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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I John 4:10 NKJV In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 102 Reading 1 Is 66:10-14c Thus says the LORD: Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her, all you who love her; exult, exult with her, all you who were mourning over her! Oh, that yo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10:1-12.17-20): At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, "The ha...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 3 July 2022 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineA sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit I acknowledge my transgression, says David. If I admit my fault, then yo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 3 July 2022 14th Sunday 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 Father and t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 3 July 2022 14th Sunday 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 Father a...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 3 July 2022 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 3 July 2022 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 3 July 2022 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 3 July 2022 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 3 July 2022 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. Allelui...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Father: Our Spiritual Father Our earthly fathers correct us, and we still respect them. Isn’t it even better to be given true life by letting our spiritual Father correct us? Hebrews 12:9 The Lord is called our Spiritual Father. All spirits in t...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You for Your loving hand of guidance on my life. And, thank You for Your love and discipline in my life... ...the LORD disciplines those he loves... Proverbs 3:12  ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 8:28 NKJV And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
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by Pastor David MayI am an individual with disabilities, myself I have an 80% dBs loss in the high frequency have always viewed life as being filled with opportunities and challenge. I have always tried to take all the opportunities presented to me, and even some that were not! Nevertheless, I try to s...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 382 Reading 1 AM 9:11-15 Thus says the LORD:On that day I will raise upthe fallen hut of David;I will wall up its breaches,raise up its ruins,and rebuild it as in the days of old,That they may c...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9:14-17): The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemConfess your sins at the acceptable time If anyone here is a slav...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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 Fat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 2 July 2022 Saturday of week 13 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.Ame...
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by Perez CesarA special focus should be placed on the three stages of manufacturing: input input (for example, the operator's materials and labor); process execution; and output output (for example, semi-finished and finished products, as well as other products). In spite of the fact that the fundamental technolo...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMTHE ARMY'S NEW RAINBOW CAMPAIGN Friday, July 1, 2022 Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission... The purpose of the U.S. Department of Defense is to protect American sovereignty, American interests, and American citizens. As a protective organizat...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: Rock of Spiritual Refreshment And by a miracle, God sent them food to eat and water to drink there in the desert; they drank the water that Christ gave them. He was there with them as a mighty Rock of spiritual refreshment. 1 Corinthians 10:3-4 ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, My Rock of Spiritual Refreshment, I'm thirsty. I'm thirsty for Your Living Water of life my Lord Jesus... He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow ri...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 6:35 NKJV And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. John 7:38 NKJV He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 381 Reading I Am 8:4-6, 9-12 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we may sell our grain, and th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9:9-13): As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. Wh...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Junipero Serra Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time St Augustine on the Predestination of the SaintsJesus Christ, son of David according to the flesh The ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Junipero Serra Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Junipero Serra 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Junipero Serra 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 has...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 1 July 2022 Friday of week 13 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Blessed Gennaro Sarnelli Saint of the Day Bl. Gennaro Sarnelli (1702 – 1744) was born to a noble family in Naples, Italy. He was very well educated, and completed his doctorate in civil and canon law at the age of 20. He gave much of his time to caring for the incurably sick, through which...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Name on Your sin Thursday, June 30, 2022 The word chata'ah is Hebrew for sin. It's not just the word for sin; it is also the name of the sin-offering, the sacrifice that takes away sin. It's a shadow of Messiah, He is the sin-offering, He became sin for us. The sin and th...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: He Who Has the Bride He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. John 3:29 The Bride is the Church—born-again believers, those who hav...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, I praise You today for who You are. I come to You today in prayer for married couples.​ You created marriage, as Jesus taught us... And He answered and said to them, “Have yo...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two sha...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Readings for the Optional Memorial of the First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church LISTEN PODCAST En Español View Calendar Get Daily Readings E-mails Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 380 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9:1-8): After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jes...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time St Jerome's homily on Psalm 41 to the newly baptizedI will go up to your gloriou...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome 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 ai...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 30 June 2022 Thursday of week 13 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 ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMWhy The Fight? Wednesday, June 29, 2022 For most of the last 2,000 years, with a few short exceptions, few have cared about Jerusalem. In the twentieth century the whole world is wrapped up in it. For 2,000 years Jerusalem was largely a backwater of history. In the nineteenth...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Trinity: My Helper So, we may boldly say: ‘The LORD is my helper, I will not fear. What can man do to me? Hebrews 13:6 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me, LORD, be my helper! Psalm 30:10 The Lord is your Helper; He is the One who...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for being my helper... So, we may boldly say: ‘The LORD is my helper, I will not fear. What can man do to me? Hebrews 13:6 Thank You for opening Your arms and welcomi...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hebrews 13:6 NKJV So we may boldly say: “The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today's Meditation “People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, ‘If you keep a lot of rules I’ll reward you, and if you don’t I’ll do the other thing.’ I do not think that is the best way of looking at it. I would much rather ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Vigil Lectionary: 590 Reading I Acts 3:1-10 Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.June 29th: Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16:13-19): When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They re...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - Solemnity Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Peter Denying Christ (1660), by Rembrandt (1606-1669). From a sermon by Saint AugustineThe martyrs had seen what they...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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.Glor...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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....
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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.Gl...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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 u...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 29 June 2022 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles - 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 w...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMIt's Only Snow Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Psalm 37 says "don't fret." A secret of abundant life is to not worry. A man I knew with a heart condition, went out to shovel snow, had a heart attack and died. Many people die shoveling snow. Yet in a few days it's all gone anyway. It's...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Holy One and The Just But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you. Acts 3:14 The Jewish leaders rejected Jesus, the Holy One and the Just. They accused Jesus of being a blasphemer of God and a traitor to His na...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, There are so many injustices in this world which I am burdened by and which I must place before You... Increasingly governments make decisions contrary to the instruction of Your Word, The Holy Bible. &nb...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Micah 6:8 NKJV He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
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by Pastor David May3 Ways The Enemy Tries To Use Your Past Against You “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2nd Corinthians 5 verse 17 One of the greatest blessings God has...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 378 Reading I Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12 Hear this word, O children of Israel, that the LORD pronounces over you, over the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt: &n...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 8:23-27): As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but h...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr From the treatise "Against the Heresies" by St IrenaeusLife in man is the glory of G...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 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,...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 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 L...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 28 June 2022 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, SS. Peter and Paul) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Inv...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 28 June 2022 Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMApply This Monday, June 27, 2022 You probably attend worship services regularly and hear a message or sermon every week. You may even listen to Christian radio daily. With so many ways to enjoy the Word of God, it's very easy for us to develop a consumer mentality that affect...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: A Name for Salvation ...but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31 The angel commanded Joseph in a dream, “Call His name Jesus, for He will...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for this new day. I am in awe of Your creation... Brilliant blue skies and the clouds that bring rain, Thunderstorms that send lightning and thunder crashing, Winds that ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Genesis 1:31 NKJV Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So, the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 377 Reading I Am 2:6-10, 13-16 Thus says the LORD: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke my word; Because they sell the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of sandals...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9:51-62): When the days for Jesus’ being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineHe is the Lord our God, and we are the people of ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our a...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 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 ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: The Gift of God If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water. John 4:10 The Holy Spirit is the Gift of God. He is the One who ...