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Mega Churches A “megachurch” is defined as a church that has an average of 3,000 or more regular attendees to weekend services. Megachurches tend to have twice as many visitors as other churches. Over two-thirds of congregants have attended for less than five years, while nearly half of...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Fifth Sunday of Easter Lectionary: 54 Reading I Acts 14:21-27 After Paul and Barnabas had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 5th (C) of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 13:31-33a.34-35): When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 15 May 2022 5th Sunday of Easter Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 5th Sunday of Easter From a sermon by Saint Maximus of Turin, bishopChrist is the day Christ is risen! He has burst open the gates of hell and let the dead go free; he has renewed t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 15 May 2022 5th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 15 May 2022 5th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 15 May 2022 5th 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 15 May 2022 5th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 15 May 2022 5th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 15 May 2022 5th 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 15 May 2022 5th 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. ____...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: A Teacher Come From God This man (Nicodemus) came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him." John 3:2 Nicodemus called Jesus ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Please calm my heart, my mind and my spirit today. Keep me from worrying about the people and circumstances that surround me. I want to live with Your confidence, with hope filling me t...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Hebrews 12:1-2 NKJV Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
St. Matthias the Apostle Saint of the Day St. Matthias the Apostle (1st c.) followed Jesus during his entire earthly ministry and was one of his 72 disciples. Matthias was chosen by the 11 Apostles to replace Judas Iscariot after his betrayal of Christ and subsequent suicide. After Chris...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Today's Meditation “There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or of some duty to be performed. All that takes place within us, around us, or through us, contains and conceals His divine action. It...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle Lectionary: 564 Reading I Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and sisters (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place). He said, “My brothers and sisters, the Sc...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
May 14th: Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 15:9-17): 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 14 May 2022 Saint Matthias, Apostle - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Matthias, Apostle Painting of Saint Matthias by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), circa 1611. Museo del Prado Collection. A homily of St John Chrysostom on the ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 14 May 2022 Saint Matthias, Apostle - Feast Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 14 May 2022 Saint Matthias, Apostle - Feast Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 14 May 2022 Saint Matthias, Apostle - Feast Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 14 May 2022 Saint Matthias, Apostle - Feast Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 14 May 2022 Saint Matthias, Apostle - Feast 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 14 May 2022 Saint Matthias, Apostle - Feast (First Vespers of tomorrow, 5th 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 14 May 2022 Saint Matthias, Apostle - Feast 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The key of Entrance Friday, May 13, 2022 Thanksgiving is not just a holiday, it's a key. The Psalms command 'Enter His gates with thanksgiving ... and His courts with praise.' Most believers take this as a command. If you're going to enter His courts, enter with thanksgiving....
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: A Sweet-Smelling Aroma And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. Ephesians 5:2 A sin offering in the Old Testament was a sweet-smelling aroma. It was not s...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I know that You call me to draw near to You as I prepare now for what I will face today... But it is good for me to draw near to God, I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all You...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 73:28 NKJV But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works. James 4:8 NKJV Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners;...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Our Lady of Fatima Daily Feast On May 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children as they were grazing their sheep in Fatima, Portugal. Their names were Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta. She appeared "brighter than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 283 Reading I Acts 13:26-33 When Paul came to Antioch in Pisidia, he said in the synagogue: “My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those others among you who are God-fearing, to us this ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 14:1-6): Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dw...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 13 May 2022 Friday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Our Lady of Fátima Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 4th week of Eastertide From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansThere are many paths but one Way My...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 13 May 2022 Friday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Our Lady of Fátima 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 ha...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 13 May 2022 Friday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Our Lady of Fátima 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, mak...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 13 May 2022 Friday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 13 May 2022 Friday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 13 May 2022 Friday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 13 May 2022 Friday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Our Lady of Fátima 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, m...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 13 May 2022 Friday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Br. E.G. Carriere
Forgiveness One day, a large crowd was following Jesus and so he climbed to the top of a hill so every one could see him. He sat down on a rock, and all the people sat down on the grass around him. And then Jesus began to tell them all about God (after all, he should know, since he is God’s o...
Posted by Br. E.G. Carriere
These days, most Christian communities are experiencing a growth in both positivity and negativity. In some locations of the world, you have numerous positive pieces of news where miracles are happening but at the same time, you also have news where Christian communities are persecuted for practicin...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Puritans & The Messianic Revival Thursday, May 12, 2022 The Pilgrims founded America and gave us Thanksgiving. The writings of the Puritans are prophecies based on the Bible, that before the second coming, Jewish people will return to Messiah, and become messengers of the...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Holy Spirit: The Gift of the Holy Spirit Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 The Holy Spirit is a Gift to you. Jesus said...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I want to KNOW You more, much more than I do. You are great and You do great things. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. Psalm 145:3 ...
Posted 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. Isaiah 30:21 NKJV Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Blessed Imelda Lambertini Saint of the Day Bl. Imelda Lambertini (1322–1333) was born to a noble and devout family in Bologna, Italy. As a child she developed a great love for prayer, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and the Holy Eucharist. She spent much of her time in the Dominica...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Today's Meditation “Infinite grief I wish from My creature in two ways: in one way, through her sorrow for her own sins, which she has committed against Me her Creator; in the other way, through her sorrow for the sins which she sees her neighbors commit against Me. Of such as these, inasmuch...
Posted by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.
I’ve got a birthday coming up, and at this point in my life, the celebration is mostly for kids. They gleefully plunge candles into frosting and enthusiastically blow them out. (I don’t put the actual amount because that might be a fire hazard.) The real truth is I don’t ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 282 Reading I Acts 13:13-25 From Paphos, Paul and his companions set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and returned to Jerusalem. They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pis...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 13,16-20): When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger great...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 12 May 2022 Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs or Saint Pancras, Martyr Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide From a treatise on John by St AugustineThe new...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 12 May 2022 Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs or Saint Pancras, 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 ins...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 12 May 2022 Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs or Saint Pancras, 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 12 May 2022 Thursday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 12 May 2022 Thursday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 12 May 2022 Thursday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 12 May 2022 Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs or Saint Pancras, Martyr Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 12 May 2022 Thursday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Cafeteria Principle Wednesday, May 11, 2022 When I was growing up, for lunch you went to the school cafeteria, got a tray, silverware, and a napkin. The school lunch ladies, with their hair bonnets and plastic gloves, would slop mashed potatoes and sloppy joes made from y...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Sun of Righteousness But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings, And you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. Malachi 4:2 The name “Sun of Righteousness” applies to Je...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Please make me aware of those who are sick and suffering today. I lift up the babies who have been born with problems that require intervention and who need Your healing touch. May Your grace and Your loving...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day James 5:14-15 NKJV Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
St. Francis of Girolamo Saint of the Day St. Francis de Girolamo (1642-1716) was the eldest of eleven children born to honorable and virtuous parents in Naples, Italy. As a child he was drawn to God and a life of prayer. Realizing his vocation to Holy Orders, he was ordained a Jesuit priest at t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 281 Reading I Acts 12:24—13:5a The word of God continued to spread and grow. After Barnabas and Saul completed their relief mission, they returned to Jerusalem, taking with them John, who is called Mark...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 12,44-50): Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me, and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 11 May 2022 Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide From the treatise on the Trinity by Saint Hilary of PoitiersThe unity of the faithful in God through the incarnation of ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 11 May 2022 Wednesday of the 4th 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 th...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 11 May 2022 Wednesday of the 4th 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 t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 11 May 2022 Wednesday of the 4th 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 11 May 2022 Wednesday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 11 May 2022 Wednesday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 11 May 2022 Wednesday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 11 May 2022 Wednesday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
None for the LazyTuesday, May 10, 2022 We live in a culture of lazy convenience. In days past you had to hunt for chicken. Now you just drive up to a window and the chicken comes in a paper bag with fries and a Coke. Too much trouble to turn on the television? Use the remote control. Too much troub...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Sent One I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day, the night is coming when no one can work. John 9:4 Jesus is the Sent One. Jesus was sent by the Father from Heaven to Earth for several reasons. First, Jesus was the Sent One from th...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I praise You for sending Jesus to rescue me. And I praise Jesus, the Sent One, for coming to save me. Jesus has sent me into the world, just as You sent Him, to tell my friends and family of...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Mark 5:19 NIV Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 280 Reading I Acts 11:19-26 Those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but Jews. There were some Cyp...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 10:22-30): The feast of the Dedication was then taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter. And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon. So the Jews...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 10 May 2022 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Damien of Molokai or Saint John of Ávila, Priest, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus,...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 10 May 2022 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Damien of Molokai or Saint John of Ávila, Priest, Doctor Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 10 May 2022 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Damien of Molokai or Saint John of Ávila, Priest, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 10 May 2022 Tuesday of the 4th 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 10 May 2022 Tuesday of the 4th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 10 May 2022 Tuesday of the 4th 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 Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 10 May 2022 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide or Saint Damien of Molokai or Saint John of Ávila, Priest, Doctor Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitato...
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Tuesday 10 May 2022 Tuesday of the 4th 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 a...
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Visiting Day Monday, May 9, 2022 Before I went into full-time ministry, I worked with mentally disabled children. It wasn't very pleasant. Most people rejected them or were scared of them. Yet there was always visiting day. Parents would look at their beloved child as if they...
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The Father: Abba Father For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." Romans 8:15 The Lord is your Abba Father. The title “Abba” means that He is your i...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Abba Father, Today we celebrate mothers, and we ask you to bless and encourage all mothers in our lives. We thank You for our natural mothers, as well as for all of the mothers you have placed in our lives when we most ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Proverbs 31:10 New International Version 10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
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Coursework can be a headache for students if they have limited time and resources along with the pressure of other academic tasks to juggle together. There might have been a time when students only had their school work to worry about but with changing times, new academic projects have been introduc...
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 279 Reading I Acts 11:1-18 The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers confronted him, sa...
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 10:1-10): Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever e...
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Monday 9 May 2022 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide St Basil the Great on the Holy SpiritThe Spirit gives life For this cause the Lord, who gives us our life, gave us the covenant o...
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Monday 9 May 2022 Monday of the 4th 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 Fathe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 9 May 2022 Monday of the 4th 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 the F...
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Monday 9 May 2022 Monday of the 4th 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 Fat...