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  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 18 April 2022 Easter Monday 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 Son a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 18 April 2022 Easter Monday 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 and to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 18 April 2022 Easter Monday 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 and ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 18 April 2022 Easter Monday  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 the S...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 18 April 2022 Easter Monday 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 to the Son and to th...

  • Gaslighting: A Shift in Reality (Domestic Violence)

    Posted April 17, 2022 by Pastor Sarah Grace Ake ULCM

    OC: https://windhavenministry.org/gaslighting-a-shift-in-reality/ It was put on my heart this morning to write today’s Sunday post about gaslighting. Today is Easter. Jesus was resurrected on this day, and this post is intended to resurrect anyone who has been gaslit from their own reali...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Triumphant Son of Man Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw . . . One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. Revelation 1:12-13   ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of resurrection and life,   Today I join with Christians around the world as we celebrate our risen and living Lord Jesus Christ on this Easter Sunday.   I rejoice in how You created me as Your unique and loved child......

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 33:8 NKJV Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.   Nehemiah 8:10 NKJV Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those f...

  • Meditation

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

    Today's Meditation Jesus Christ is the one whom the Father anointed with the Holy Spirit and established as priest, prophet, and king. The whole People of God participates in these three offices of Christ and bears the responsibilities for mission and service that flow from them. On entering the Pe...

  • Lectionary

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

    Easter Sunday The Resurrection of the Lord The Mass of Easter Day Lectionary: 42 Reading I Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how G...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Easter Sunday The Resurrection of the Lord (Easter Day) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 20:1-9): On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from t...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Sunday 17 April 2022 Easter Sunday  Spiritual Reading The four readings for the Office of Readings: Easter Sunday Exodus 14:15-15:1The sons of Israel went on dry ground right into the sea The Lord said to Moses, ‘Why do you cry to me so? Tell the sons of Israel to march on. For your...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Sunday 17 April 2022 Easter Sunday  Office of Readings The Office of Readings today is only recited by those who have not been to the Easter Vigil. It starts immediately with the first reading, with no introduction preceding it. ________ First ReadingExodus 14:15-15:1The sons of Israel wen...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 17 April 2022 Easter Sunday  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 the Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 17 April 2022 Easter Sunday 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 Son a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 17 April 2022 Easter Sunday 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 and to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 17 April 2022 Easter Sunday 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 and ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 17 April 2022 Easter Sunday  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 the S...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 17 April 2022 Easter Sunday 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. ________ ...

  • Happy Easter

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

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Trustworthy Witness And from Jesus Christ, the trustworthy witness. Revelation 1:5 (Author's Translation)   Jesus is the Trustworthy Witness; He came to witness the message of the Father. You can trust Jesus, for He perfectly witnessed to the world what the...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   Please give me the ability to be a true follower of You, as You taught us...   If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Fathe...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 12:26 NKJV If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.   Galatians 6:9 NIV Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper ti...

  • Lectionary

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

    Easter Sunday The Resurrection of the Lord Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter Lectionary: 41 Reading I Gn 1:1—2:2 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and dark...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Holy Saturday listen   Download   Gospel text ( ):   «---» Fr. Jacques PHILIPPE (Cordes sur Ciel, France) Today, we do not consider any particular Gospel, inasmuch it is a day with no liturgy. But, with Mary, the only one who stayed firm in faith and hope...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 16 April 2022 Holy Saturday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Holy Saturday From an ancient homily for Holy SaturdayThe Lord's descent into the underworld Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great sile...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Saturday 16 April 2022 Holy Saturday 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 Son and to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 16 April 2022 Holy Saturday 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 the Son and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 16 April 2022 Holy Saturday 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 Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 16 April 2022 Holy Saturday 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 and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 16 April 2022 Holy Saturday 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 16 April 2022 Holy Saturday 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 the Son a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 16 April 2022 Holy Saturday 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. ________ Examina...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Secret of The Magi Friday, April 15, 2022   The magi were wise men, but how could they be that wise, and know what they knew by looking at the stars, and that a king would come in the time He did? Daniel 9 gives the countdown to the coming of Messiah: seventy times seven, 4...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: Showers that Water the Earth He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, like showers that water the earth. Psalm 72:6   The Holy Spirit is like Showers That Water the Earth. He will come upon His people like the necessary showers...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for never leaving me and never forsaking me, as Jesus promised...   “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5   I know that others in my life will fail me, ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 15, 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.

  • Meditation

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

    Today's Meditation “Jesus Christ did not think the sovereign beatitude and glory of Heaven too dearly purchased at the price of unspeakable tortures, and by suffering His sacred flesh to be mangled by nails, thorns, and scourges. Great indeed must be the value of that which cost the Son of Go...

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Lectionary: 40 Reading I Is 52:13—53:12 See, my servant shall prosper,             he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 18:1—19:42): Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. Judas his betrayer ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 15 April 2022 Good Friday  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Good Friday From the Catecheses by Saint John Chrysostom, bishopThe power of Christ's blood If we wish to understand the power of Christ’s blood, we should go back to the ancient acc...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 15 April 2022 Good Friday  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 Son and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 15 April 2022 Good Friday  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 the Son a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 15 April 2022 Good Friday 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 Son and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 15 April 2022 Good Friday 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 and to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 15 April 2022 Good Friday 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 and to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 15 April 2022 Good Friday  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 the Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 15 April 2022 Good Friday 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. ________ Examination...

  • Best Essay Writing Website: Who Are They?

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Ben zucker

    Best Essay Writing Website: Who Are They? It helps a lot to be sure of the company that you’ll choose to assist you in managing your academic papers. Often, students would fall victim to scam sources, and they end up losing a lot of money. It is crucial to determine if the service is reliab...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Focused Revolutionary Thursday, April 14, 2022   Revolutionaries are single-minded people; completely focused on the revolution. Everything Lenin, Mao and Castro did had purpose and direction. Though it was wrong, they had focus. Most believers aren't. They are apathetic or...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Faithful and True Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. Revelation 19:11   Jesus is called Faithful and True. These names were n...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   You are unchanging.   And You are all knowing.   You are faithful and true, the rock upon which I stand.   Thank You for Your rock-solid foundation for my life, my Lord Jesus Christ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 7:24 NKJV “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock

  • Meditation

    Posted April 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “No one can fail to understand that the Divine Eucharist bestows upon the Christian people an incomparable dignity. Not only while the Sacrifice is offered and the Sacrament is received, but as long as the Eucharist is kept in our churches and oratories, Christ is truly Emm...

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Readings for the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Readings for the Thursday of Holy Week LISTEN PODCAST En Español View Calendar Get Daily Readings E-mails Holy Thursday Chrism Mass Lectionary: 260 Re...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Holy Thursday (Lord's Supper) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 13:1-15): Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. The ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Maundy Thursday From an Easter homily by Saint Melito of Sardis, bishopThe Lamb that was slain has delivered us from death and given us life There was much proclaimed by the prophets...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday  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 Son...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday  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 the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday 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 S...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday 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 and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday 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 April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday  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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday 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. ________ Exami...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Spirit Step Wednesday, April 13, 2022   Pentecost; it's the Hebrew Shavuot. It's the feast of the harvest, the feast of the Spirit. The disciples were waiting. The gathering of the apostles in Jerusalem is the ultimate example of the conditions that need to be met in our li...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Only Wise God Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17   Jesus is the Only Wise God. Idols can’t speak and leaders of false religions don’t know anyt...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   I love to sing Your praise.   Thank You for Your everlasting love.   Praise the Lord, all you nations, extol him, all you peoples. For great is His love toward us, and the fa...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 7:24-25 NKJV “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall,...

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of Holy Week Lectionary: 259 Reading I Is 50:4-9a The Lord GOD has given me             a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary       &nbs...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of Holy Week listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 26:14-25): One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of Holy Week From a treatise on John by St AugustineThe perfection of love Dear brethren, the Lord has marked out for us the fullness of love that we ought to have ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week  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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 13 April 2022 Wednesday of Holy Week 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 to the S...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Book of Oracles Tuesday, April 12, 2022   The world is very desperate for any kind of guidance, any shred of revelation or spirituality. People go to horoscopes and fortune tellers, only to end up being darker and more lost than they were before. Even some believers fall in...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: My Father My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one. John 10:29-30   The Father has a special relationship to Jesus Christ: Jesus is Hi...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Please show me how to worship you in Spirit and in truth, as Jesus taught...   Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 12, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 4:23-24 NIV Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit an...

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of Holy Week Lectionary: 258 Reading I Is 49:1-6 Hear me, O islands,             listen, O distant peoples. The Lord called me from birth,          &nbs...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of Holy Week listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 13:21-33.36-38): Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked a...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of Holy Week From the book On the Holy Spirit by Saint Basil the Great, bishopBy one death and resurrection the world was saved When mankind was estranged from him by dis...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 12 April 2022 Tuesday of Holy Week 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 to the Son a...

  • Sapphries

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Worship Weapon Monday, April 11, 2022   They're the most powerful of weapons, but rarely used. They can vanquish the greatest of earthly foes. They can subdue an army, even give victory, but most believers rarely use them; even when they are needed the most. What are these ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Prince of the Kings of the Earth And from Jesus Christ, . . . the prince of the kings of the earth. Revelation 1:5   Jesus is the Prince of the Kings of the Earth. A prince is one who is waiting for the throne that he will formally assume in the future. Je...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   My soul exalts You.   My Lord Jesus, I want to abide in You, Thank You for abiding in me...   Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in th...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted April 11, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 15:4 NKJV Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

  • Lectionary

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of Holy Week Lectionary: 257 Reading I Is 42:1-7 Here is my servant whom I uphold,             my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my Spirit;      &nb...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of Holy Week listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 12:1-11): Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was on...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted April 10, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 11 April 2022 Monday of Holy Week  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of Holy Week From a sermon by Saint AugustineLet us too glory in the cross of the Lord The passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is the hope of glory and a lesson in ...