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  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted February 20, 2022 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  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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 21 February 2022 Monday 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...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: King of Kings and Lord of Lords And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16   Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the absolute, sovereign Ruler of the universe. Today He has given peo...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Let me experience Your love and share Your love with others...   Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 &...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 20, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I John 4:7 NKJV Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.   Daniel 9:4 NKJV And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and...

  • Lectionary

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

    Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 81 Reading I 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziph with three thousand picked men of Israel, to search for David in the desert of Ziph. So David and Abishai went among Saul&...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 6:27-38): Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistre...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time A treatise on Charity by St Maximus the ConfessorWithout love everything is in vain Charity is a right attitude of mind which prefers nothing...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 20 February 2022 7th 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...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Shadow of a Great Rock A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Isaiah 32:2   Just as a person struggling through the desert need...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1   Dear Lord God,   I thank you for Your beautiful creation of everything in the world around me.   I pray that you will send your ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 19, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Genesis 1:1 NKJV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.   II Peter 3:13 NKJV Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

  • Lectionary

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

    Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 340 Reading I Jas 3:1-10 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you realize that we will be judged more strictly, for we all fall short in many respects. If anyone does not f...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 9:2-13): Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzlin...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time An address by Pope Pius XII to newly married couplesThe wife - the radiant sun of the family The family is illuminated by i...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, com...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, us...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 19 February 2022 Saturday of week 6 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Freedom of Being His Friday, February 18, 2022   Are you struggling with something? Trying to break free of something? Let me tell you a secret, it's from the Song of Solomon. It's the word of the bride, "Dodi Li V' Ani Lo," my beloved is mine and I am His. How do you becom...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: Creator Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28   The Lord is the Creator; without Him nothing...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: Creator Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28   The Lord is the Creator; without Him nothing...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for all of the special people You have placed in my life to surround me with support and encouragement.   Thank You for creating me to live out my life in community with You and with others. &nb...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 139:1-2 NKJV O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.

  • Lectionary

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

    Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 339 Reading I Jas 2:14-24, 26 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?    Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8:34-9,1): Jesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. ...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time From a treatise by St Augustine on the first epistle of JohnOur heart longs for God We have been promised that we shall be like h...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 18 February 2022 Friday of week 6 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Worship Healing Thursday, February 17, 2022   In the Greek New Testament, the word "therapeuo" means "to heal". But it also means "to adore" or "to worship". This is amazing because two very important things are connected: worship and healing. All the people who were healed...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Redeemer For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth. Job 19:25   Jesus is the Redeemer. Before you were saved, you were owned by sin and the Devil, but Jesus bought you with a special redemptive price. “You were not redeem...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   You have promised that Your grace is sufficient for me...   And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Commemoration and Life Wednesday, February 16, 2022   In religion, people end up commemorating things. They commemorate the miracles of God like Passover, Chanukah, Purim and The Resurrection. So, in a synagogue in Nazareth, they commemorated the power and works of God in praye...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8   Just as Jesus was present in New Testament times to lead His disciples, so He is ready to guide you today. Jesus is the Beginning and the End, so He&rs...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   I know that You sent Jesus into the world so that I could have eternal life with You.   As Jesus explained...   For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, th...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 3:16 NKJV For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.   John 3:17 NKJV For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that t...

  • Lectionary

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

    Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 337 Reading I Jas 1:19-27 Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger for anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God. Therefore, put aw...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8:22-26): When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand an...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time The commentary on Proverbs by Procopius of GazaThe Wisdom of God has mixed wine for us and set up a feast Wisdom has bui...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 16 February 2022 Wednesday of week 6 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...

  • many attributes that don't fit the bible

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.

    4 Questions about the Attributes of God  by: Gerald Bray The Attributes of God: An Introduction Q: What are God’s attributes and why have I never heard of them before? A: The attributes of God are the characteristics that describe what he is like. The word is used by theologians ...

  • A Step by Step Guideline on How to Compose a Statistics dissert

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Olivia Brown

    A case study is used to analyze data collected during an investigation. The paper is also critical because it provides a the writer with a summary of the conclusions drawn from the analysis. When writing a statistics dissertation, it is essential to stick https://topessaybrands.com/ to the...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Arch and The Graffiti Tuesday, February 15, 2022   After the Roman Empire destroyed Israel, the Romans built an arch called the Arch of Titus to celebrate the victory. Today the Roman Empire is gone. Yet the Arch of Titus still stands. Somebody wrote on that arch in graffit...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: The King (Jehovah Melek) Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the king, the LORD of hosts. Isaiah 6:5   The Lord is Jehovah Melek, the K...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for this new day.   Thank You for the little things that I often take for granted.   I’m blessed because You are a loving, forgiving and understanding God.   You hav...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I John 1:9 NKJV If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  • Lectionary

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

    Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 336 Reading I Jas 1:12-18 Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proven he will receive the crown of life  that he promised to those who love him. No one experiencing temptat...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8:14-21): The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Jesus enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the lea...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time From the Discourses against the Arians by Saint Athanasius, bishopWe know the Father through creative and incarnate wisdom The...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday of week 6 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 th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday of week 6 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday of week 6 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday of week 6 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 15 February 2022 Tuesday of week 6 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...

  • Put your mind in Gear, before mouth in Motion.

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.

      By: Pastor David May02/13/2022 Put your mind in Gear, before mouth in Motion. You need to engage your brain before you open your mouth as the saying goes. Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil. It is likely where this wise...

  • Sapphries

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Joy as it is in Heaven Monday, February 14, 2022   The words "heaven" or "heavenly" are often associated with feelings of pleasure. Sayings like "I'm in seventh heaven" and "It's so heavenly" describe experiences that bring joy. For many believers though, heavenly things seem r...

  • Saint of the Day

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

    St. Valentine Saint of the Day St. Valentine of Rome (c. 270) was a priest who lived in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II. Little is known of his life with certainty, except that he ministered to Christians who ...

  • Verse of the Day

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

    Daily Verse "Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show his works by a good life in the humility that comes from wisdom."  –James 3:13

  • Meditation

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

    Today's Meditation “Each of us must come to the evening of life. Each of us must enter on eternity.  Each of us must come to that quiet, awful time, when we will appear before the Lord of the vineyard, and answer for the deeds done in the body, whether they be good or bad. That, my dear ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Rock And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18   Jesus is the Rock on which the Church is built. Some have mistakenly thought that in Matthew ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Your great love is everlasting and far reaching...   Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is your fa...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Lamentations 3:22-26 NIV Because of the LORD’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore, I will wait for ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop Lectionary: 335 Reading I Jas 1:1-11 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greetings. Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounte...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 8:11-13): The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, &...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop  on Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop Saints Cyril and Methodius, painting (1885) by the Polish artist Jan Matejko ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop  on Monday of week 6 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 L...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop  on Monday of week 6 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....

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Monday of week 6 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Monday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Monday of week 6 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop  on Monday of week 6 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 ai...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 14 February 2022 Monday of week 6 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...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted February 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Son of Joseph Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote— Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." John 1:45 Jesus is called the Son of Joseph because Joseph was His earthly stepfather and legal guardia...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted February 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I praise You for this new day. You are the Creator of the universe and you know all things... Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is we...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted February 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the day Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28