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  • Office of Readings

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

    Sunday 22 May 2022 6th Sunday of Easter  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 to the So...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 22 May 2022 6th Sunday of Easter  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 and to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 22 May 2022 6th Sunday of Easter 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 to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 22 May 2022 6th Sunday of Easter 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 the Son an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 22 May 2022 6th Sunday of Easter 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 the Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 22 May 2022 6th Sunday of Easter  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 and to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 22 May 2022 6th Sunday of Easter 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. Alleluia. ____...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted May 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: Rivers of Living Water If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 7:37-38   The Holy Spirit is Rivers of Living Water; He q...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted May 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of Heaven and of Earth and of all creation,   I desire to know You more, to love You more.   I'm thirsty for the water that Jesus gives...   Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him wil...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted May 21, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 4:14 NKJV but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

  • Lectionary

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

    Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter Lectionary: 290 Reading I Acts 16:1-10 Paul reached also Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. The brothers in Lystra and Iconiu...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 15:18-21): Jesus said to his disciples; “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but bec...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 21 May 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide From a discourse on the psalms by Saint Augustine, Bishop...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Saturday 21 May 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs  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 Go...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 21 May 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs  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. ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 21 May 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 21 May 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 21 May 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 21 May 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 6th Sunday of Easter) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 21 May 2022 Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.A...

  • Sapphries

    Posted May 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Valley of Barakhah Friday, May 20, 2022   Some believers are always in a valley. You ask them, "how are you doing?" They are depressed, defeated, or sad. Maybe you are in one right now, but there is a scripture in 2 Chronicles 20. It says on the fourth day they assembled in...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted May 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: A Stronghold in the Day of Trouble The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knows those who trust in Him. Nahum 1:7   Ever since Adam and Eve disobeyed the command of God, there has been trouble on Earth. There have been political trou...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted May 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for opening Your arms and welcoming me to come to You, to find forgiveness in You, to find rest in You, to find freedom in You, to have abundant life in You.   I cry out to You now for those who are ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted May 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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 wa...

  • Saint of the Day

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

    St. Bernardine of Siena Saint of the Day St. Bernardine of Siena (1380–1444) was born to a noble family in Siena, Italy. As a young man he witnessed the bubonic plague raging mercilessly through the city, and volunteered to care for the sick in the local hospital. At this time he ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter Lectionary: 289 Reading I Acts 15:22-31 The Apostles and presbyters, in agreement with the whole Church, decided to choose representatives and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. The ones chosen were Judas, who wa...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 15:12-17): Jesus said to his disciples, “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for o...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Friday 20 May 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide From a sermon by Blessed Isaac of Stella, abbotFirstborn of many brothers Just as the...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Friday 20 May 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest  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,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 20 May 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 20 May 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 20 May 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 20 May 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 20 May 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 20 May 2022 Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted May 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Our Eyes are on you Thursday, May 19, 2022   Jehoshaphat had the armies of Moab, Ammon and others coming against him. He did not know what to do. He cried out to God and said, "We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on YOU!" He did not say our eyes are on the army, or our ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted May 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Strong Consolation That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation… this hope we have as an anchor of the soul… where our forerunner has entered for us. Hebrews 6:18-20   Jes...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted May 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Why do I doubt and worry?   I know in my heart that You will never leave me, and You will never forsake me. Hebrews 13:5   Let me learn to live as the writer of Hebrews teaches...   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted May 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse 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.

  • Saint of the Day

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

    St. Ivo Saint of the Day St. Ivo of Kermartin (1253–1303) was born to a noble family in Brittany, France. He studied civil and canon law, philosophy, and theology. He went on to practice law for many years in both the civil and ecclesiastical courts. He graciously defended the poor without...

  • Lectionary

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

    Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter Lectionary: 288 Reading I Acts 15:7-21 After much debate had taken place, Peter got up and said to the Apostles and the presbyters, “My brothers, you are well aware that from early days God made his choice among you t...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 15:9-11): Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 19 May 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide From a treatise by Saint Gaudentius of Brescia, bishopThe Eucharist is The Lord's passover One man has died for all, and n...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 19 May 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 19 May 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 19 May 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 19 May 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 19 May 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 19 May 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 19 May 2022 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide 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...

  • The Advantages of Recycled Paper Bags

    Posted May 18, 2022 by Perez Cesar

    Paper bags have come a long way since their inception as flimsy and fragile materials to becoming strong and durable containers. There are many different kinds, each with a different size, shape, design, bag handle, and color than the others. Additionally, the manufacturing process and the type of p...

  • Academic Research Essay: Tips for Writing One!

    Posted May 18, 2022 by Leonard Britvolli

    It is common for individuals to fail to submit recommended reports for their academics because of various reasons. When that happens, most of them end up failing to graduate or even repeating the entire report. Today, there is a need to countercheck the quality of an individual’s professional ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted May 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Eastern Apathy Wednesday, May 18, 2022   In Eastern religion and philosophy, Hinduism, Buddhism and New Age teaching, the goal is detachment. The self is God, so the individual selfhood is an illusion. The key is to detach from this illusion, from care, passion and desire. ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted May 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: The Living Father As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. John 6:57   The Lord is the Living Father. All idols are lifeless images and are often carved from stone or wood; the...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted May 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Great are You Lord, and You are most worthy of my praise...   Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. Psalm 145:3   You are my mighty fort...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted May 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 145:3 NKJV Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.

  • Lectionary

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

    Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Lectionary: 287 Reading I Acts 15:1-6 Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice, you cannot be saved.” Because there arose no ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 15:1-8): Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyon...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 18 May 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint John I, Pope, Martyr  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide From the Letter to DiognetusThe Christian in the world Christians are indistinguish...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Wednesday 18 May 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint John I, Pope, Martyr  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, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 18 May 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint John I, Pope, Martyr  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 Lo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 18 May 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 18 May 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 18 May 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide 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 May 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 18 May 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide  or Saint John I, Pope, Martyr  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 18 May 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide 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 Fath...

  • When someone makes a reference to a "production control plan" w

    Posted May 17, 2022 by Perez Cesar

    If I keep doing this on a daily basis and if I keep doing it in the same order every time, in accordance with what they define, then this will become a tool, it will become a formula, and it will become a task list. If I keep doing this in the same order every time, in accordance with what they defi...

  • Sapphries

    Posted May 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Shut That Mouth! Tuesday, May 17, 2022   We think of possession as in the Exorcist, a movie about a girl whose head spins around, or of the guy who lives in tombs and scares people. There's another kind of possession that's just as real. The kind that takes place even with beli...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted May 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Salvation of God For my eyes have seen Your salvation. Luke 2:30   And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Luke 3:6   Jesus is called the Salvation of God, a title first given to Him in Isaiah 52:10. Simeon, an old man waiting in the T...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted May 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I thank You that You are the Rock of my salvation...   The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation! 2 Samuel 22:47   I thank You that my ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted May 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day II Samuel 22:47 NKJV “The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation!

  • What do you want?

    Posted May 17, 2022 by Br. E.G. Carriere

    Jesus' first words Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?" John 1:38 In the gospel of John, Jesus is quickly identified as God's chosen one, the deliverer promised in the prophecy of Isaiah. So John the Baptist told his followers that if they wanted to meet the Lamb of God, they wo...

  • Human Rights International Law

    Posted May 16, 2022 by Terra Price

    International human rights law is a body of international law that is aimed at securing and protecting human rights at the regional, international, and domestic level. The international law ensures that governments and individuals are able to protect the rights and freedoms of all individuals as sta...

  • Lectionary

    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter Lectionary: 286 Reading I Acts 14:19-28 In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gath...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 14:27-31a): Jesus said to his disciples; “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troub...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 17 May 2022 Tuesday of the 5th week of Eastertide  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 5th week of Eastertide From a commentary on the gospel of John by Saint Cyril of Alexandria, bishopI am the vine, you are the branches The Lord call...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Sarah Burgess

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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    Posted May 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

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