, "Holy to ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 9, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Greater Than Our Father Abraham "Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Who do You make Yourself out to be?" ...Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?" Jesus said to...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 9, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Please give me an insatiable desire and thirst for spending more time with You in prayer, worship and reading my Bible...   The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 9, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. Psalm 145:18   Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Isaiah 55:6

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions St. Augustine Zhao Rong (d. 1815) was a Chinese soldier who was assigned to escort the captive Catholic bishop, John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, to Beijing where he was to be executed by beheading. The...

  • Verse of the Day

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

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

  • Lectionary

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

    Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 387 Reading I Gn 46:1-7, 28-30 Israel set out with all that was his. When he arrived at Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. There God, speaking to Israel in a vision by ni...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 10,16-23): Jesus said to his disciples, «Look, I send you out like sheep among wolves. You must be clever as snakes and innocent as doves. Be on your guar...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Friday 9 July 2021 Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, Martyrs  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansWe are bless...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Friday 9 July 2021 Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, Martyrs  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 9 July 2021 Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, Martyrs  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, co...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 9 July 2021 Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 9 July 2021 Friday of week 14 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...