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I watched a program on YouTube today, it was about religion And Atheism. I found it interesting for multiple different reasons. I'm a religious person but also scientific, bringing a unique perspective on both sides. It was amazing to me that two different opinions and spectrums of belief can be rig...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Father: The Father of Spirits Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? Hebrews 12:9 When you worship the Father, remember that...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I pray for all those who are reading this devotional today. Please touch their lives in great and mighty ways. Please draw them closer to You and provide comfort on difficult days, &nbs...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Every time we think of you, we thank God for you. Day and night you’re in our prayers as we call to mind your work of faith, your labor of love, and your patience of hope in following our Master, Jesus Christ, before God our Father. It is clear to ...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Time is a most valuable commodity. Since it’s irreversible and irreplaceable, we ought to give careful consideration to how we spend our days—and even our minutes. Time is a gift from God, which means we aren’t owners but stewards who will one day give an account for how we used wh...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Boniface St. Boniface (d. 754 A.D.) was born to a noble Christian family in Devonshire, England. He became a Benedictine monk and devoted his life to the evangelization of the pagan Germanic tribes in what is now Germany. He went t...
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Verse of the Day "Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others. Have among yourselves the same attitude that is als...
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Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 358 Reading I Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20 Tobit called his son Tobiah and said to him, “Son, see to it that you give what is due to the man who made the journey with you; give him a bonus too.” So he ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,38-44): In the course of his teaching Jesus said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, se...
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Saturday 5 June 2021 Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr Saint Boniface by Cornelis Bloemaert (1603-1692), circa 1630. A letter by St BonifaceThe careful sh...
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Saturday 5 June 2021 Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 9 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 ha...
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Saturday 5 June 2021 Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 9 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, mak...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 5 June 2021 Saturday of week 9 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...
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Saturday 5 June 2021 Saturday of week 9 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 ...
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Saturday 5 June 2021 Saturday of week 9 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...
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Saturday 5 June 2021 Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, Corpus Christi) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psal...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 5 June 2021 Saturday of week 9 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...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
When you look at your paycheck, do you think of it as your hard-earned money? It’s tempting to view money as a result of our own efforts, but this perspective encourages us to act as if all our resources belong to us instead of to God. The truth is that God is the one who enables you to profit...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
You Can't buy What's Sold out Friday, June 4, 2021 Were you ever set on buying a certain thing only to be told 'Sorry, we're all sold out.'? We learn a very profound lesson from this; you can't buy that which is sold out. Those who are corrupt try to corrupt others by buying ...
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Jesus: The Head of the Body And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18 Jesus is the Head of the Body; the One who gives direction to the Ch...
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Dear Father God, I need to learn to take one day at a time and not to worry about tomorrow. Jesus reminds me... Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’...For your heavenly Father knows that you n...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27
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Saint of the Day St. Filippo Smaldone St. Filippo Smaldone (1848–1923) was born in Naples, Italy, during a time of upheaval and unrest both in Italy and in the Church. He decided to become a priest, and while in seminary he took on a personal apost...
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Verse of the Day "As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything." Ecclesiastes 11:5
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Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 357 Reading I Tb 11:5-17 Anna sat watching the road by which her son was to come. When she saw him coming, she exclaimed to his father, “Tobit, your son is coming, and the man who traveled with him!&r...
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Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,35-37): As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he said, «The teachers of the Law say that the Messiah is the son of David. How can that be? For David himself,...
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Friday 4 June 2021 Friday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Bishop Baldwin of Canterbury: treatise 6The Lord sees our thoughts and the intentions of our hearts The Lord knows the thoughts and in...
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Friday 4 June 2021 Friday of week 9 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 4 June 2021 Friday of week 9 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 Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 4 June 2021 Friday of week 9 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 Fathe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 4 June 2021 Friday of week 9 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 ...
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Friday 4 June 2021 Friday of week 9 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 a...
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Friday 4 June 2021 Friday of week 9 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 F...
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Friday 4 June 2021 Friday of week 9 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 t...
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When your mother speaks to you you listen. When your father speaks to you you listen. But when God speaks to you no one listens. When the spirit of the earth speaks to you no one listens. So does that make us disobedient children because we don't listen to the biggest parents of them all?Blessed be ...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
The prophet Malachi issued a warning to the Israelites about their unacceptable stewardship. By not following God’s principles in handling the resources He had provided to them, they were robbing Him of their tithes. Since we too are given resources from the Lord, we must likewise han...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Gas Lines & Love Thursday, June 3, 2021 It doesn't matter if you are a child or a corporate executive... you still need love. This world is made up of people looking and hoping for love, crying over love, or unhappy that they were never loved as they should've been. What does...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Hidden Manna He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Please help me to develop a thirst for You. Please give me a hunger for Your daily Manna bread. Please increase my desire to spend time with You today... Draw near to God ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 4:8
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Kevin of Glendalough St. Kevin of Glendalough (498-618 A.D.) lived in Ireland during the age of the great early Irish saints, many of whom were his contemporaries. He was baptized by St. Cronan, and from age seven was taught by St....
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways." Proverbs 23:26
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Today’s Feast Day Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, is celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday in honor of the institution of the Holy Eucharist (...
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Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs Lectionary: 356 Reading I Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a When the angel Raphael and Tobiah had entered Media and were getting close to Ecbatana, Raphael said to the boy, “Tobiah, my brothe...
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Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,28-34): One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: Hear,...
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Thursday 3 June 2021 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Thursday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs Saint Charles Lwanga (in the centre) and his 21 followers, by ...
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Thursday 3 June 2021 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Thursday of week 9 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 a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 3 June 2021 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Thursday of week 9 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 o...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 3 June 2021 Thursday of week 9 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 3 June 2021 Thursday of week 9 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 3 June 2021 Thursday of week 9 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...
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Thursday 3 June 2021 Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Thursday of week 9 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 3 June 2021 Thursday of week 9 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Humble Shall be Glad Wednesday, June 2, 2021 'The humble shall see and be glad...' Psalm 69:32. How profound that humility and gladness go together. What do humble and joyous people have in common? They both look up. The truly humble don't look down on anyone; they look u...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
We all want the Father’s best for our life, but sometimes we get in His way. That was certainly the case with Israel. Today’s passage from Isaiah begins, “‘Woe to the rebellious children,’ declares the Lord, ‘Who execute a plan, but not Mine’” (v. 1). ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Father: Father of the Fatherless A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. Psalm 68:5 God is the Father of the Fatherless; He cares for the poor and needy. The Father cares for those who can’t look after themsel...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, You are Father of the Fatherless... A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. Psalm 68:5 I pray for those who have a void in thei...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. Psalm 68:5
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... we humans In the long development history of mankind, we have detached ourselves more and more from the totality of the living beings, one could also say, emphasized. Already today we can say that this is not and was not always to the advantage of creation, because we have "s...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Elmo St. Elmo (d. 303 AD), also known as St. Erasmus of Formia, was an Italian bishop during the reign of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. During their brutal persecution against Christians, St. Elmo left his diocese and fle...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves; let each of us please our neighbor for the good, for building up. For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, "The insults of those who insult y...
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Meditation of the Day "Of all the divine attributes, only God’s omnipotence is named in the Creed: to confess this power has great bearing on our lives. We believe that his might is universal, for God who created everything also rules everything and can do everyt...
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Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 355 Reading I Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a Grief-stricken in spirit, I, Tobit, groaned and wept aloud. Then with sobs I began to pray: “You are righteous, O Lord, ...
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Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,18-27): The Sadducees came to Jesus. Since they claim that there is no resurrection, they questioned him in this way, «Master, in the Scriptures Moses ga...
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Wednesday 2 June 2021 Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time The Moral Reflections on Job by Pope St Gregory the GreatSound teaching avoids ...
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Wednesday 2 June 2021 Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saints Marcellinus and Peter, 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 to our aid. ...
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Wednesday 2 June 2021 Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saints Marcellinus and Peter, 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, come to our a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 2 June 2021 Wednesday of week 9 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 2 June 2021 Wednesday of week 9 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...
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Wednesday 2 June 2021 Wednesday of week 9 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...
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Wednesday 2 June 2021 Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time or Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 2 June 2021 Wednesday of week 9 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission... A recent Gallup poll revealed a metamorphosis taking place in America, one that has no precedent in American or human history. The poll focused on sexual or gender identity. ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Hope of Glory To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27 Jesus is the Hope of Glory. All people will die, except those who me...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Truly blessed are those who share the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Hope of Glory... How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Isaiah 52:7
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Has your life turned out as you expected? We would probably all have to answer no to that question. Only God knows the future and the plans He has for us. But even though we face unexpected disappointments and hardships, there is one thing we can know for certain—God’s plans for us are a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Devotion of the Month Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most popular Catholic devotions. Although it was beloved in previous centuries, Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in 1673, showing h...
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Saint of the Day St. Justin Martyr St. Justin Martyr (100–165 A.D.) was a pagan philosopher from Samaria. After meeting a Syrian Christian who convinced him that the biblical prophets were more trustworthy in the pursuit of truth than worldly phi...
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Verse of the Day "Let me hear in the morning of thy steadfast love, for in thee I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to thee I lift up my soul. Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies! I have fled to thee for refuge! Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my Go...
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Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr Lectionary: 354 Reading 1 Tb 2:9-14 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead, I, Tobit, went into my courtyard to sleep next to the courtyard wall. My face was uncovered because of the heat. I di...
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Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,13-17): Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech. They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful ...
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Tuesday 1 June 2021 Saint Justin, Martyr on Tuesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Justin, Martyr An engraving from André Thevet (1516-1590), Les Vrais Pourtraits et Vies des Hommes Illustres, 1584. From the Acts...
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Tuesday 1 June 2021 Saint Justin, Martyr on Tuesday of week 9 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 ...
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Tuesday 1 June 2021 Saint Justin, Martyr on Tuesday of week 9 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 h...
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Tuesday 1 June 2021 Tuesday of week 9 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 1 June 2021 Tuesday of week 9 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...
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Tuesday 1 June 2021 Tuesday of week 9 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...
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Tuesday 1 June 2021 Saint Justin, Martyr on Tuesday of week 9 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...
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Tuesday 1 June 2021 Tuesday of week 9 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...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
In today’s passage, we are told to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17), but what does that mean? While God doesn’t expect us to go through life muttering prayers under our breath, we are called to be ever mindful of Him and quick to offer our petitions, praise, and ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Petronille St. Petronille (1st c.), also known as Petronilla, was a virgin martyr of the early Church in Rome. According to tradition she was connected to St. Peter the Apostle; she may have been either his natural daughter, servant,...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast. For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Today’s Feast Day Feast of the Visitation The Feast of the Visitation celebrates the providential meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, when two of the Church's greatest prayers were first spoken. After being told by the Archangel Gabriel that s...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 572 Reading I Zep 3:14-18a Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The LORD...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
May 31st: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 1,39-56): Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabet...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary From Altarpiece of the Virgin by Jacques Daret c.1434. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. A sermon by St Bede t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Gl...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help u...
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Monday 31 May 2021 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Feast Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us....