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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 28 March 2021 Palm Sunday  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 Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 28 March 2021 Palm Sunday 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. ________ Examination...

  • A Look at Our Border

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Joseph Esquivel

    A Look at Our Borders A humble believer’s perspective’s   We see a lot of lost children of God trying to find security and protection from the troubles in their country of origin. We are a country founded on immigration of others escaping the trouble of their own country. The Rep...

  • Cheap FIFA coins for sale

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Maison Buxton

    One of the most valued assets in the FIFA franchise is FIFA coins. They can be earned via multiple actions. Participating in matches, SBCs, FUT mode, and more. But since they're harder than other items in the game to achieve, therefore transferring coins from unreliable third parties is forbidd...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The King Eternal 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 Eternal. Just as an earthly king rules his kingdom through his laws, so Jesus rules t...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You have overcome death.   I desire Your life and holy presence to renew me today...   Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies a...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God… do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the r...

  • Be the Blessing to Others

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Imagine you have a bucket, and all the “supplies” inside are for your interactions with people. What’s in your bucket?   Jesus points out a number of things that we can choose to pour out on others—material possessions, love, good deeds, money, mercy, and pardon. It&rs...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. John of Egypt St. John of Egypt (4th c.), also known as John the Hermit or John the Anchorite, worked alongside his father, a carpenter, until he was twenty-five years old. He then discerned a call from God to go out into the desert ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil." 2 Corinthians 5:10  

  • Meditation

    Posted March 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Set free from human judgment, we should count as true only what God sees in us, what he knows, and what he judges. God does not judge as man does. Man sees only the countenance, only the exterior. God penetrates to the depths of our hearts. God d...

  • Lectionary

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 256 Reading I Ez 37:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: I will take the children of Israel from among the nations     to which they have come,     and gather them from all sides to bring th...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 5th of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 11,45-56): Many of the Jews who had come with Mary believed in Jesus when they saw what He did; but some went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 27 March 2021 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 5th week of Lent From a sermon by Saint Gregory NazianzenWe are soon going to share in the Passover We are soon going to share in the Passover, and a...

  • Office Readings

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 27 March 2021 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent  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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 27 March 2021 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 27 March 2021 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 27 March 2021 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 27 March 2021 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 27 March 2021 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent  (First Vespers of tomorrow, Palm Sunday) 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 27 March 2021 Saturday of the 5th week of Lent 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....

  • When Our Strength Fails

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    In 1 Corinthians 10:13, Paul says that God provides us an escape route whenever we are tempted. But what happens when we refuse to take the help and instead implement our own ideas? Eventually, our human strength fails, and we give in to temptation. So it was with King David. He’d experienced ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Joy of Willing Friday, March 26, 2021   Believers have a strange idea that if you will something, then it can't be the Spirit. And yet God's word is filled with the opposite. You can't read the Bible without reading the word 'Choose!' You can't get saved without the word 'c...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Foundation Which is Laid For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:11   Some people ask, “WWJD?” (What Would Jesus Do?). There is no other foundation on which anyone can build a life ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You have given me new life.   I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Galatians 2:20   Thank You for the scars on Your hands, Yo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Galatians 2:20

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Margaret Clitherow St. Margaret Clitherow (1556-1586), also called Margaret of York, lived in York, England, the daughter of a candlemaker and wife of a wealthy Protestant butcher. She was raised Anglican just after the time that Kin...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off." Proverbs 23:17-18  

  • Lectionary

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 255 Reading I Jer 20:10-13 I hear the whisperings of many:     “Terror on every side!     Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends     ar...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5th of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 10,31-42): The Jews then picked up stones to throw at him; so Jesus said, «I have openly done many good works among you which the Father gave me to do. For which of these do you ston...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 26 March 2021 Friday of the 5th week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 5th week of Lent From a treatise on faith addressed to Peter by Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe, bishopChrist offered himself for us The sacrifices of animal vic...

  • Office Readings

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 26 March 2021 Friday of the 5th week of Lent  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 26 March 2021 Friday of the 5th week of Lent  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 26 March 2021 Friday of the 5th week of Lent Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 26 March 2021 Friday of the 5th week of Lent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 26 March 2021 Friday of the 5th week of Lent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 26 March 2021 Friday of the 5th week of Lent  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 26 March 2021 Friday of the 5th week of Lent 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 to...

  • God’s Blessings of Truth

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Did you know painful situations never mean that God doesn’t love you? To believe otherwise is to heed the voice of the Deceiver. Think about it: Did Jesus’ suffering indicate that the Father didn’t love the Son? Of course not.   There are hardships in life we can’t alw...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Dismas St. Dismas (1st c.) is the name Church tradition has given to the "Good Thief," one of the two criminals who were crucified alongside Jesus Christ on Good Friday. All we know about St. Dismas is what is mentioned of him in t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Teach me thy way, O Lord, that I may walk in thy truth; unite my heart to fear thy name. I give thanks to thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever. For great is thy steadfast love toward me; thou hast delivered my...

  • Feast Day

    Posted March 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day The Annunciation The Solemnity of the Annunciation, celebrated on March 25th, honors the profound meeting between the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary, as recorded in St. Luke's Gospel. On this day St. Gabriel announced to Ma...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    You Like an Airplane Thursday, March 25, 2021   Believers and airplanes... what do they have in common? Airplanes are unique among all transportation. You can stop a horse, you can stop a car, and all of them will simply stop and stay there. But if you try to stop a plane in mi...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: The Witness of God If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 1 John 5:9   The Witness of God was the words the Father spoke at the baptism of Jesus: “...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   Thank You for taking on the form of a servant and bearing my sin upon the cross.   Lord Jesus, please remind me each day of the sacrifice You made for me, I love You with all that I am...   Jesu...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   Thank You for taking on the form of a servant and bearing my sin upon the cross.   Lord Jesus, please remind me each day of the sacrifice You made for me, I love You with all that I am...   Jesu...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ " Matthew 22:37   Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. John ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Lectionary: 545 Reading I Is 7:10-14; 8:10 The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered, “I will not ask! I wil...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    March 25th: Annunciation listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 1,26-38): The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name wa...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 25 March 2021 The Annunciation of the Lord - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Annunciation of the Lord From a letter of Saint Leo the Great, popeThe mystery of man's reconciliation with God Lowliness is assumed by majesty, wea...

  • Office Readings

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 25 March 2021 The Annunciation of the Lord - 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 b...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 25 March 2021 The Annunciation of the Lord - 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.Glo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 25 March 2021 The Annunciation of the Lord - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 25 March 2021 The Annunciation of the Lord - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 25 March 2021 The Annunciation of the Lord - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 25 March 2021 The Annunciation of the Lord - 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.G...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 25 March 2021 The Annunciation of the Lord - 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 with...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Season of Blossoms Wednesday, March 24, 2021   In Exodus 12, the Lord tells Israel that the present month was now to become the first of Months for them, the beginning of their year. The month was called Nisan. It literally means, "The Beginning". But it wasn't just "The Be...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Hope of Israel Because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. Acts 28:20   Jesus is the Hope of Israel. God’s people—the Jewish people—have suffered throughout history. Because God has promised to bless the people of Israel, t...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You are my daily bread...   Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6:11   You are the one who sustains me...   I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6:11   I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. John 6:35   For the bread of God is He wh...

  • True Freedom

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Is there something from your past that continues to stir up feelings of guilt? Unless you rest in God’s complete forgiveness, you won’t experience the fullness of His divine grace.   If you feel ashamed but don’t know why, the problem could be a false sense of guilt. The Hol...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Catherine of Sweden St. Catherine of Sweden (1331-1381) was the fourth of eight children born to St. Bridget of Sweden and her husband, Ulfo. As a child she was sent by her parents to be educated in a convent, and was later given i...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with...

  • Lectionary

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 253 Reading I Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 King Nebuchadnezzar said: “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up? Be ready now to fall d...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5th of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 8,31-42): Jesus then said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you fre...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 24 March 2021 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent A commentary of St Augustine on Psalm 85Jesus Christ prays for us and in us and is the object of our prayers God could give ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 24 March 2021 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 24 March 2021 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 24 March 2021 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent 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 March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 24 March 2021 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent 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 March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 24 March 2021 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 24 March 2021 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent  (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Annunciation of the Lord) 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, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 24 March 2021 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent 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.Ame...

  • What Happens When We Are Frustrated?

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Most of us have experienced frustration when it comes to personal issues. But what do we do when we are frustrated and the roadblock comes from God Himself?   Sometimes God uses frustration to get our attention. It can help us think about things we wouldn’t otherwise consider and perhap...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Anatolay Tuesday, March 23, 2021   Tzemach is a most important word because it's given in the Hebrew Scriptures as the name of Messiah. In Zechariah 6:12 it says, "Behold the man whose name is Tzemach, for He will branch out from where He is and He will build the temple of the ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Beloved To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:6   Jesus is the Beloved, the object of His Father’s love. Throughout His life on the earth, Jesus acknowledged His Father’s love for...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You are the Beloved Son of the Holy Father God.   You are my hope and my salvation...   LORD, I hope for Your salvation, And I do Your commandments. Psalm 119:166   It i...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day LORD, I hope for Your salvation, And I do Your commandments. Psalm 119:166   It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD. Lamentations 3:26

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Rafqa / Rebecca St. Rafqa / Rafka (Arabic for Rebecca) (1832–1914) was born in Himlaya, a Maronite village in the Lebanese mountains. She was an only child, and her mother died when she was seven. After her father's remarriag...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For through the law I died to the law, that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given hims...

  • Lectionary

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 252 Reading I Nm 21:4-9 From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to bypass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, &...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 5th of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 8,21-30): Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “He ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 23 March 2021 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent From a sermon of Saint Leo the Great, popeThe Cross of Christ is the so...

  • Office Readings

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 23 March 2021 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop) 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 23 March 2021 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop) 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, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 23 March 2021 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent 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 March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 23 March 2021 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 23 March 2021 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent 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 March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 23 March 2021 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent  (optional commemoration of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop) 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 23 March 2021 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent 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 ...

  • Who’s in Control?

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    We like to believe we’re in charge of our life, but when trouble inevitably comes our way, we’re reminded that’s not true. Yet even in times of difficulty we quickly try to regain control. In an attempt to put all the pieces back together, we may resort to manipulating circumstance...

  • Sapphries

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Sabbath Bringer Monday, March 22, 2021   Messiah died on Friday just before sunset. Why? Because Friday night was the beginning of the Shabbat, the Sabbath, the Day of Rest. And what was Messiah doing on the cross? He was working. But when the Sabbath came, all work had to ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Firstfruits But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20   The Jewish people brought an offering to God during the Feast of Firstfruits. It was the first they harvested. Som...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for Your grace and for providing my salvation.   You sent Jesus to Earth to guide us and to accomplish what we could never accomplish...   …by taking the form of a servant, b...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day …by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:7-8   ...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Nicholas Owen St. Nicholas Owen (d.1606) was born in England, the son of an Oxford carpenter. He became a carpenter himself, and joined the Jesuits as a lay brother during the era when Catholicism was outlawed in England. After servi...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted March 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the holy Spirit." Romans 15:13

  • Lectionary

    Posted March 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 251 Reading I Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62 In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim, who married a very beautiful and God-fearing woman, Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah; her pious parents had traine...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted March 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 5th (A & B) of Lent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 8,1-11): Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them....