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  • Office of Readings

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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 Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 9 January 2022 The Baptism of the Lord - Feast Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Am...

  • Daily Divination...

    Posted January 8, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Flavros suggests to make friends with unkikely allies. Even those that we may distrust. Social dynamics are an advanced sign of productive endeavors but can also mean things are not going well in certain contexts... Are you interracting enough with people, or are you unsatisfied with reclusive behav...

  • Zen and Devil Worship

    Posted January 8, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Part of Zen is not only living simply, but living courageously as well. We look through the spectrum of human experience without trepidation, knowing our control and level of indulgence is reasonable without doubt. A Church of Satan statement is that Satan represents all of the so called sins, as th...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Light Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." John 8:12   Jesus is the Light; He can show you where to walk today. He was the Light that shin...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for loving me.   I want to be more like You my Lord.   Please open my eyes so that I can see You more clearly.   Jesus said "I am the light of the world." John 8:12 ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 8, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day John 8:12 NKJV Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life.”   Matthew 5:14 NKJV “You are the light of the world....

  • Lectionary

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday after Epiphany Lectionary: 217 Reading I 1 Jn 5:14-21 Beloved: We have this confidence in him that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have ask...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday after Epiphany listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 3:22-30): Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea, where he spent some time with them baptizing. John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was an abunda...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 January 2022 Saturday after Epiphany Sunday  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday after Epiphany Sunday A sermon by Faustus of RiezThe marriage of Christ and the Church On the third day there was a wedding. What wedding can this be but the...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 January 2022 Saturday after Epiphany Sunday  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 January 2022 Saturday after Epiphany 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 January 2022 Saturday after Epiphany 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 January 2022 Saturday after Epiphany 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 January 2022 Saturday after Epiphany 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 January 2022 Saturday after Epiphany Sunday  (First Vespers of tomorrow, The Baptism of the Lord) 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 8 January 2022 Saturday after Epiphany 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. ...

  • God’s Word

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away – Matthew 24:35   “Nothing lasts forever.” We have become so used to the reality of this cliche that we have many times, even as Christians, unconsciously applied this earthly maxim to eternal things.  ...

  • Examples of Syncretism

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Diana Light

    The Nahua/indigeneous native Mexican word Ipalnemohuani.(eep-ahl-neh-moh-anee) translates to "He Through Whom One Lives," or that which, or by means of which, people live; Giver of Life; a deity that is part of the Ometeotl Complex, primordial parents of deities and humans, or Pre-hispanic creation;...

  • Daily Divination...

    Posted January 7, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Tap is about gaining knowledge, travel, and possible new positions. Ask what can you do to increase your position wherever you’re at? What can be done with the whole process to learn something from this? Life is always a continual process of learning. When you’re not its time to wonder a...

  • Deserved Respect...

    Posted January 7, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Respect is for those who deserve it, not those that demand it...  Often times I hear common statements of fallacious nature about respect. People state that someone with bad hygiene has no respect. People will say that people who don’t follow typical society norms have no respect. People...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Evidence of The True Pentecostals Friday, January 7, 2022   Many believers speak about Pentecost and what it is to be Pentecostal, or what it is to be spirit-filled, gifts of tongues, prophesies and miracles. All these things are in the Bible, but it's missing the point. Pe...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Living God Clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. 2 Corinthians 3:3   The t...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   You are worthy of all my praise.   Thank You for Your provision in my life.   The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1   Lord, there is power in Your name and thro...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1   If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. John 15:7   If any of you lacks wisdom, le...

  • Portugal Trøje

    Posted January 7, 2022 by Nieves Maria

    Danmark Trøje Børn, Køb Portugal Trøje   3 minutes billige fodboldtrøjer børn Den engelske landsholdsspiller Beth Mead scorede to gange i erin cuthbert udlignede på fodboldtrøjer udsalg forsvare deres titel Arsen...

  • Lectionary

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday after Epiphany Lectionary: 216 Reading I 1 Jn 5:5-13 Beloved: Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by wate...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday after Epiphany listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 5:12-16): It happened that there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where he was; and when he saw Jesus, he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said, “Lord, if you wi...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 January 2022 Friday after Epiphany Sunday  or Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday after Epiphany Sunday A sermon by St Maximus of TurinThe mystery of the Lord's baptism The Gospel tells us that the Lor...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 January 2022 Friday after Epiphany Sunday  or Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, mak...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 January 2022 Friday after Epiphany Sunday  or Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 January 2022 Friday after Epiphany 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 January 2022 Friday after Epiphany 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 January 2022 Friday after Epiphany 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 January 2022 Friday after Epiphany Sunday  or Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 7 January 2022 Friday after Epiphany Sunday 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 ...

  • Purification,,,,

    Posted January 6, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    In Christopher Penzcak’s book Sons of the Goddess, he makes the statement that purification is a big part of the witch’s journey.  This is why I chose to speak about my thoughts on purification from a Satanist perspective. I find it is useful in a roundabout sort of way within the ...

  • Jesus Makes Us Clean

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.

    Day 7 Jesus Makes Us Clean   Imagine your mind filled with heavy suitcases, labeled with things like, “bitterness,” “unforgiveness,” “mistakes,” and “shame.” Now, imagine throwing out those heavy bags and replacing them with things like “p...

  • Divination of the Day...

    Posted January 6, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Ribesal represents balance between emotions and logic. Don’t sacrifice either for one or the other, focus on compensating between the two to live harmoniously as possible. If your feeling a little chaotic or off balance you can invoke Ribesal to calm the storm. But be weary, he is noted as a t...

  • The Pentagram/Pentacle.

    Posted January 6, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    The pentacle and pentagram have long been associated with witchcraft on multiple levels. It is a symbol that evokes mystery within us and instigates a lot of hype when combined with certain situations. It was said that the Zodiac Killer had a pentagram tattooed on his hand, and the pentagram has bee...

  • The Gospel

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    We pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him– 2 Corinthians 5:20-21   Here is the gospel in a nutshell. First, God made Jesus sin itself — Jesus who had n...

  • Deep Cleaning Unforgiveness

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.

    Day 5 Deep Cleaning Unforgiveness  The process of deep cleaning is long and painful. You not only have to pick up the clutter but also have to address the hidden dirt that collects in the baseboards, the corners, and the places you don’t often look. In the process, it starts to look and...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Shell of You Thursday, January 6, 2022   Messiah said you must be born again. One of the symbols of being born again is the butterfly because in nature, it goes through the first part of its life crawling - as a caterpillar. And then it becomes a heavenly creature - a beaut...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Name of Jesus Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. Colossians 3:17   There’s power in the Name of Jesus. Remember that signs and wonders are done through the Name of Jesus (Acts 4:30). The Name of Jesus cleansed the ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for this new year and Your continued blessings of the loved ones You have placed in my life.   I ask You for a new year of health and healing, both spiritually and physically, for my life and for those...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 6, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17

  • Lectionary

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday after Epiphany Lectionary: 215 Reading I 1 Jn 4:19–5:4 Beloved, we love God because he first loved us.  If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen&nbs...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday after Epiphany listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 4:14-22): Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. He came to N...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 January 2022 Thursday after Epiphany Sunday  or Saint André Bessette  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday after Epiphany Sunday A commentary on St John's gospel by St Cyril of AlexandriaThe gift of the Holy Spirit to all mankin...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 January 2022 Thursday after Epiphany Sunday  or Saint André Bessette  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 h...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 January 2022 Thursday after Epiphany Sunday  or Saint André Bessette  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, ma...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 January 2022 Thursday after Epiphany 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 January 2022 Thursday after Epiphany 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 January 2022 Thursday after Epiphany 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 January 2022 Thursday after Epiphany Sunday  or Saint André Bessette  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, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 6 January 2022 Thursday after Epiphany Sunday 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...

  • Religious Composition by each State

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Diana Light

    The Pew Research Center conducted the religious landscape of each state. It would be interesting, on your part, to review the composition of your state.  Religious composition of adults in your state: https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/ My State is Arizona. Here is the ...

  • Daily Divination...

    Posted January 5, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Caacrinolas specializes in discerning secrets of the mind, he can be used to draw out the secrets of others, but he can also be used to solve problems that are road blocks to an individual. Even on mundane levels like dealing with short sightedness on behavior problems. Now would be a good time to r...

  • Deep Cleaning Toxic Influences

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.

    Day 3 Deep Cleaning Toxic Influences  Have you ever noticed your anxiety spike after spending a lot of time reading the news? Does your blood sometimes boil after scrolling through social media, seeing the misinformation and arguments that inevitably fill the comments? Have you noticed yourse...

  • The Gift of Jesus

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned – Mark 16:16   Jesus describes two groups of people, and he gives each assurance of the end they can expect for their current course of life.   Jesus has commissioned his disciples to go i...

  • Tis the Season

    Posted January 5, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Part of general witchcraft is attuning to the different seasons of the year. Many of the modern celebrations of holidays are based around ancient pagan customs and there is a plethora of ways to look into things. I find the easiest way and most common is the activity of four seasons. Within four sea...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Sabbath Must Be Entered Wednesday, January 5, 2022   Those of you who live near or work with Orthodox Jews are aware of something that happens every week. Every week on Friday, a few hours before sunset, Orthodox Jews begin rushing around, going home early, preparing, doing...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Name Above Every Name Therefore, God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name. Philippians 2:9   The name of Jesus is the Name Above Every Name. It is more excellent than that of Adam, the first man, because Jesus is the...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You do not give me a spirit of fear...   For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7   May I possess only what You give to me...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7   The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will q...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears turned to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against evildoers."–1 Peter 3:12

  • Meditation

    Posted January 5, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation “It is undoubtedly true that each of us, men and women, irresponsible and thoughtless as we often are, hold within our hands the happiness and sorrows of others. We cannot help it or escape from it. The power is in us inalienably almost from birth to death—in us, beca...

  • Deep Cleaning Our Hearts

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Rev. Dr. David May ThD.

    Day 1 Deep Cleaning Our Hearts  Think about the feeling you get after you deep clean your space. The clutter goes away, the surfaces get that gleaming, shiny look, and everything smells fresh and new. As you look around, you feel accomplished—like you can breathe again.  We now ha...

  • Lectionary

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop Lectionary: 214 Reading I 1 Jn 4:11-18 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. Th...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday after Epiphany listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6:45-52): After the five thousand had eaten and were satisfied, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side toward Bethsaida, while he dismissed the ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 January 2022 Saint John Neumann, Bishop  on Wednesday after Epiphany Sunday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint John Neumann, Bishop From a letter to Cardinal Barnabo by John Neumann, bishopI have laboured with all my powers to fulfil the du...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 January 2022 Saint John Neumann, Bishop  on Wednesday after Epiphany Sunday 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 January 2022 Saint John Neumann, Bishop  on Wednesday after Epiphany 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 ha...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 January 2022 Wednesday after Epiphany 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 January 2022 Wednesday after Epiphany 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 January 2022 Wednesday after Epiphany 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 Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 January 2022 Saint John Neumann, Bishop  on Wednesday after Epiphany 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 5 January 2022 Wednesday after Epiphany Sunday 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...

  • Quantum Physics...

    Posted January 4, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    In Quantum Physics there are experiments that describe the power of the observer in science effecting the outcome of the experiment to the desired effect. One such experiment is called the double slit theory. It has become evidenced that we have impact on the outcome of even science with our desires...

  • It’s Never to Late

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins – Acts 2:38   Perhaps forgiveness is not one of your felt needs. You may have so completely immersed yourself in the relativism and self-justification of your culture that you have numbed your...

  • Magic and More...

    Posted January 4, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    And God said, let there be light, and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good, and separated the light from the darkness. -- First Day of Creation. Genesis Chapter One.  The darkness was not made. It existed in the beginning with God, as God’s spirit hovered over the wat...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Return of The Falashas Tuesday, January 4, 2022   There has long lived in Africa a people known as the Falashas who keep the Biblical traditions and call themselves Beta Yisrael, the House of Israel. It appears that the Falashas are descendants of Jewish people who came to ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: The God of my Fathers But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. Acts 24:14   Paul worshiped the Go...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Thank You for walking with me each day and for carrying my burdens...   I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 4, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high. Leviticus 26:13

  • Lectionary

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious Lectionary: 213 Reading I 1 Jn 4:7-10 Beloved, let us love one another,     because love is of God;     everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday after Epiphany listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6, 34-44): When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. By now it was alr...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 January 2022 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton  on Tuesday after Epiphany Sunday Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Late 19th-century portrait, after an engraving of 1797. From a conference to her spiritual daughtersOur dail...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 January 2022 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton  on Tuesday after Epiphany Sunday 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 he...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 January 2022 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton  on Tuesday after Epiphany 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 January 2022 Tuesday after Epiphany 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 January 2022 Tuesday after Epiphany 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 January 2022 Tuesday after Epiphany 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 January 2022 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton  on Tuesday after Epiphany 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted January 3, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 4 January 2022 Tuesday after Epiphany Sunday 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 t...