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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 29 November 2019Friday 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 ...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 29 November 2019Friday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings (combined with Lauds)This is the Office of Readings joined to another Hour, as described in §99 of the General Instruction. To see the Office of Readings on its own, use the menu button on the right.Introduction (witho...

  • Ten Reasons Why Our Hearts Should Be Full of Thanksgiving

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    November 28, 2019 Ten Reasons Why Our Hearts Should Be Full of Thanksgiving Fr. Ed Broom, OMV Thanksgiving day is celebrated once a year in the United States as a national holiday. But as follower of Jesus, Thanksgiving Day should be every day! Why? For many reasons! First, the Psalmist comm...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Thanklessness & Thanksgiving Thursday, November 28, 2019 In eastern thinking there’s no real distinction between God and creation—the creation is God and God is the creation. So there can be no real relationship; no giving, no receiving, no giving of thanks for having receive...

  • Max Lucado

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    You Cannot Save Yourself by Max Lucado   You work hard, pay your dues, and “zap”—your account with God is paid in full. Jesus says, “No way.”   What you want costs far more than you can pay. You don’t need a system of payment, ...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Psalm 97:11   A Time to Think In daily life, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. –Brother David Steindl-Rast ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, This passage from 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 me...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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 me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Vespers (Evening 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 withou...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    None (Afternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sext (Midday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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 Spi...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 28, 2019 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 her ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, 'You shall love your neigh...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Thursday 34th in Ordinary Time 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, if you are in Judea, fle...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 28 2019 - Thanksgiving Day   « November 27  |  November 29 » Thanksgiving DayLectionary: 943-947 Reading 1 Sir 50:22-24 And now, bless ...

  • Meditations

    Posted November 28, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "The temporal goods are created by the Most High for the sole purpose of sustaining life; having attained this end, the need of them ceases. And as this need is limited, soon and easily satisfied, there is no reason that the care for the immortal ...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. James 5:13   A Time to Think A relationship with God is the most important relationship you can have. –Author Unknown   A Time to Act ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The German Dichotomy Wednesday, November 27, 2019 Before WWII, much of German culture, politics, and religious life held an underlying belief that there were two spheres of life – the religious and the secular. And that each sphere did not affect the other one. Holiness was somethi...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Vespers (Evening 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 withou...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    None (Afternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sext (Midday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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 Spi...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 27, 2019 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...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 27, 2019 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   You freely gave to me the very special gift of Jesus because of Your love for me.   Please help me...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in o...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Wednesday 34th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 21,12-19): Jesus said to his disciples, «People will lay their hands on you and persecute you; you will be delivered to the Jewish courts and put in prison, and for my sake you will be brought befo...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted November 27, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 27 2019   « November 26  |  November 28 » Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 505 Reading 1 Dn 5:1-6, 13-14,...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 27, 2019 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

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Prisoner’s Love Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Annmarie was a young Slovak Christian imprisoned for her faith in Communist Eastern Europe. While imprisoned, her main desire was to see her torturer saved. So she spoke of the beauty and love of the Lord. Her torturer responded with m...

  • Max Lucado

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    A Done Deal and a Daily Development by Max Lucado   Are a bride and groom ever more married than they are the first day? The vows are made and the certificate signed—could they be any more married than that? Imagine fifty years later. They finish each other’s senten...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 2 Corinthians 1:20 ESV   A Time to Think Sometimes the only means of transportation is a leap of faith. —S...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 26, 2019 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

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Vespers (Evening 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 withou...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    None (Afternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sext (Midday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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 Spi...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 26, 2019 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, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." Luke 6:35-36 ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Tuesday 34th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 21,5-11): While some people were talking about the Temple, remarking that it was adorned with fine stonework and rich gifts, Jesus said to them, «The days will come when there shall not be left one s...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted November 26, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 26 2019   « November 25  |  November 27 » Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 504 Reading 1 Dn 2:31-45 Daniel...

  • Max Lucado

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    God's No-Tolerance Policy by Max Lucado   Hypocrisy turns people against God, so he has a no-tolerance policy. Let’s take hypocrisy as seriously as God does. For starters, expect no credit for good deeds. None! If no one notices, you aren’t disappointed. If someone ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Your Heavenly Genes Monday, November 25, 2019 When I was 5 years old, I saw a girl extremely tall for her age, and we were the same age. My mother told me the reason she was so tall was because of her genes. I thought to myself, “Why would she be tall just because of the pants she ...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16   A Time to Think God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world, the bett...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I present to You my body as a living sacrifice unto You.   Please help me to be holy and acceptable to You...   I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you prese...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Vespers (Evening 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 withou...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    None (Afternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sext (Midday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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 Spi...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Catherine of Alexandria St. Catherine of Alexandria (4th c.) was born to a noble pagan family in Alexandria, Egypt, and her father was governor of the city. She was an intelligent child who devoted herself to study, and converted t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Monday 34th in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 21,1-4): Jesus looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasure box; He also saw a poor widow dropping in two small coins. And he said, «Truly, I tell you, this poor widow put in mo...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 25 2019   « November 24  |  November 26 » Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 503 Reading 1 Dn 1:1-6, 8-20 In ...

  • Meditations

    Posted November 25, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "The soul, enlightened by faith, judges of things in a very different way to those who, having only the standard of the senses by which to measure them, ignore the inestimable treasure they contain . . . the soul that recognizes the will of God in...

  • Max Lucado

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    He is Preparing a Place by Max Lucado   God’s purpose from all eternity is to prepare a family to indwell the kingdom of God. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1–2 NIV   A Time to Think Every burden...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Please help me to develop a deeper longing for time with You in worship, prayer and reading my Bible.   I want to spend more time with You EVERY day.   Please help me to be aware of Your p...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works. Psalm 26:7

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Vespers (Evening 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 withou...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    None (Afternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sext (Midday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Terce (Mid-Morning 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 with...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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...

  • Office Readings

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Office of Readings If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. 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 Spi...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Columbanus St. Columbanus (543 - 615 A.D.) was born in West Leinster, Ireland. He was a noble, well-educated, and handsome man who was pursued by many women. He sought the advice of a pious religious woman who advised him to flee...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter b...

  • Feast Day

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day Solemnity of Christ the King The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe is the last Sunday of the liturgical year before a new liturgical year begins with the first Sunday of Advent. Pope Pius XI instituted this ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Sunday 34th in Ordinary Time: Christ the King (C) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 23,35-43): The people stood by watching. As for the rulers, they jeered at him, saying to one another, «Let the man who saved others now save himself, for he is the Messiah, the c...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 24 2019   « November 23  |  November 25 » The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the UniverseLectionary: 162 Reading 1 2 Sm 5:1...

  • Meditations

    Posted November 24, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Our freedom always has this marvelous power to make what is taken from us—by life, events, or other people—into something offered. Externally there is no visible difference, but internally everything is transfigured: fate into free ch...

  • God revisits Same Sex Marriages:

    Posted November 23, 2019 by Joseph Esquivel

    Same Sex Marriage God’s Word:             Let us understand that God has the final say on the legitimacy of same sex marriages performed in churches. Knowing this as truth in our knowledge of God, we must understand that any minister performi...

  • Max Lucado

    Posted November 23, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    God Knows More by Max Lucado   A young woman wrote to me, “My boyfriend and I split up. I applied for a job and was rejected. Is God even listening to me?   You need to know that God knows more about life than we do! And, yes, He’s listening! One day, my then...

  • Daily Scripture and Reflections

    Posted November 23, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Daily Scripture & Reflection If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings, who would stand a chance? As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit, and that’s why you’re worshiped. Psalm 130:3–4 MSG   A Time to Think Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 23, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, You created this world to be a beautiful place; a place where You would come and fellowship with Your beautiful creation.   But I and every person have disobeyed You and given in to the deceitful voice of Satan's temptation to S...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 23, 2019 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 23, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Clement St. Clement of Rome (d. 100 A.D.), also known as Pope St. Clement I, is considered the first Apostolic Father of the Church. He is mentioned by name in the Bible by the Apostle Paul in Philippians 4:3. St. Clement is a...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 23, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "And it is by God’s will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." Hebrews 10:10  

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 23, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Liturgical day: Saturday 33rd in Ordinary Time View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 20,27-40): Some Sadducees arrived. These people claim that there is no resurrection and they asked Jesus this question, «Master, in the Scripture Moses told us: ‘If anyone dies leaving a wife ...

  • Lectionary Readings

    Posted November 23, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    USCCB »  Bible »  Daily Readings   November 23 2019   « November 22  |  November 24 » Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 502 Reading 1 1 Mc 6:1-13 As Ki...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 22, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 23 November 2019Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeCompline (Night Prayer)________INTRODUCTIONO 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,   ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 22, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 23 November 2019Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Clement I, Pope, Martyr  or Saint Columbanus, Abbot and Missionary  or Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Martyr  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, Christ the King)Ve...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 22, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 23 November 2019Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeAfternoon 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 22, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 23 November 2019Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeMidday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 22, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 23 November 2019Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary TimeMid-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.Gl...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 22, 2019 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 23 November 2019Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Clement I, Pope, Martyr  or Saint Columbanus, Abbot and Missionary  or Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Martyr  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without I...