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  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 19 January 2022 Wednesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time From "Lumen gentium", the Second Vatican Council's dogmatic constitution on the ChurchBehold! I will save my people By an...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Wednesday 19 January 2022 Wednesday of week 2 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 19 January 2022 Wednesday of week 2 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 January 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 19 January 2022 Wednesday of week 2 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 January 18, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 19 January 2022 Wednesday of week 2 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 19 January 2022 Wednesday of week 2 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 19 January 2022 Wednesday of week 2 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Wednesday 19 January 2022 Wednesday of week 2 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...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Remember no More Tuesday, January 18, 2022   God told His people to always remember the Exodus, how He saved them out of Egypt, how He split the sea in two, how He brought them to Sinai, and to the Promised Land. God told Israel to remember the Law He gave them. It is holy to r...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Wonderful For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful. Isaiah 9:6   Jesus is called Wonderful, a noun in the Hebrew language that Isaiah used as His name. Through...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Today I lift up those who are lacking a home to live in.   I pray for those who find themselves displaced and alone.   Help me to live a life that is worthy of what You have called me to, to love ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 18, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Isaiah 9:6 NKJV For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

  • Lectionary

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

    Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 312 Reading I 1 Sm 16:1-13 The LORD said to Samuel: “How long will you grieve for Saul, whom I have rejected as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 2:23-28): As he was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. At this the Pharisees sai...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Tuesday 18 January 2022 Tuesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansWho can express the binding power of divine love? Let the man truly p...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Tuesday 18 January 2022 Tuesday of week 2 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 F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 18 January 2022 Tuesday of week 2 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 18 January 2022 Tuesday of week 2 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 January 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 18 January 2022 Tuesday of week 2 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 18 January 2022 Tuesday of week 2 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Tuesday 18 January 2022 Tuesday of week 2 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 January 17, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 18 January 2022 Tuesday of week 2 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...

  • Daily Divination

    Posted January 17, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Today's demon is Zaebos who tells us to focus on romance and comfort. I am reminded of comfort when I am with my family. Ironically enough this used to not be the case. They are in a different spectrum of life all together. Surviving on my own is difficult several times over and there is not a sense...

  • Finding Tradition...

    Posted January 17, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    There are lots of different titles out their in the field of witchcraft to cause some concern and confusion about where to look to find actual elements of witchcraft and what actual witchcraft really is. Many are drawn to the idea of becoming a witch and have an allure to the secretive nature of it,...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Bread of Extra Monday, January 17, 2022   You might be saying you don't have enough. I don't have enough in my life: I don't have enough money, time, and affection and never have enough anything. You have a lot of lack and you sometimes complain; you're not satisfied. What ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Preeminence And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18   “Preeminence” means “first,” and Jesus wants to have f...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for Your everlasting love.   You are my God, and I will ever praise You.   Please help me to draw near to You today, I long for you to draw near to me (James 4:8).   I pra...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 17, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:1-2

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of Saint Anthony. Abbot Lectionary: 311 Reading I 1 Sm 15:16-23 Samuel said to Saul: “Stop! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” Saul replied, “Speak!”  Samuel then said: “Though little in your own e...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 2:18-22): The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast. People came to him and objected, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 17 January 2022 Saint Antony, Abbot  on Monday of week 2 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Antony, Abbot Detail from "The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot" (c.1480) by Piero di Cosimo (1462-1522). From th...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 17 January 2022 Saint Antony, Abbot  on Monday of week 2 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 17 January 2022 Saint Antony, Abbot  on Monday of week 2 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 17 January 2022 Monday of week 2 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 17 January 2022 Monday of week 2 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 January 16, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 17 January 2022 Monday of week 2 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 17 January 2022 Saint Antony, Abbot  on Monday of week 2 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 17 January 2022 Monday of week 2 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 January 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: Rain He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, like showers that water the earth. Psalm 72:6   The Holy Spirit is Rain to those who are famished; He gives refreshing life. He is Rain to those who have stopped growing; He can rep...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for Your presence in my life today, that as I draw near to You, You are so good to draw near to me. James 4:8   Lord, when I struggle to know Your nearness, I pray that You will renew my faith and my a...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 16, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14

  • Herd Mentality

    Posted January 16, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    The sheep are the herd. They are those who mill about their daily lives without the respect to stand up for themselves and make it in their own way. It is usually used in a slanderous way against Christians. Satanism by the church of Satan has focused on this concept as a key factor of what Satanism...

  • Lectionary

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

    Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 66 Reading I Is 62:1-5 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent,    for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines forth like the dawn    and her victory l...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Second Sunday in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 2:1-12): There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the mothe...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Sunday 16 January 2022 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time From St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the EphesiansThe harmony of unity It is right for you to give glory in every way to Jesus Christ ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Sunday 16 January 2022 2nd 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 16 January 2022 2nd 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 16 January 2022 2nd 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 January 15, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 16 January 2022 2nd 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 16 January 2022 2nd 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 16 January 2022 2nd 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 16 January 2022 2nd 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...

  • Daily Divination

    Posted January 15, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Today's demon is pruflas who warns us of contention and gossip. A big thing that I was disappointed with in my Christian experience was the lack of follow through with this process by Christians themselves. So beware even when someone says they don't do this. It can hinder options for social growth ...

  • Alter Ego

    Posted January 15, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    I wrote earlier in a different post that I am here to challenge you and encourage you to become the best version of you that you could possibly become. Nothing has changed about this statement. This is what I think about on a consistent basis, even in regards to my own life and how I can actuall...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Way Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6   Jesus is the Way to Heaven; there is no other way to get there. Will you follow the Way today? Because Jesus is the Way, He invite...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for being my Advocate and my Counselor.   Please help me to navigate my day with Your wisdom and guidance.   I pray that Your Holy Spirit will help me to be slow to speak and slow to ang...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 15, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Luke 15:1-7 NIV Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Then Jesus told them this parable: &ldquo...

  • Lectionary

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

    Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 310 Reading I 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1 There was a stalwart man from Benjamin named Kish, who was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite. He had a son named Saul, who...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 2:13-17): Jesus went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them. As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. J...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 15 January 2022 Saturday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 1 in Ordinary Time From a letter of Pope St Clement I to the CorinthiansFrom the first, faith has been God's means of justifying men God&r...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Saturday 15 January 2022 Saturday of week 1 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 January 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 15 January 2022 Saturday of week 1 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, come...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 15 January 2022 Saturday of week 1 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 15 January 2022 Saturday of week 1 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 15 January 2022 Saturday of week 1 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 January 14, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 15 January 2022 Saturday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

      Saturday 15 January 2022 Saturday of week 1 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 with...

  • Daily Divination Explination

    Posted January 14, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    I use a three card spread for my divinations from the daemon tarot... The center card is the daemon of the day, the left card is the symbol of strength based on the pillar of boaz, and the right is the symbol of wisdom based on the pillar or jachoam. The two pillars are a feature of the high prieste...

  • Verse of the Day

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

    Daily Verse "Though the fig tree do not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." –Habakkuk 3:17...

  • Meditation

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

    Today's Meditation “This great power of grace over nature appears at first sight as unnatural, for which reason nature strives against it and does not even wish to hear of the necessity of penance and mortification. But the obligation of penance remains, and precisely because of nature’...

  • Daily Divination

    Posted January 14, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Today's demon is Azazel who reminds us to focus on responsibility. When you make a choice to do something you need to stick with it and doing so will be more to your benefit. As such it is wise not to look to place blame for whatever ills us. Beware of this and beating yourself up as well. Seek fair...

  • The Three Minds

    Posted January 14, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Christopher Penzack describes an important part of witchcraft is aligning the three minds. The three minds are different parts of the psyche such as the ego, id, and superego, but are a different way to describe it. He does not really dive into the alignment of the three minds as far as the specific...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Voice of The Nahash Friday, January 14, 2022   The Hebrew word for serpent or snake is nahash. It sounds like someone is whispering, nahash, nahash. The word for snake also means the whisperer, nahash. In the Bible, the serpent is the symbol of the enemy. The enemy is a whi...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Vine I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5   Jesus is the Vine, the source of your spiritual life. Abide in Him, and you’ll have a fruitful life. Yo...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Today I surrender all that I am to You.   May I speak only words that bring healing and encouragement today.   May my actions reflect the great mercy and love that You have shown to me.  ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 14, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord, my God. Jonah 2:6   For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:17

  • Lectionary

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

    Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 309 Reading I 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a All the elders of Israel came in a body to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, “Now that you are old, and your sons do not follow your example, appoint a king over us, as...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 2:1-12): When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 1 in Ordinary Time From the Discourse Against the Pagans by Saint Athanasius, bishopThe Word creates a divine harmony in creation In the beginning wa...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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 January 13, 2022 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Friday 14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 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...

  • Deception

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor David May

    Deception is not a topic to take lightly, brush over, or disregard. The Lord gives warnings throughout the Bible to be watchful of deception. Not just from the enemy, but also from those within the church forsaking truth, and those who’ve linked arms with the enemy to lead people into the detr...

  • Saint of the Day

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

    St. Hilary of Poitiers Saint of the Day St. Hilary of Poitiers (300–368 A.D.) was born in France to noble pagan parents. He was well instructed in philosophy and converted to Christianity after studying the Old and New Testaments. He was baptized into the Church along with his wife and dau...

  • Daily Divination

    Posted January 13, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    Today's demon is abraxas who warns us to beware of lies of omission... Often times people of the wrong sort will smile at you through their teeth presenting a good warm and hearty handshake while planning on plundering your city to lay it to ruin. White lies/fibs are almost just as lethal as lies of...

  • Never Give up

    Posted January 13, 2022 by peter Chamberland

    When things get difficult and it turns to a sense of monotony about life, I find that it takes a sense of true grit to deal with the repetition of it all and retain that sense of appreciation for things in life. When you're on a fixed income this can be especially difficult, looking for the cheap de...

  • Sapphries

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Gravity-Free Living Thursday, January 13, 2022   Are you burdened down with problems, worries, fears, a million issues? You think, if I get rid of the problems, I'll get rid of the burdens. No. This world has problems, but there's a secret of how to live a burden-free life. The...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Father: The Father of Lights Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. James 1:17   God is the Father of Lights who originally created physical l...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Thank You for filling Your creation with awe-inspiring beauty.   Help me to see Your glory today as it is displayed in Your creation.   Please help me to recognize the works of Your hands all arou...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted January 13, 2022 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day So, God created man in His own image, in the image of God, He created him, male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27   O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up, ...

  • Lectionary

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

    Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 308 Reading I 1 Sm 4:1-11 The Philistines gathered for an attack on Israel. Israel went out to engage them in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek. The Philistines then dre...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 1,40-45): A leper came to him [and kneeling down] begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Hilary, Bishop, Doctor  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time From the Discourse Against the Pagans by Saint Athanasius, bishopThe word of the Father...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Hilary, Bishop, Doctor  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Hilary, Bishop, Doctor  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O L...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 13 January 2022 Thursday of week 1 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...