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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 347 Reading I 1 Pt 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an in...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 10:17-27): As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?&rdqu...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 28 February 2022 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time The Moral Reflections on Job by Pope St Gregory the GreatIf we receive good from the hand of God, why should we not also receive e...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 28 February 2022 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 28 February 2022 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 28 February 2022 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 28 February 2022 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 28 February 2022 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 28 February 2022 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 28 February 2022 Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Father: God the Father Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead). Galatians 1:1 God the Father is equal in nature to God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Because God ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Today is a fresh new start from You. Thank You for Your unending mercy and new beginnings... Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day II Corinthians 5:17 NKJV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today's Meditation “Jesus trembled and shuddered as He stood before the pillar, and took off His garments as quickly as He could, but His hands were bloody and swollen. The only return He made when His brutal executioners struck and abused Him was to pray for them in the most touching manner:...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 84 Reading I Sir 27:4-7 When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do one’s faults when one speaks. As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace, so in tribulation is the test of the just. The fruit ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6:39-45): Jesus told his disciples a parable, “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when full...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 27 February 2022 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Moral Reflections on Job by Pope St Gregory the GreatAn upright and honest man who feared God and shunned evil. Some people are so simple...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 27 February 2022 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 27 February 2022 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 27 February 2022 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 27 February 2022 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 27 February 2022 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 27 February 2022 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 27 February 2022 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. All...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.https://www.facebook.com/St-Michael-the-Archangel-SOSMA-of-Illinois-115166822527952
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today's Meditation “The Eucharist is alive. If a stranger who knew nothing about the Eucharist were to watch the way we receive, would he know this? When you and I approach the Eucharist, does it look like we believe we are about to take into our bodies the living person, Jesus Christ, true G...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: Propitiation My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, There are challenging relationships and conflicts that I am struggling with. I have let some of these issues grow into resentment and bitterness and my heart has become hard in these areas. ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Ephesians 4:31-32 NIV Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Invisible Harvest Friday, February 25, 2022 Shav'uot, an amazing feast that Israel has been celebrating for thousands of years as the harvest festival. But the Jewish people haven't had any harvest; they've been scattered from the land that was a wasteland. There was no h...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The True Vine I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. John 15:1 Jesus is the True Vine. In the Old Testament, Israel was called God’s vine, but the nation was an unfaithful vine (Isaiah 5:1-7). In contrast, Jesus is the True Vine. Israel was di...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Your ways are higher than my ways... “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Isaiah 45:2 NKJV ‘I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 345 Reading I Jas 5:9-12 Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates. Take as an example of hardship and patience, ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 10:1-12): Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The Pharisees...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 25 February 2022 Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time From the Explanation on Ecclesiastes by St Gregory of AgrigentumMy soul, rejoice in the Lord! Come, eat your bread with joyand dr...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 25 February 2022 Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 25 February 2022 Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 25 February 2022 Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 25 February 2022 Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 25 February 2022 Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 25 February 2022 Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 25 February 2022 Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...
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by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.By: Pastor David May 02/24//2022 From Prison to God's Ministry © Reading: Pray Like Children Do you ever pray? If so, do you know what to say? Or do you find it hard to pray? Maybe you're not sure where to start or what words to use. But to really pray, ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMYeshua's Well Water Thursday, February 24, 2022 The secret for a heart of joy and peace in God: "In joy you shall draw water from the wells of salvation," Isaiah 12. The Hebrew word salvation here is identical to the name Yeshua/Jesus. The water of Yeshua/Jesus, of salvation....
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Trinity: The Unknown God As I was passing through and considering the object of your worship, I even found an altar with the inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Acts 17:23 God is the Unknown God. He is the real God, who is the prototype of all false gods...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for Your gift of Christian covenant marriage, as Jesus taught... "But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man shall lea...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Mark 10:6-9 NKJV But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’; so, then they...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 344 Reading I Jas 5:1-6 Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries. Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and that cor...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9:41-50): Jesus said to his disciples: “Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 24 February 2022 Thursday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 7 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions of St Columbanus, abbotThe immeasurable depths of God God is everywhere. He is immeasurably vast and ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 24 February 2022 Thursday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 24 February 2022 Thursday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 24 February 2022 Thursday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 24 February 2022 Thursday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 24 February 2022 Thursday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 24 February 2022 Thursday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 24 February 2022 Thursday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Sunday Morning Equation Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Algebra is the search for X, the missing factor. There's one side of the equation and there's the other; then you have to find X. 2 + X = 4. X has to be 2. We search for X Friday night. There's a band of followers follo...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Word In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 Jesus is called the Word because He expressed the true idea of the Father, just as a written word represents the ideas of an author. Jesus is also called t...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for this beautiful new day. I come to You and humbly ask that You will create in me a clean heart and forgive me for my sins and failures. Create in me a clean heart, O God, A...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 51:10-12 NKJV Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous ...
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by jannick noahIn The Lost Ark, the Warlock is a mage focused on harnessing the elements to unleash devastating attacks on her enemies. The Sorceress' skills span a wide variety of elemental and arcane magical attacks. If you're interested in playing the default mage often used in MMORPGs, then Sorceress might hav...
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by jannick noahNeed the best Lost Ark Wardancer build? The Wardancer is a Forward's companion, with whom they share a stat track and most of their abilities. However, don't let the two get in the way of each other. Awakening skills, sculpting, and the like separate the two professions and put them in completely di...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 343 Reading I Jas 4:13-17 Beloved: Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit”– you have no i...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9:38-40): John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.” ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 23 February 2022 Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr on Wednesday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr "St Polycarp", engraving (c.1685) by Michael Burghers (1650-1721). From a letter on the...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 23 February 2022 Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr on Wednesday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 23 February 2022 Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr on Wednesday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 23 February 2022 Wednesday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 23 February 2022 Wednesday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 23 February 2022 Wednesday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 23 February 2022 Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr on Wednesday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 23 February 2022 Wednesday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer)(today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMForgiveness & Sabbath Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Messiah died on the sixth day on purpose because it was the eve of the Sabbath. He died on the very eve of the Sabbath, because He was bringing in the Sabbath. He was ushering in the Sabbath peace of God. On the cross, He shows...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Son All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Matthew 11:27 Jesus is the Son. He...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for all the children of the world. Each child is a precious gift from You, and each child is highly valued by You... But Jesus called (the children) to Him and said, “Le...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Luke 18:16 NKJV But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Daily Verse "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today's Meditation “Thus sin renders the soul miserable, weak and torpid, inconstant in doing good, cowardly in resisting temptation, slothful in the observance of God’s commandments. It deprives her of true liberty and of that sovereignty which she should never resign; it makes her a s...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle Lectionary: 535 Reading I 1 Pt 5:1-4 Beloved: I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed. Tend the flock of God...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.February 22: Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 16:16-19): When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Peter's Chair "The Throne of St Peter" (1647-53) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), in St Peter's Basilica, Rome. Photograph by "Dnalor 01". From...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair - Feast 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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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.St. Peter Damian Saint of the Day St. Peter Damian (1007-1072 A.D.) was born in Ravenna, Italy, the youngest of a large and noble yet poor family. After his birth his mother initially refused to nurse him due to the strain he would put on the family, and he nearly died. He was later orphaned and...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Lord God The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor, He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison t...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I worship You today and I lift up my praise to You. Thank You for covering me with Your love and grace. Please open my eyes that I may see and always be mindful of what I may be holding back...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Romans 12:2 NKJV And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 341 Reading I Jas 3:13-18 Beloved: Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show his works by a good life in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and se...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9:14-29): As Jesus came down from the mountain with Peter, James, John and approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing w...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time or Saint Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time A sermon on Ecclesiastes by St Gregory of NyssaChrist is our head, and the wise man ke...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time or Saint Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lo...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time or Saint Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 21 February 2022 Monday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...