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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 2 December 2020 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent 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...

  • Devotion of the Month

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Devotion of the Month Month of the Immaculate Conception The month of December is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Chosen before time to be the Mother of God Incarnate, Jesus Christ, God created Mary perfect and full o...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Edmund Campion St. Edmund Campion (1540–1581) was born in London, England, the son of a bookseller. He was a promising student and went on to become an esteemed and celebrated Oxford scholar, winning the high regard of Queen ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me! Thou hast said, “Seek ye my face.” My heart says to thee, “Thy face, Lord, do I seek.” Hide not thy face from me. Turn not thy servant away in anger, thou who has...

  • Meditation

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "'As God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk.' No one can do better with his life than that; no one can put it to a better use. Any life must be perfect in proportion as it does what it was made to do....

  • Sapphries

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    THE ROCK OF AGES Tuesday, December 1, 2020   Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission...   As we approach the close of the most dramatic and traumatic year of our lives, here's something to remember and hold to.   When every...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted December 1, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Life For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2   The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Life who gives eternal life to all who believe in Jesus Christ. Unsaved people will foll...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Creator of Life,   So much is happening in this world today.   Not a day goes by that we don't hear of lives taken away through sickness or out of anger, desperation and pure evil.   Life is a pr...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    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

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the First Week of Advent Lectionary: 176 Reading 1 IS 11:1-10 On that day, A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, A S...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1st of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10,21-24): Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and said, «I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent From a sermon by Saint Gregory NazianzenThe wonder of the Incarnation The very Son of God, older than the ages, the invisible, th...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent  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 November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent  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 November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent 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 November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent 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 November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent 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 November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent  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 November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 1 December 2020 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent 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 ...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Andrew the Apostle St. Andrew (1st c.) was the first of the twelve Apostles to follow Jesus, after being a disciple of St. John the Baptist, the Precursor of Christ. St. Andrew was a fisherman by trade and the younger brother of St...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to thy name, O Most High; to declare thy steadfast love in the morning, and thy faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For thou, O Lord, hast made...

  • Meditation

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Christ Himself taught humility of heart, and the heart must not remain idle, nor fail to product the necessary acts. And what acts of humility do you make before God? How often do you make them? When have you made them? How long is it since you m...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Bad Bible Interpretation And The Nazis Monday, November 30, 2020 In Germany, the Protestant Reformation began and the Word of God was lifted up as the sole authority in matters of faith. Later the school of Higher Criticism developed. Higher Criticism said that you can't take the Bible liter...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 30, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Your Holy Servant For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together.  Acts 4:27   Jesus is the Holy Servant, whom the Father has anointed. Jesus assumed the...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Dear Lord God, Thank You for Your promises to me. Thank You for opening Your arms and welcoming me to come to You for forgiveness, to find rest in You, to find freedom in You, to have abundant life in You. I cry out to You now for those who are heavy on my heart, for those who are going through t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle Lectionary: 684 Reading 1 ROM 10:9-18 Brothers and sisters: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    November 30th: St. Andrew, apostle listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 4,18-22): As Jesus walked by the lake of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. He said...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Andrew, Apostle St Andrew, by Artus Wolffort (painted between 1596 and 1641). A sermon of St John Chrysostom on St John's gospelWe have found the Messiah A...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - 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 to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - 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 be to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - 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 to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - 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 the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - 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 the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - Feast  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 November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 30 November 2020 Saint Andrew, Apostle - 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 Father...

  • More on Spiritual Satanism

    Posted November 29, 2020 by peter Chamberland

    How does one explain the existence or experiences and perceptions of individuals related to the goetia and still claim dragonwolf theology? The answer is that the divine presence of satan is interpreted as lessons needed to be learned. Not so much in the aspect of deities existing. It is more the hu...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Blameless He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has now been set apart from sinners, and he has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.  Hebrews 7:26   Jesus was Blameless. He lived a blameless life. N...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, You are my good Shepherd. You always watch over me. You supply all the needs of my heart and my life. Help me to trust Your guidance in times of uncertainty. It is so hard to look ahead and not see a clear vision...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Blessed Denis of the Nativity Blessed Denis of the Nativity (1600-1638) was born as Pierre Berthelotin in France and became a sailor at the age of twelve. He had a successful career as pilot-in-chief and cartographer in service to the Ki...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 29, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Jesus spoke to them again, saying, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'" John 8:12  

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    First Sunday of Advent Lectionary: 2 Reading 1 IS 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7 You, LORD, are our father,our redeemer you are named forever.Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways,and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?Return for the sake of your serv...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 1st (B) of Advent listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 13,33-37): Jesus said to his disciples: «Be alert and watch, for you don't know when the time will come. When a man goes abroad and leaves his home, he puts his servants in charge,...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 1st Sunday of Advent From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemThe twofold coming of Christ We do not preach only one coming of Christ, but a second as well,...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent  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 to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent  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 and ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent 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 and to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent 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 the S...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent 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 to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 29 November 2020 1st Sunday of Advent 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. Alleluia. ...

  • My Satanist Tradition in greater detail.

    Posted November 28, 2020 by peter Chamberland

    It's time to get down to some grit on the matter of my tradition that I have formed of spiritual satanism, it is a tradition called dragonwolf spiritual satanism. Basically it goes like this, all religions and human perceptions written, even the tradition of dragonwolf, are wrong. There are not ...

  • First Sunday of Advent

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Judgment When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning. Isaiah 4:4 The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Judgment who convicts believers ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, This passage from King David in Psalm 51 is my prayer to You today... Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning. Isaiah 4:4

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Catherine Labouré St. Catherine Labouré (1806 – 1876) was born in Burgundy, France, the ninth of seventeen children of a pious and prosperous farming family. Her mother died when she was nine years old. After he...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 28, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For you were called for freedom, brothers. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve one another through love. For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 508 Reading 1 RV 22:1-7 John said: An angel showed me the river of life-giving water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the street, On eithe...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 34th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 21,34-36): Jesus said to his disciples, «Be on your guard; let not your hearts be weighed down with a life of pleasure, drunkenness and worldly cares, lest that day catch you...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineLet us sing Alleluia to God, who is good and frees us from evil Let us sing alleluia here...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, co...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 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 November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 1st Sunday of Advent) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 28 November 2020 Saturday of week 34 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 en...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal On November 27, 1830, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Catherine Laboure in Paris, France and gave her a vision of an image, with instructions to strike the image, front and back, onto a medal. W...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained; perplexed, but not driven to despair persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifes...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Working The Darkness Friday, November 27, 2020 In the beginning, God said, "Y'hee Or!"- Let there be light! This is His very first act of creation, and the foundation of all His work. God brings light out of darkness. One can only say; "Let there be light," when it's dark. This is important ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Surety of a Better Covenant By so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant. Hebrews 7:22 When two people make a contract or sign an agreement, the purchaser puts up a down payment, or surety, to guarantee there’s more money to follow. Jesus is the Do...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Please give me a desire to be generous today and in the days to come as I follow Your example of giving. You freely gave to me the very special gift of Jesus because of Your love for me. Please help me to cheerfully ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 27, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 507 Reading 1 RV 20:1-4, 11—21:2 I, John, saw an angel come down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a heavy chain. He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is th...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 34th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 21,29-33): Jesus said to his disciples, «Look at the fig tree and all the trees. As soon as their buds sprout, you know that summer is already near. In the same way, as soon as...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 November 2020 Friday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 34 in Ordinary Time The treatise of St Cyprian on mortalityLet us shut out the fear of death and meditate upon immortality Our obligation is to do ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 November 2020 Friday of week 34 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 November 2020 Friday of week 34 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 November 2020 Friday of week 34 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 November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 November 2020 Friday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 November 2020 Friday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 November 2020 Friday of week 34 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 November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 27 November 2020 Friday of week 34 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...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. John Berchmans St. John Berchmans (1599-1621) was born in Flanders, Belgium, the eldest of five children of a shoemaker. He was a virtuous and well-liked child who would often rise early to serve at two or three Masses a day before...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as [also] your Fat...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Overflowing Heart Thursday, November 26, 2020   When we were children, we had to learn how to pour water into a cup. One of the things we had to learn was to stop pouring when the glass was full. The Lord pours His Spirit not into a cup, but into your heart. And He wants yo...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Wisdom Christ…the wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1:24   Jesus is Wisdom, the fountainhead of all truth. All knowledge began with Jesus, and any knowledge you have flows from Him into the world. As Wisdom flows into your life, will you share it with the world? J...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You are the source of all Wisdom, the One who knows everything.   I don't want to strive against You by my own self-efforts.   I do want to totally depend on You.   Please in...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 26, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thanksgiving Day Lectionary: 943-947 The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Reading 1 Sir 50:22-24 And now, bless the God of all,who has done wondrous things on earth;Who fosters people’s growt...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 34th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 21,20-28): Jesus said to his disciples, «When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you must know that the time has come when it will be reduced to a wasteland. Then, ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 November 2020 Thursday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  or Thanksgiving Day Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 34 in Ordinary Time A homily by St John ChrysostomIf we are sheep, we overcome; if wolves, we are overcome As long as we ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 November 2020 Thursday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  or Thanksgiving Day 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 h...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 November 2020 Thursday of week 34 in Ordinary Time  or Thanksgiving Day 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 November 2020 Thursday of week 34 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 November 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 November 2020 Thursday of week 34 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 25, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 26 November 2020 Thursday of week 34 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 th...