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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 24, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 June 2022 Saturday of week 12 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 June 24, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 June 2022 Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 24, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 June 2022 Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 24, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 June 2022 The Immaculate Heart of Mary  on Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 13th 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 I...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 24, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 June 2022 Saturday of week 12 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.Am...

  • Solomnety of St. John the Baptist

    Posted June 24, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Nativity of John the Baptist Saint of the Day A family relation of Jesus, St. John the Baptist is called “the Forerunner” because he was sent by God to "prepare the way of the Lord" ahead of Jesus' public ministry. The birth of St. John the Baptist to his elderly and previous...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 24, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    No-Turn Living - How to do it Friday, June 24, 2022   Proverbs 15:21 speaks about walking straight. God calls us to live straight, to walk straight. Since the closest distance between two points is a straight line, the less you turn, the quicker you will get to where you are go...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 24, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Jesus of Nazareth Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote— Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." John 1:45   When you use the title "Jesus of Nazareth," you are referrin...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 24, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Today I want to ask for Your special covering of protection and blessing upon the people who minister in Your name to Children at home and around the world.   Please continue to work through each one these You...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 24, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 19:14 NKJV But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Lectionary: 172 Reading I Ez 34:11-16 Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will res...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 15:3-7): Jesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes: "What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-ni...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus A reading from the works of St BonaventureWith you is the source of life You who have been redeemed, consider who it is wh...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity  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 June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity  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 June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity 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 June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity 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 June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity  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 June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 June 2022 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity 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 witho...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Reverence of The Scribe Thursday, June 23, 2022   The Bible has come down to us so accurately because of the hand of God and through the hands of many Jewish scribes. Generation after generation of Jewish scribes meticulously copied the Word, every jot, every tittle. If the...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    God: The Father Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 1 John 3:1   The Father in Heaven is likened to an earthly father wh...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   The hymn Faith of Our Fathers inspires me to follow the examples of Christians throughout history and, like them, to trust You, my Father in Heaven...   Faith of our fathers, living still, In spite of dunge...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I John 3:1 NKJV Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted June 23, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    St. Joseph Cafasso Saint of the Day St. Joseph Cafasso (1811–1860) was born in Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy, to a peasant family. He was born with a physical deformity of the spine, which caused him to grow into a stunted and crippled man. Discerning a call to Holy Orders, he entere...

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    olemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Mass during the Day Lectionary: 587 Reading I Is 49:1-6 Hear me, O coastlands,             listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, &nbs...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    June 24rd: Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 1:57-66.80): When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist The Virgin and Child with St Anne and John the Baptist (c.1500), cartoon by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity  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 u...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity  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 he...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity 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.Gl...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity  (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory P...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 June 2022 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Solemnity 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, w...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Past The FleshWednesday, June 22, 2022 In Ephesians 2:2, it says, "When in times past, you walked according to the course of this world." It's interesting, the key is, times past, when you walked in the flesh. In Messiah, the flesh is past, He is finished with the flesh. He finished it at Calvary, ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Jesus of Galilee Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee.” Matthew 26:69   Jesus of Galilee was both His name and address. The angel told Mary to name Him Jesus. His name ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   The Bible teaches that "faith without works is dead." James 2:26   Please give to me the wisdom and motivation to step out of my comfort zone and to put my faith into action.   I don&rsquo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day James 2:26 NKJV For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted June 22, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    St. Thomas More Saint of the Day St. Thomas More (1478–1535) was born in London, the son of a lawyer and judge. He was educated in the finest schools and became a brilliant English statesman. He served in parliament, on the King's council, as a diplomat, and in many other prominent positio...

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 373 Reading I 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3 The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law in the temple of the LORD.” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7:15-20): Jesus said to his disciples: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs  or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time St Aelred's treatise ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs  or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version wit...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs  or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 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 June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  or Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs  or Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop  (First Vespers of tomorrow, Birthday of St John the Baptist) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If thi...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 June 2022 Wednesday of week 12 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....

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Blessing The Blesser Tuesday, June 21, 2022   In the Book of Acts, Paul was sent to Jerusalem with a gift for the Jerusalem believers. The gift was from the gentile church to the Jewish people. The gentile congregations particularly wanted to bless the Jewish believers of Jerus...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Jesus Christ Our Lord I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans 7:25   His name was Jesus. That’s the name given to Him by Mary and Joseph. Throug...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Jesus Christ, my Lord,   Thank You for teaching us about how to be great in Your Kingdom...   ...whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 20:26-28 NKJV Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served,...

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious Lectionary: 372 Reading I 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36 Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent envoys to Hezekiah with this message: “Thus shall you say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7:6.12-14): Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn an...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 June 2022 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious  on Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious A letter from St Aloysius Gonzaga to his motherGod's mercies shall be my song for ever May th...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 June 2022 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious  on Tuesday of week 12 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 June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 June 2022 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious  on Tuesday of week 12 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, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 June 2022 Tuesday of week 12 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 June 2022 Tuesday of week 12 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 June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 June 2022 Tuesday of week 12 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 June 2022 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious  on Tuesday of week 12 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 June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 June 2022 Tuesday of week 12 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Logos Reason Monday, June 20, 2022   Messiah is called the Word, but in Greek, the word "word" is "logos." That's significant because "logos" doesn't just mean "word," it also means "the reason." What it means is He is not just the Word, He is the reason for existence, He i...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: Leader The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul, He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   You sent Your Son, my Lord Jesus Christ, who gave His life for me on the Cross.   Jesus tells us...   "...take up the cross and follow me." Mark 10:21   My precious Sav...

  • Meditation

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “[Purity of intention] which is intimately connected with zeal, enables us to forget ourselves in all things, and to seek first the glory of God and the accomplishment of His good pleasure, persuaded that the more we sacrifice our own interests in His service, the greater a...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Mark 10:21 NKJV Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 371 Reading I 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel the king o...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 7:1-5): Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measu...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 20 June 2022 Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time A treatise on Christian Perfection by St Gregory of NyssaThe Christian is another Christ More than anyone, St Paul understood who C...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 20 June 2022 Monday of week 12 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 20 June 2022 Monday of week 12 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 20 June 2022 Monday of week 12 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 20 June 2022 Monday of week 12 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 20 June 2022 Monday of week 12 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 20 June 2022 Monday of week 12 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 20 June 2022 Monday of week 12 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 and ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: God with Us (Immanuel) They shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, "God with us." Matthew 1:23   The angel told Joseph to name Jesus Immanuel, which means “God with us.” When Jesus was born, God visited humanity. He came to live with pe...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Thank You for always being with me, as Jesus promised...   For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5   You are in control, eve...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hebrews 13:5 NKJV Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”   James 4:10 NKJV Humble yourselves in the sight ...

  • Feast Day

    Posted June 19, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Daily Feast The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, is celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday in honor of the institution of the Holy Eucharist (in some U.S. dioceses it is transferred to t...

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Lectionary: 169 Reading I Gn 14:18-20 In those days, Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine, and being a priest of God Most High, he blessed Abram with these words:     ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9:11b-17): Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God, and he healed those who needed to be cured. As the day was drawing to a close, the T...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 19 June 2022 Corpus Christi - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Corpus Christi The Disputation of the Blessed Sacrament, by Raphael (1583-1520). "On the feast of Corpus Christi", by St Thomas AquinasO precious and wonderful banq...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 19 June 2022 Corpus Christi - Solemnity  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 19 June 2022 Corpus Christi - Solemnity  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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 19 June 2022 Corpus Christi - Solemnity Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 19 June 2022 Corpus Christi - Solemnity 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 19 June 2022 Corpus Christi - Solemnity 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 19 June 2022 Corpus Christi - Solemnity  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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 19 June 2022 Corpus Christi - Solemnity 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. All...

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    Posted June 18, 2022 by Chris Lockhart

    Have you ever took a second to suppose that we are residing the destiny that sci-fi films expected to an extent? Sure we don’t have Time Travel or Teleportation yet. But the technological breakthroughs within the remaining two centuries have driven our civilization to this Space Age that our a...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: I Am Now when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground. John 18:6   Jesus is the I AM, the eternal all-powerful LORD. Moses asked the Lord what His name was. The Lord answered, “I AM WHO I AM…Thus you shall say to th...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   You sent your only Son to save me.   My Lord Jesus is the great I AM.   Jesus is eternal, without beginning, and without end...   “I am the Alpha and the Omega, ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted June 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Revelation 1:8 NKJV “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.”

  • Lectionary

    Posted June 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 370 Reading I 2 Chr 24:17-25 After the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and paid homage to King Joash, and the king then listened to them. They forsook the temple of the LORD, the God of th...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted June 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 6:24-34): Jesus said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the oth...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted June 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 18 June 2022 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time St Cyprian's treatise on the Lord's PrayerWe must not pray in words only, but with deeds. Why should we be surprised, beloved...