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  • Office of Readings

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

    Friday 6 August 2021 The Transfiguration of the Lord - 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.Glory be t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 6 August 2021 The Transfiguration of the Lord - 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 us.Glory ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 6 August 2021 The Transfiguration of the Lord - 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.Glory be...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 6 August 2021 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 6 August 2021 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 6 August 2021 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 6 August 2021 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Yoga and The Drowning Lifeguard Thursday, August 5, 2021   Many people, even Christians, are into Yoga. In Sanskrit, 'Yoga' means 'the joining.' The premise of Eastern religion is that we are all God, but we have come under the illusion that we are not God. Therefore, we have t...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: My Anointed Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever. 1 Samuel 2:35   The title “Anoint...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Today, I need a fresh start.   Please anoint me for the tasks which You have for me today.   I join my Christian brothers and sisters and pray these words of the Psalmist David...   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The LORD is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed. Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever. Psalm 28:8-9

  • Compare And Contrast

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

    A tremendous contrast exists between what the Word teaches and what the world promotes. Our culture values power, leadership, and ambition, but for the Christian, serving God is our highest honor.   Sometimes people mistakenly think that only those involved in official church work are God&rsq...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Oswald of Northumbria St. Oswald (605-642 A.D.) was the second of seven sons born to the pagan king of Northumbria in northern England. After his father was killed in battle, the kingdom was split. His uncle claimed the throne, while...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you." Matthew 7:1-2  

  • Feast Day

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

      Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of the Snows Our Lady of the Snows is one of the oldest devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It commemorates a miraculous event that happened during the reign of Pope Liberius. A wealthy, childless Roman couple prayed to...

  • Meditation

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

      Meditation of the Day "In the spiritual life, I can promise myself nothing without the special help of God . . . From one moment to another, I may fall into mortal sin: consequently, even though I may have labored many years in acquiring virtues, I may in one instant l...

  • Lectionary

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

    Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 410 Reading I Nm 20:1-13 The whole congregation of the children of Israel  arrived in the desert of Zin in the first month,   and the people settled at Kadesh. It was here that Miriam ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16,13-23): Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi. He asked his disciples, «Who do people say the Son of Man is?». They said, «For some of them you...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 5 August 2021 Thursday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Bishop Baldwin of Canterbury: treatise 10Love is as strong as death ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 5 August 2021 Thursday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 August 2021 Thursday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, com...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 August 2021 Thursday of week 18 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 August 2021 Thursday of week 18 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 August 2021 Thursday of week 18 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 August 2021 Thursday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major  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, c...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 5 August 2021 Thursday of week 18 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 Fathe...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Don't Give The Spirits Wednesday, August 4, 2021   Did you know that evil spirits have no physical mouths to speak with? How do they speak? They need a mouth. Whose mouth? Yours. You might think, "That's fine, but I'm not a demoniac." Think again. If your mouth is used for slan...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Don't Give The Spirits Wednesday, August 4, 2021   Did you know that evil spirits have no physical mouths to speak with? How do they speak? They need a mouth. Whose mouth? Yours. You might think, "That's fine, but I'm not a demoniac." Think again. If your mouth is used for slan...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Anointing But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   I long for the blessing of Your anointing on my life, on my mind, on my work and on my ministry...   You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup run...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Psalm 23:5   Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. Psalm 86:11 ...

  • Understanding Repentance

    Posted August 4, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Maybe you have always thought that Christianity was only for Christians, that you are either a religious person or you are not. But, in fact, the God who created you demands obedience from you, no matter what your personal history or experience may be.   God commands every person, everywhere ...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. John Vianney (Cure of Ars) St. John Vianney (1786–1859) was born in France to a farming family, one of six children of devout Catholic parents. He was baptized on the day of his birth. When he was four years old the French Re...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."" John 20:29

  • Meditation

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

      Meditation of the Day "Jesus Christ could have appeared among us, radiant with joy and encompassed by divine splendor, amidst the glitter and pomp of His sovereign majesty. He deemed it more worthy of His glory and more profitable to the salvation of men, to show Himse...

  • Reasons to Shop at Walmart

    Posted August 3, 2021 by Alexa Jhon

    Like duh? Do you even need a reason to shop at walmart? But for those people who have been second guessing their long time choice and thinking about shifting to any other store, wait! Walmart is a store that is popular for so many reasons. From the annual, semi-annual sales to walmart coupon codes...

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest Lectionary: 409 Reading I Nm 13:1-2, 25–14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35 The LORD said to Moses [in the desert of Paran,] “Send men to reconnoiter the land of Canaan, which I am giving the children of Israel. You shall se...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 15,21-28): Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Now a Canaanite woman came from those borders and began to cry out, «Lord, Son of David, hav...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 4 August 2021 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest  on Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest Statue (1867) of Jean-Marie Vianney by Emilien Cabuchet, at the Basilica in Ars. Photograph b...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Wednesday 4 August 2021 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest  on Wednesday of week 18 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, m...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 August 2021 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest  on Wednesday of week 18 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 Lor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 August 2021 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 August 2021 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 August 2021 Wednesday of week 18 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 August 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 4 August 2021 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest  on Wednesday of week 18 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 L...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 4 August 2021 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Messiah Party Tuesday, August 3, 2021   "Christian," is really not a very religious word when it was first used. "Christian" first appeared in Antioch, undoubtedly by people who were not Christian. Its original form, "Khristianoi," was often used to denote a secular movemen...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Friend of Publicans and Sinners The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! Luke 7:34   Jesus was called the Friend of Publicans and Sinners — not a co...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You are the Potter; I am the clay...   “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are y...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!" Jeremiah 18:6

  • Spiritual Stagnation

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

    When you hear the word erosion, what comes to mind? Most likely, you think about how land or rocks wear away over an extended period of time. In the same manner, erosion in our spiritual lives tends to happen subtly over the course of months or years.   What causes this spiritual stagnation a...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Lydia Purpuraria St. Lydia Purpuraria, also called Lydia of Thyatira (1st. c), was a pious and wealthy woman involved in the textile trade in Philippi, Macedonia. She and her husband manufactured and traded in the lucrative busines...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand." Isaiah 41:10

  • Lectionary

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

    Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 408 Reading I Nm 12:1-13 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on the pretext of the marriage he had contracted with a Cushite woman. They complained, “Is it through Moses alone that the LORD spe...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Tuesday 18th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 14,22-36): After the crowds have eaten their fill, Jesus obliged his disciples to get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while He sent the crowd away. And havi...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Tuesday 3 August 2021 Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time The "Epistle of Barnabas"The new creation The Lord took on the burden of delivering up his flesh to corruption for this reason,...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Tuesday 3 August 2021 Tuesday of week 18 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 3 August 2021 Tuesday of week 18 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 3 August 2021 Tuesday of week 18 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 August 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 3 August 2021 Tuesday of week 18 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 August 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 3 August 2021 Tuesday of week 18 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 3 August 2021 Tuesday of week 18 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 3 August 2021 Tuesday of week 18 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 ...

  • Philosophy's Restoration & the Return to Common Sense

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

    Philosophy’s Restoration & the Return to Common Sense “Since the modern world began in the sixteenth century,” wrote G. K. Chesterton, “nobody’s system of philosophy has really corresponded to everybody’s sense of reality; to what, if left to themselves, ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Grain-Car full Monday, August 2, 2021   When I was ministering in Cuba, we were taken to a church in the middle of nowhere. We drove miles on a dirt road. When we got there, there was nothing but a little church building in the middle of a farm. Then, we heard singing, and ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Minister of the Heavenly Sanctuary We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle. Hebrews 8:1-2   Jesus is seated at the right ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split. Matthew 27:50-51   Dear Lord...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle. Hebrews 8:1-2

  • Devotion of the Month

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

      Devotion of the Month Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary The Church dedicates the month of August to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is a dogma of the Catholic faith that Mary is the Immaculate Conception; that is, in preparation for the Incar...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day Blessed Jane of Aza Blessed Jane of Aza (12th c.), also known as Joanna or Juana of Aza, belonged to the Spanish nobility. At a young age she married a nobleman and together they had five children. She was a pious woman known for her lif...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear or be in dread of them: for it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you."   Deuteronomy 31:6

  • Lectionary

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

    Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 407 Reading I Nm 11:4b-15 The children of Israel lamented, “Would that we had meat for food! We remember the fish we used to eat without cost in Egypt, and the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, t...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Monday 18th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 14,13-21): On hearing the death of John the Baptist, Jesus set out secretly by boat for a secluded place. But the people heard of it, and they followed him on foot from their tow...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 2 August 2021 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop  or Saint Peter Julian Eymard  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time The "Epistle of Barnabas"The new law of our Lord Go...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 2 August 2021 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop  or Saint Peter Julian Eymard  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm inste...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 2 August 2021 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop  or Saint Peter Julian Eymard  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm i...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 2 August 2021 Monday of week 18 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 2 August 2021 Monday of week 18 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 2 August 2021 Monday of week 18 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 2 August 2021 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop  or Saint Peter Julian Eymard  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 2 August 2021 Monday of week 18 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 an...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 1, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: Your Exceedingly Great Reward After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward." Genesis 15:1   The Lord God is your Exceedingly Great Rewa...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 1, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   You know how I love sunny days.   And I want to also thank You for rainy days that replenish the earth and clean the atmosphere.   Likewise, I love the sunny, happy times of life.   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 1, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth. Hosea 6:3

  • Spiritually Living In An Artificial World

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

    The Good Life. For each one of us, this phrase conjures up something different. What is it for you? Vast wealth? Sunny days free from responsibility? Perfect health? A powerful position? We all long for whatever we think will make everything just right.   But that joy is ersatz—a word t...

  • SUNDAY GREETINGS and a SONG LYRIC

    Posted August 1, 2021 by Peter Schmalenbach · Germany · L.A.M.

      Dear Friends,   in a German song there is a passage of text that reads "Sometimes you ask yourself. Is there someone who understands my heart and who will go with me to the end ? Is there someone who still believes in me ? . . . ". (See also below.)   Are we no...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Alphonsus Liguori St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787) was born near Naples, the eldest of eight children of a noble family. He became a lawyer after receiving doctorates in canon and civil law at the age of 16. For many ye...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "And if you be unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve...but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15  

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 113 Reading I Ex 16:2-4, 12-15 The whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.  The Israelites said to them, “Would that we had died at the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt, as we ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 6,24-35): When people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the o...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1 August 2021 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time From the beginning of a letter attributed to BarnabasHope of life is the beginning and end of our faith Greetings, sons and daughters. In the ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1 August 2021 18th 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 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1 August 2021 18th 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 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1 August 2021 18th 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1 August 2021 18th 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1 August 2021 18th 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1 August 2021 18th 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1 August 2021 18th 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. Allel...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Mighty God For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6   Wonderful thi...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 31, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Mighty God,   I know You are mighty to do all things.   You are mighty to save...   “I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” Isaiah 63:1   Please be mighty to guide...