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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, You are God, our Protector and our Healer. I pray for all the nations and peoples that are in the midst of war, struggling to recover from brokenness and trying to rebuild after disasters. ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 'Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10
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Saint of the Day St. Colette St. Colette (1381-1447) was born in Picardy, France, the daughter of a poor carpenter who served the local Benedictine abbey. Her parents conceived her in their old age after praying to St. Nicholas for a child, naming Cole...
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Verse of the Day "[I pray that you] may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." Ephesians ...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Some churches today avoid using biblical language to describe what it means to be saved, because the terms can be confusing. However, since God chose these words to convey the greatness of our salvation, we should not overlook them. In order to understand grace, it is essential that we grasp the fol...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 235 Reading I Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, That dwells apart in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in...
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Saturday 2nd of Lent listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 15,1-3.11-32): Tax collectors and sinners were seeking the company of Jesus, all of them eager to hear what He had to say. But the Pharisees and the scribes frowned at this, mutteri...
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Saturday 6 March 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Lent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 2nd week of Lent From the treatise on Flight from the World by Saint Ambrose, bishopHold fast to God, the one true good Where a man’s heart is, ...
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Saturday 6 March 2021 Saturday of the 2nd 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 Fathe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 6 March 2021 Saturday of the 2nd 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 F...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 6 March 2021 Saturday of the 2nd 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 Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 6 March 2021 Saturday of the 2nd 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 an...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 6 March 2021 Saturday of the 2nd 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 6 March 2021 Saturday of the 2nd week of Lent (First Vespers of tomorrow, 3rd Sunday 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 a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 6 March 2021 Saturday of the 2nd 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. ...
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The Will of God in the Heart of God Friday, March 5, 2021 Most believers spend a good deal of time seeking to find out the will of God. Who should I marry? What job should I take? What house should I buy? And there's something to all this... But on a deeper level, it misses t...
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Jesus: Our High Priest So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "You are My Son, today I have begotten You." Hebrews 5:5 There were many priests in the Old Testament assigned to small groups of people. Ea...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, You are greater and higher than all leaders and rulers today... And He (Jesus) has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16 You ha...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And He (Jesus) has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16
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Saint of the Day St. John-Joseph of the Cross St. John-Joseph of the Cross (1654-1739) was born on the island of Ischia, near Naples. He joined the Franciscan Order of the Strict Observance (the reform of St. Peter of Alcantara) at age sixteen. His influ...
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Verse of the Day "His divine power has bestowed on us everything that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and power. Through these, he has bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you...
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Meditation of the Day "Many Christians regard Confession in the light of an unimportant act of piety, if not mere ceremony . . . many go even frequently to Confession, but so few amend, and consequently derive little or no benefit from the Sacrament. ... Be, then, most...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Contention can cause painful injury, especially when we feel misunderstood or wrongly accused. If someone speaks untruths about us, it seems as though salt is being poured into the wound. A typical first reaction is self-defense and an attempt to claim our rights, yet God’s Word teaches a diff...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 234 Reading I Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him a long tunic. When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of al...
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Friday 2nd of Lent listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 21,33-43.45-46): Jesus said to the chief priests and elders, «Listen to another example: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wi...
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Friday 5 March 2021 Friday of the 2nd week of Lent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 2nd week of Lent From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusThe covenant of the Lord In the book of Deuteronomy Moses says to the people: The Lo...
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Friday 5 March 2021 Friday of the 2nd 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 an...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 5 March 2021 Friday of the 2nd 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 Fathe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 5 March 2021 Friday of the 2nd 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 5 March 2021 Friday of the 2nd 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 to...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 5 March 2021 Friday of the 2nd 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 and...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 5 March 2021 Friday of the 2nd 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 Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 5 March 2021 Friday of the 2nd 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 ...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Have you ever wondered what causes envy? On the surface, it may seem like simply a reaction that occurs when we want something another person has. But it actually goes much deeper than this: The real root is resentment that God hasn’t provided for us what He has given someone else. Je...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Darkness You Need for Light Thursday, March 4, 2021 Y'hee Or!' It's Hebrew for 'Let there be light!' It's what God said in the beginning. This is His very first act of creation and the foundation of all His other works. It was in the darkness of a Judean tomb circa the ye...
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The Trinity: The Lord Is There (Jehovah Shammah) The city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE (Jehovah Shammah). Ezekiel 48:35 The name Jehovah Shammah means the Lord Is There. The Lord is already in Heaven, where you will spend eternity. Ezekiel described th...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, Thank You for giving me the opportunity to live my life to the fullest through the price paid by Your Son Jesus on the cross. I want to cherish each day that I have with You here on earth. I lift u...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer Romans 12:12
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Saint of the Day St. Casimir of Poland St. Casimir of Poland (1458-1484) was the second son of King Casimir IV and Queen Elizabeth of Austria, one of thirteen children born to them in the royal palace at Cracow. Casimir committed his life to God from a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with e...
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Meditation of the Day "Christian life is a retreat. We are 'not of this world', just as Jesus Christ is 'not of this world' (John 17:14). What is the world? It is, as St. John said, the 'lust of the flesh', that is, sensuality and corruption in our desires and deeds; '...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 233 Reading I Jer 17:5-10 Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from th...
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Thursday 2nd of Lent listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 16,19-31): Jesus said to his disciples, «Once there was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and feasted every day. At his gate lay Lazarus, a poor man covered with sore...
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Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent From a treatise on the psalms by Saint Hilary of PoitiersThe meaning of "the fear of the Lor...
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Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd 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 Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd 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 an...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 4 March 2021 Thursday of the 2nd 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Buildings of the Builders Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Much of the modern world was built by the Jewish people. Modern capitalism had its roots in the Middle Ages among Jewish merchants and moneylenders. Also modern communism was built by a Jewish man, Karl Marx. Why is that?...
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Jesus: The Son of Mary Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us? Mark 6:3 Jesus is the Son of Mary, born as a human baby; yet Mary was a virgin. Jesus was born sinless, witho...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for calling me to follow You as Your disciple... My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27 Thank You for adopting me into Your eternal famil...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15
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Jealousy is an emotion of displeasure over someone else’s good fortune. Constantly comparing ourselves to others leads to discontent, resentment, and bitterness. If these negative emotions remain unchecked, they can poison our relationships. What’s more, they can eventually flare into su...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Katharine Drexel St. Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) was a wealthy heiress from a prominent family in Philadelphia. From a young age she felt called to serve the spiritual and temporal needs of the underprivileged, particularly the Af...
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Verse of the Day "But who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression." Psalm 19: 12-13 ...
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Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 232 Reading I Jer 18:18-20 The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem said, “Come, let us contrive a plot against Jeremiah. It will not mean the loss of instruction from the priests, nor of counsel ...
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Wednesday 2nd of Lent listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 20,17-28): As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve [disciples] aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son ...
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Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel) Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusIsrael was learning rever...
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Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel) 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel) 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd 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 F...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd 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 Fath...
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Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel) 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 o...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 3 March 2021 Wednesday of the 2nd 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 a...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
The Lord is a God of action. Even when He rested after six days of creation, it wasn’t because He was tired and needed to recuperate—His creative activity may have stopped, but He never ceased working. And throughout history He has always been intimately involved in individual lives with...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Koon and The Secret of Stability Tuesday, March 2, 2021 Have you heard of the "Koon People?" In Proverbs 12:3, it's written: "A man will not be established by wickedness but the root of the righteous will not be moved." The word there for established is the Hebrew word, "Koon...
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Jesus: The Lord Who Is, Who Was and Who Is to Come I am . . . the Lord who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8 Jesus is the Lord Who Is, Who Was and Who Is to Come. He is eternal, without beginning and without end. This description ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, You are the Almighty God. Thank You for creating me and for Loving me. Today I am grateful for my body, which You have given to me... ...you are the temple of God... ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see Hebrews 11:1
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Saint of the Day Blessed Charles the Good Blessed Charles the Good (1083–1127), also known as Charles I and the Count of Flanders, was born in Denmark, the only son of King Canute IV (St. Canute) and Adela of Flanders. He was five years old when hi...
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Verse of the Day "A slave of the Lord should not quarrel, but should be gentle with everyone, able to teach, tolerant, correcting opponents with kindness. It may be that God will grant them repentance that leads to knowledge of the truth, and that they may return to th...
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Meditation of the Day "Our Blessed Lord, bound like a thief, is conducted through the public streets of Jerusalem accompanied by a large body of soldiers who indulge their rage and hatred by ill-treating Him in every possible way, and surrounded by a multitude of peopl...
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Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 231 Reading I Is 1:10, 16-20 Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah! Wash yourselves clean! ...
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Tuesday 2nd of Lent listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 23,1-12): Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, «The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees sat on the seat of Moses. So you shall do and observe all they say, but do not do...
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Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent A commentary of St Augustine on Psalm 140The passion of the whole body of Christ Lord, I have cried to you, hear me. This is a pray...
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Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd 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 ...
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Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd 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 Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd 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 Fathe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd 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 a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd 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 F...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 2 March 2021 Tuesday of the 2nd 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 t...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
God’s kindness is demonstrated by the fact that He doesn’t leave us in the condition we were in before salvation. Throughout our life, the Lord uses certain tools to shape us into the image of His Son. God’s Word. We grow in Christ when we spend time reading the Bible, bec...
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THE GLORY OF YOUR MISHKAN Monday, March 1, 2021 Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission... This is a year of many challenges for the people of God, corporately and individually. Added to that are the daily challenges, problems, and ob...
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The Holy Spirit: Dew I will be like the dew to Israel. Hosea 14:5 The Holy Spirit is Dew who can refresh your spirit with His presence today. Feel Him! He is Dew, coming gently to leave refreshment, even when you can’t see with your physical eyes. Do you feel the ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, You are a merciful God, and I give you my praise and thanks. As I go through my days, I see many acts of kindness and love around me, such as a mother smiling as she looks at the baby in her arms or someone ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Devotion of the Month Month of St. Joseph The Church traditionally dedicates the month of March to the special veneration of St. Joseph, whose feast day is March 19th. "He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and protector of hi...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. David of Wales St. David of Wales (6th c.), also called Dewi Sant by the Welsh, was a missionary priest, Celtic monk, archbishop, miracle-worker, and the founder of many monasteries in Wales and western England. He was descended fr...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep his commandments. Whoever says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday of the Second Week in Lent Lectionary: 230 Reading I Dn 9:4b-10 “Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 2nd of Lent listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6,36-38): Jesus said to his disciples, «Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Don't be a judge of others and you will not be judged; do not condemn and you will not be condem...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of the 2nd week of Lent From the Catecheses by Saint John Chrysostom, bishopChrist and Moses The Israelites witnessed marvels; you also will witness marvels, great...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd 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 an...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 1 March 2021 Monday of the 2nd 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 Fathe...