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  • Office Readings

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 August 2020 Saint Dominic, Priest  on Saturday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 August 2020 Saint Dominic, Priest  on Saturday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make hast...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 August 2020 Saturday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 August 2020 Saturday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 August 2020 Saturday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 August 2020 Saint Dominic, Priest  on Saturday of week 18 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 19th 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 Invitat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 August 2020 Saturday of week 18 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.A...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Crucifixion of Kirk Cameron Friday, August 7, 2020 Kirk Cameron became famous in the television sitcom "Growing Pains". During this time, Cameron was an atheist. But at 17, he was born again. Recently he came out with a film on America's heritage entitled "Monumental". As part of pro...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: The Lord Mighty in Battle Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8   Look to the Lord Mighty in Battle to give you victory in life. Battles are not easy; they’re tough, threatening, and tirin...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear LORD GOD, strong and mighty,   I cling to You as my protector, you are The Lord Mighty in Battle (Psalm 24:8).   Each day, there are different battles that I face, and different battles that my brothers and sisters in Chris...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalm 24:8

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Pope St. Sixtus II Pope St. Sixtus II (d. 258 A.D.) became the Roman Pontiff in the year 257 A.D. His early life is uncertain, and he is mentioned by name in the Roman Canon of the Mass. He helped mend the relationship between Rome and t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 7, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:27

  • Lectionary

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 411   Reading 1   See, upon the mountains there advances the bearer of good news,  announcing peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah, fulfill your vows! For nevermore...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Friday 18th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16,24-28): Jesus said to his disciples, «If you want to follow me, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me. For whoever chooses to save his life will lose it, but the one who loses his life fo...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 August 2020 Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Saints Sixtus II, Pope, and his Companions, Martyrs  or Saint Cajetan, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time From a Spiritual Canticle of St John of...

  • Office Readings

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 August 2020 Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Saints Sixtus II, Pope, and his Companions, Martyrs  or Saint Cajetan, Priest  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitator...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 August 2020 Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Saints Sixtus II, Pope, and his Companions, Martyrs  or Saint Cajetan, Priest  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invit...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 August 2020 Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 August 2020 Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 August 2020 Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 August 2020 Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Saints Sixtus II, Pope, and his Companions, Martyrs  or Saint Cajetan, Priest  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Inv...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 August 2020 Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...

  • steadfast

    Posted August 6, 2020 by David Koontz

     Romans 8 :1-10                                                                                ...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Bl. Maria Francesca Rubatto Bl. Maria Francesca of Jesus Rubatto (1844– 1904) was one of eight children from an Italian family. Her father died when she was four. In her teenage years she received an offer of marriage, which she de...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Importance of Being Uncomfortable Thursday, August 6, 2020 Messiah told us to "go out and spread the word" to all nations. Why don't you share when you know you should? "I'm uncomfortable witnessing." "When I start witnessing, I break out in rashes." Are you comfortable getting up Mo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip." Psalm 37:30-31  

  • Feast Day

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day Feast of the Transfiguration The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord takes place on August 6th, an event mentioned in all three synoptic Gospels. After revealing that he would be put to death in Jerusalem, Jesus took the thre...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Deliverer But I am poor and needy; yet the LORD thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God. Psalm 40:17   There were many deliverers in the history of God’s people: Noah delivered the human race from a judgmental f...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   For every problem, every anxiety, every temptation, every sin in my life, I have a deliverer – my Lord Jesus Christ.   Thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your sacrifice and for Your love for me.   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 6, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. Psalm 40:2

  • Lectionary

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Lectionary: 614   Reading 1   As I watched: Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was bright as snow, and the hair on his head as white as wool; his throne...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: August 6th: Transfiguration of Our Lord (A) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 17,1-9): Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain where they were alone. Jesus' appearance was changed before them: his face shone like the sun...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 August 2020 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Transfiguration of the Lord Detail from The Transfiguration, the last painting by Raphael (1483-1520). From a sermon on the transfiguration of the Lo...

  • Office Readings

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 August 2020 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 August 2020 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 August 2020 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 August 2020 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 August 2020 The Transfiguration of the Lord - 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.Gl...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 August 2020 The Transfiguration of the Lord - 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.Gl...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 August 2020 The Transfiguration of the Lord - Feast Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Andromeda And Teddy Roosevelt Wednesday, August 5, 2020 William Beebe and Theodore Roosevelt would often go outdoors to locate the galaxy of Andromeda. Then one would say, "This is the spiral galaxy of Andromeda. It's as large as our Milky Way and one of a hundred million galaxies. It's ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Today, I need a fresh start.   Please anoint me for the tasks which You have for me today...   You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil;...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 1 John 2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Feast Day

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Meditation

    Posted August 5, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Lectionary

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 409   Reading 1    At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus says the LORD: The people that es...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Wednesday 18th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 15,21-28): Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Now a Canaanite woman came from those borders and began to cry out, «Lord, Son of David, have pity on me! My daughter is tormented by a de...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 August 2020 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time The "Epistle of Barnabas"The way of light The Way of Light is thi...

  • Office Readings

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 August 2020 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 August 2020 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, c...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 August 2020 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 August 2020 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 August 2020 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 August 2020 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 August 2020 Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Meditation

    Posted August 4, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Batach Is An Active Verb Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Proverbs 3:5-6 says: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not to your own understanding, acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He will direct your path." When most people talk about "trusting God" - they mean "Just trust in the Lor...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Psalm 23:5

  • Lectionary

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 407/408   Reading 1    In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah, son of Azzur, from Gibe...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Tuesday 18th in Ordinary Time View saints August 4th: St. John Vianney, Priest View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 14,22-36): After the crowds have eaten their fill, Jesus obliged his disciples to get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while He ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 August 2020 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest  on Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest Statue (1867) of Jean-Marie Vianney by Emilien Cabuchet, at the Basilica in Ars. Photograph by An...

  • Office Readings

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 August 2020 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest  on Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 August 2020 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest  on Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, m...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 August 2020 Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 August 2020 Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Tuesday 4 August 2020 Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 August 2020 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest  on Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 August 2020 Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 3, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Sunlight And The Menorah Monday, August 3, 2020 In the Temple of Jerusalem was a room called the "Holy Place." There, was only one door and no windows. The Holy Place was lit up by a golden seven-branched lampstand filled with oil and called the menorah. It didn't matter how bright it wa...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Lectionary

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time Lectionary: 112   Reading 1    Thus says the LORD:All you who are thirsty,come to the water!You who have no money,come, receive grain and eat;Come, without paying and without cost,drink wine ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 3 August 2020 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time The "Epistle of Barnabas"The new law of our Lord God swept away all these things. The new law of our Lord Jesus Christ imposes no ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 3 August 2020 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 3 August 2020 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 3 August 2020 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 3 August 2020 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 3 August 2020 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 3 August 2020 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 3 August 2020 Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 2, 2020 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6  

  • Lectionary

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

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   August 2 2020   « August 1  |  August 3 » Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time Lectionary: 112 Reading 1 Is 55:1-3 Thus says the LORD: All you w...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

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

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Sunday 2 August 2020 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time From the beginning of a letter attributed to BarnabasHope of life is the beginning and end of our faith Greetings, sons and daughters. In the ...