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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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 Fath...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 20 September 2020 25th 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. A...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Januarius St. Januarius (d. 305 A.D.), also known as San Gennaro, was the Bishop of Benevento, Italy. Little is known of his early life. He was arrested and imprisoned for his faith while visiting other Christians in jail duri...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple." Psalm 27:4
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: Our Hope By the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope. 1 Timothy 1:1 Jesus is your Hope when things go wrong; He can change circumstances when you pray. Jesus is your Hope when you’re in a hole and it seems you can’t ge...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord, If tomorrow never comes for me on this earth, I pray that I will leave behind a testimony that points to You. Please help me to live as if today were my last before entering eternity with You, for I know not what...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:1
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 448 Reading 1 1 COR 15:35-37, 42-49 Brothers and sisters: Someone may say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come back?”You fool! What you sow is not bro...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 24th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,4-15): As a great crowd gathered and people came to him from every town, Jesus began teaching them through stories, or parables, «The sower went out to sow the seed. And as...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsOffer the bandage of consolation Scripture says...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr 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 th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr 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 wit...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Januarius, Bishop, Martyr or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 19 September 2020 Saturday of week 24 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 e...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.St. Padre Pio’s First Healing Miracle Patricia Treece Just about everyone has heard of Padre Pio. The biographies that sell steadily year after year, including one by the author written with help from Pio’s friary, are crammed with accounts from people whose medically inexplicabl...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMWherever You Go Friday, September 18, 2020 In a dream, God spoke to Jacob: "I am with you and will keep you wherever you go." Jacob's reaction to the dream was to focus on the place where it happened. He called it "Beit El," which means "God's House." In a way, Jacob missed the point. It...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Might The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him,the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,the Spirit of counsel and might,the Spirit of knowledge andof the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2 The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Might; He exercise...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Almighty God, Please increase my faith in You today. Help me to understand what your Holy Bible says about faith... Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Joseph of Cupertino St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663) was the son of a poor Italian carpenter. His father died before he was born, leaving his mother destitute. As a result Joseph was underfed and often sick. He was an intellectu...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerus...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 447 Reading 1 1 COR 15:12-20 Brothers and sisters: If Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 24th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 8,1-3): Jesus walked through towns and countryside, preaching and giving the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve followed him, and also some women who had been healed of evil...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsPrepare your soul for temptation You have already been told about the wicked things shepherds ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 18 September 2020 Friday of week 24 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...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMMaya Thursday, September 17, 2020 The Eastern religions and new age philosophies hold to a concept called "Maya." "Maya" means that everything is basically an illusion. But that creates a problem. Because if everything's an illusion, how could you ever know it - Then that too would be an...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Beginning and the End "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,“ says the Lord, “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8 Jesus is the Beginning and the End; He was the Creator of all thing...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Today I pray and ask You, and depend on You, to be the source of victory in my life. May Your banner of love wave over me, over my work and over my life so that You receive all glory... He br...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love. Song of Solomon 2:4
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Hildegard von Bingen St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) was born to a large and noble German family. She began to have mystical visions at the age of three which continued throughout her life. Her parents, promising her to ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace." Numbers 6:24-26
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 446 Reading 1 1 COR 15:1-11 I am reminding you, brothers and sisters,of the Gospel I preached to you,which you indeed received and in which you also stand.Through it you are also being saved,if you ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 24th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 7,36-50): One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to share his meal, so He went to the Pharisee's home and as usual reclined on the sofa to eat. And it happened that a woman of this town,...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsBe a model for the faithful When the Lo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor 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 ou...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time or Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday of week 24 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 F...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Anti-Dunamis Wednesday, September 16, 2020 In Luke 10:19, Messiah says this: "I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy." But in the original Greek of the New Testament, it's not the power of the enemy - it's the dunamis. Dunamis is the s...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Son of the Blessed But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" Mark 14:61 During the trial of Jesus, the high priest asked Him, “Are You . . . the Son of...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, Thank You for the example You gave us while You walked on the earth. There were times when Your silence was powerful. Other times Your wise questions and Scripture responses spoke volumes. ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day Pope St. Cornelius Pope St. Cornelius (d. 253 A.D.) was a Roman citizen and a holy priest who became the twenty-first successor to the chair of St. Peter, following a fourteen-month vacancy when Pope St. Fabian was martyred by Rom...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because i...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Meditation of the Day "Let us recognize with lively faith and with the help of the Holy Ghost the great evil of sin, which robs us of grace. Then we shall immediately detest it with all the power of our soul and banish it from our heart. We shall detest it because, in ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs Lectionary: 445 Reading 1 1 COR 12:31-13:13 Brothers and sisters: Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in human and angel...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 24th in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 7,31-35): The Lord said, «What comparison can I use for this people? What are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace, about whom their companions compl...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 16 September 2020 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs A letter of St CyprianA faith that is eager and...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 16 September 2020 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 24 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, c...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 16 September 2020 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 24 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 Go...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 16 September 2020 Wednesday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 16 September 2020 Wednesday of week 24 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 th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 16 September 2020 Wednesday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 16 September 2020 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 16 September 2020 Wednesday of week 24 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...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Mighty Skeleton Tuesday, September 15, 2020 The prophet Ezekiel saw a vision of a valley of dry bones. In the vision, the wind or Spirit came upon the bones and the bones came together to form an army. The army represents the army or nation of Israel. Now notice something - it all st...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: The Wisdom of His Spirit I pray that the great God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the wisdom of His Spirit. Then you will be able to understand the secrets about Him as you know Him better. Ephesians 1:17 The Wisdom...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, There are people in this world that I can learn so much from. People who have gone through hard times and have strengthened their faith. People who have been Christians for years and are s...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I pray that the great God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the wisdom of His Spirit. Then you will be able to understand the secrets about Him as you know Him better. Ephesians 1:17
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Catherine of Genoa St. Catherine (1447–1510) was born into an aristocratic family in Genoa, Italy. She was a quiet, obedient, physically beautiful, and holy child who devoted herself to prayer and penance. At the age ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.'" Isaiah 52:7
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of Sorrows Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows became widespread in the Church around the 14th century. It was revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) that devotion to Our Lady's Seven Sorrows would bring great graces. ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Meditation of the Day "In this valley of tears, every man is born to weep, and all must suffer, by enduring the evils that take place every day. But how much greater would be the misery of life, if we also knew the future evils that await us! 'Unfortunate, indeed,...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lectionary: 444/639 Reading 1 1 COR 12:12-14, 27-31A Brothers and sisters: As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptiz...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.September 15th: Our Lady of Sorrows listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 2,33-35): The father of Jesus and his mother wondered at what was said about the child. Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, «See him; He will be for the ri...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 15 September 2020 Our Lady of Sorrows on Tuesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Our Lady of Sorrows From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxHis mother stood by the cross The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth both ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 15 September 2020 Our Lady of Sorrows on Tuesday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 15 September 2020 Our Lady of Sorrows on Tuesday of week 24 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 hast...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 15 September 2020 Tuesday of week 24 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 15 September 2020 Tuesday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 15 September 2020 Tuesday of week 24 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 15 September 2020 Our Lady of Sorrows on Tuesday of week 24 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 ha...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 15 September 2020 Tuesday of week 24 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...
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by David KoontzWe go through storms. Today as I watch as the hurricane approaches I see calm even amidst the chaos around me as I know the Lord is with me.He will guide me through anything that may come before me. Also it is a great time to study His words and become closer to Him. I wish all to stay safe as...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Supernaturally Practical Monday, September 14, 2020 Rabbi Shaul, or Saul, the apostle Paul, was one of the most influential people who ever walked the earth. He changed the world. He changed history. He lived a practical life, a strategic life, an effective life. But notice something...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Seed of the Woman And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. Genesis 3:15 Jesus is the Seed of the Woman who judged Satan. After Adam and Eve sin...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Please prepare me for today, search me and know my heart... Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saint of the Day St. Albert of Jerusalem St. Albert of Jerusalem (d. 1215) was born to a noble family in Italy, and was well educated in theology and law. He went on to become a priest and bishop and served in important posts as a peacemaker; he served a...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Verse of the Day "We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today’s Feast Day Exaltation of the Cross September 14th is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (also known as the Triumph of the Cross). Early in the 4th century St. Helena, mother of Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in searc...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Lectionary: 638 Reading 1 NM 21:4B-9 With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.September 14th: The Exaltation of the Cross listen download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 3,13-17): Jesus said to Nicodemus, «No one has ever gone up to heaven except the one who came from heaven, the Son of Man. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 'Christ of St John of the Cross' by Salvador Dalí. Image © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection. From a dis...