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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 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 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Our Lady of Lourdes 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 11 February 2022 Friday of week 5 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 Peter Schmalenbach · L.A.M. · GermanyToday is "Lourdes Day". February 11, 1858 was the day of the first apparition of Mary in Lourdes, which eventually led to a pilgrimage site for the sick of international importance. Since 2003, I have been very often to this impressive pilgrimage site in the Pyrenees of ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Rabbi who Leads The Church Thursday, February 10, 2022 The head of the church isn't a pope, isn't a minister, it's a Rabbi. Yeshua, Jesus is a Rabbi. He's called Rabbi, and He's the grand Rabbi. The Rabbi in Jewish culture was the one who taught you. He expounds on God's ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: That Spiritual Rock For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:4 Jesus was that Spiritual Rock from which the Israelites drank when they thirsted in the wilderness as they traveled from Egypt. T...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I join with your people in Heaven and on the Earth to proclaim... Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Revelation 5:12 Worthy is my Lord Jesus, the Lamb whose loving and obedient sacrifice...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Matthew 7:24-25 NKJV “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:24-30): Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. Soon a woman whose daughter ha...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin Lectionary: 332 Reading I 1 Kgs 11:4-13 When Solomon was old his wives had turned his heart to strange gods, and his heart was not entirely with the LORD, his God, as the heart of his father David had been. By adoring Asta...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Scholastica, Virgin From an altarpiece (c.1453) by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) in the Brera Gallery, Milan. From the books o...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Thursday of week 5 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 ha...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Thursday of week 5 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, mak...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 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 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 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 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 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 10 February 2022 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Thursday of week 5 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, m...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Thursday 10 February 2022 Thursday of week 5 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 Door and The Window Wednesday, February 9, 2022 In Acts 9, Paul is in danger and there are people out for his life. He is being guarded and can't go out the regular gate of the city. So what does he do? He goes out the window modeling the out-the-window principle. The doo...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Trinity: The Shadow of the Almighty He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 A shadow can be both good and bad. A threatening shadow may warn of an approaching storm. When we see a shadow in the...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Today I desire to live fully in Your presence. I welcome Your Holy Spirit to fill me and to lead me. As I work through my lists and projects, I will seek You above all else, recognizing You as...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalms 91:1 NKJV He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 331 Reading I 1 Kgs 10:1-10 The queen of Sheba, having heard of Solomon’s fame, came to test him with subtle questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very numerous retinue, and with camels bearin...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:14-23): Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a letter by Saint Ambrose, bishopWe are heirs of God, co-heirs with Christ The person who puts to death by the Spiri...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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.Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 F...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 b...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Wednesday 9 February 2022 Wednesday of week 5 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 Fat...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Word for you Today Tuesday, February 8, 2022 In synagogues during ancient times, the rabbis would minister using Biblical accounts: the past works of God, what God would one day do in His kingdom, when the time of the kingdom would come and what would come on the earth. O...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: A Nazarene And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene." Matthew 2:23 Two cities are especially important to the baby Jesus. He was born in Bethlehem, ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, You are my refuge and my strength... In God is my salvation and my glory, The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Psalm 62:7 I thank you that you are always with me...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day In God is my salvation and my glory, The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Psalm 62:7 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 330 Reading I 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30 Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole community of Israel, and stretching forth his hands toward heaven, he said, “LORD, God of Is...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 7:1-13): When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with uncle...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From a homily on Genesis by OrigenThe sacrifice of Abraha...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin 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. ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instea...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 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.Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 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 Fathe...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 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 Fa...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time or Saint Jerome Emilian or Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm inst...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Tuesday 8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 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 ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMThe Disappearing Dictators Monday, February 7, 2022 A believer suffered under Stalin and other dictators for his Christian faith. He had a dream one night that all these dictators were at a table. Instead of condemning them, hating them and blaming them for all the suffering ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Author of Our Faith Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 Jesus ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for this beautiful new day that you have made... This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 Your voice is so important to me, I lis...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day This is the day the Lord has made, We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 329 Reading I 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13 The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel, came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6:53-56): After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time From the 'Breviloquium' of St BonaventureFrom the knowledge of Jesus Christ flows the understanding of the whole of holy Scripture ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 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 Fat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 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 F...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 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 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 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 Fath...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Monday 7 February 2022 Monday of week 5 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 an...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Light of the City The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. Revelation 21:23 When we get to Heaven, we won’t need the sun that shines in our solar system. Je...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus, You are my light of life... 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.” Jo...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse 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 5:16 NKJV Let your light so shine before men, th...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 75 Reading I Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. Seraphim were stationed above. They cried one to the other,...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 5th (C) in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 5:1-11): While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the f...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 6 February 2022 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time From an explanation of Paul's letter to the Galatians by Saint Augustine, bishopLet us understand the workings of God's grace Paul writes to t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 6 February 2022 5th 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 an...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 6 February 2022 5th 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 Fathe...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 6 February 2022 5th 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 6 February 2022 5th 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 to...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 6 February 2022 5th 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 and...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 6 February 2022 5th 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 Fat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Sunday 6 February 2022 5th 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. Alle...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The All and in All Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. Colossians 3:11 Jesus is the All and in All. When you become a member of His Church—the...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer The themes from today's prayer are taken from Psalm 28, Psalm 31, Psalm 32 and Psalm 38. Pray for yourself and for others who may be in great need... Dear Father in Heaven, I crying out to You with my hands lifted high....
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Psalm 28:7 NKJV The Lord is my strength and my shield, My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped, Therefore, my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Daily Verse "Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain."–1 Corinthians 15:58
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Today's Meditation “Man threw away everything he had—his right to speak freely, his communion with God, his time in Paradise, his unclouded life—and went out naked, like a survivor from a shipwreck. But God received him and immediately clothed him, and taking him by the hand gradu...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Lectionary: 328 Reading I 1 Kgs 3:4-13 Solomon went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, because that was the most renowned high place. Upon its altar Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings. In Gibeon the LORD appeared ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6:30-34): The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 5 February 2022 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr St Peter Healing St Agatha (c.1614) by Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647). From a homily on Saint Agath...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 5 February 2022 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Saturday of week 4 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 5 February 2022 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Saturday of week 4 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, m...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 5 February 2022 Saturday of week 4 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 t...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 5 February 2022 Saturday of week 4 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 Fat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 5 February 2022 Saturday of week 4 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.Saturday 5 February 2022 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 5th 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 ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Saturday 5 February 2022 Saturday of week 4 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....
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMGetting Over Yourself Friday, February 4, 2022 It says in Colossians to set our mind on that which is above, where our life is hidden. We are called to live a heavenly life, in the heavenlies. Heaven is not just up, it's above. Up is a direction, above means it's over somethi...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMJesus: The Young Child And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:11 ...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I need You to lead me and to shape my life today. I am humbled as I approach You, knowing that I need You to be the center of my life. Sometimes I find myself living like my old self, living...
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by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCMLighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 327 Reading I Sir 47:2-11 Like the choice fat of the sacred offerings, so was David in Israel. He made sport of lions as though they ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6:14-29): King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; that is w...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 4 in Ordinary Time From a homily by a spiritual writer of the fourth centuryMay you be filled to the complete fullness of Christ Those who have been ...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 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 Fat...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 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...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 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 F...
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by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.Friday 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 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 4 February 2022 Friday of week 4 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 Fath...