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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 22 November 2021 Monday of week 34 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 November 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 22 November 2021 Monday of week 34 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 November 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 22 November 2021 Monday of week 34 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 November 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 22 November 2021 Saint Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr  on Monday of week 34 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, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 22 November 2021 Monday of week 34 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...

  • Be Strong In The Lord

    Posted November 21, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might – Ephesians 6:10   You have perhaps had someone at one time or another seek to comfort or encourage you in the midst of a personal trial by slapping you on the back and telling you to “be strong.” The counsel was well-mean...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Bl. Maria Franciszka Siedliska Saint of the Day Bl. Maria Franciszka Siedliska (1842-1902) was born to a noble and wealthy family in Warsaw, Poland. When a Capuchin friar prepared her for her First Holy Communion, she began to desire the religious life and made a private act of consecration to G...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "For whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope." Romans 15:4

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Lectionary: 161 Reading I Dn 7:13-14 As the visions during the night continued, I saw     one like a Son of man coming,         on the clouds of heaven; &...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (B) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 18:33b-37): Pilate said to Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Do you say this on your own or have others told you about m...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 21 November 2021 Christ the King - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Christ the King 'Christ of St John of the Cross' by Salvador Dalí. Image © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection. From a discourse of Origen on prayerThy k...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 21 November 2021 Christ the King - Solemnity  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 November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 21 November 2021 Christ the King - Solemnity  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 November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 21 November 2021 Christ the King - Solemnity 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 November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 21 November 2021 Christ the King - Solemnity 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 November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 21 November 2021 Christ the King - Solemnity 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 November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 21 November 2021 Christ the King - Solemnity  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 November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 21 November 2021 Christ the King - Solemnity 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...

  • Maglietta Milan

    Posted November 20, 2021 by Evelyne Lucretia

    Maglie Calcio Poco Prezzo ritorno della massima serie inglese Con il ritorno della massima serie inglese Maglietta Milan, Maglia Napoli a poco meno di tre settimane maglie squadre calcio arriverà con pochi rischi Con il ritorno della massima serie inglese venerdì...

  • Magliette Manchester United

    Posted November 20, 2021 by Evelyne Lucretia

    Maglie Calcio Poco Prezzo avvicina agli anni del tramonto Mentre Victor Lindelof ed Eric Bailly sono buone risorse da Maglia Napoli, Magliette Manchester United il nazionale francese ha maglie calcio a basso prezzo durante le trattative Mentre Victor Lindelof ed Eric Bailly so...

  • Listen To The Lord

    Posted November 20, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD – Proverbs 8:33,35 We all have difficulty at times receiving instruction. But the instruction that the writer here speaks of is the godly way of true wisdom. Therefore, it is li...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Bl. Maria Fortunata Viti Saint of the Day Blessed Maria Fortunata Viti (1827–1922) was born in Italy, the eldest daughter of nine children. Her father had a gambling and alcohol addiction, and her mother died when she was 14 years old. Maria then cared for her younger siblings and worked a...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "Therefore, from the day we heard this, we do not cease praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding to live in a manner worthy of the Lord, so as to be fully pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 502 Reading I 1 Mc 6:1-13 As King Antiochus was traversing the inland provinces, he heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais, famous for its wealth in silver and gold, and that its temp...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 20,27-40): Some Sadducees arrived. These people claim that there is no resurrection and they asked Jesus this question, «Master, in the Scripture Mose...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 20 November 2021 Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary Time A conference of St Thomas AquinasWhen your glory is seen, I shall be satisfied It is fitting that the end of all our desi...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 20 November 2021 Saturday of week 33 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 20 November 2021 Saturday of week 33 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, co...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 20 November 2021 Saturday of week 33 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 November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 20 November 2021 Saturday of week 33 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 November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 20 November 2021 Saturday of week 33 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 November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 20 November 2021 Saturday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, Christ the King) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the versi...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 20 November 2021 Saturday of week 33 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 en...

  • Sequel Sphere

    Posted November 19, 2021 by chris peterson

    Sequel Sphere is the most trustworthy assignment writing platform. It helps a lot of undergraduates tackle complicated assignments and submit them upon deadlines. This platform is a comprehensive solution to any problem with scholarly articles you can face. Thanks to a large team of experts with rea...

  • Maintaining Hope

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines…yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation – Habakkuk 3:17-18   What a wonderful encouragement from such a dark and discouraging prophecy!   While the prophet Habakkuk s...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    St. Barlaam of Antioch Saint of the Day St. Barlaam of Antioch (d. 304 A.D.) was an elderly, uneducated peasant laborer from a village near Antioch. He was arrested for his Christian faith under the persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian. He was detained for a long time in a dungeon before bein...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not pass over it, and fools shall not err therein." Isaiah 35:8

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 501 Reading I 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59 Judas and his brothers said, “Now that our enemies have been crushed, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and rededicate it.” So the whole army assemble...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,45-48): Jesus entered the Temple area and began to drive out the merchants. And He said to them, «God says in the Scriptures: ‘My house shall b...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 19 November 2021 Friday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 33 in Ordinary Time The treatise of St John Eudes on the kingdom of JesusThe mystery of Christ in us and in the Church We must strive to follow and...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 19 November 2021 Friday of week 33 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 November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 19 November 2021 Friday of week 33 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 November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 19 November 2021 Friday of week 33 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 November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 19 November 2021 Friday of week 33 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 November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 19 November 2021 Friday of week 33 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 November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 19 November 2021 Friday of week 33 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 November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 19 November 2021 Friday of week 33 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...

  • Building A Life In Church

    Posted November 18, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? – James 4:1 Have grudges, or petty differences, or personality clashes been tearing at your church lately? Has your own love for the Lord, and his people, been diminished by some strif...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Saint of the Day St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852) was born in Grenoble, France, to a wealthy and prominent family. At the age of 18 she joined the Visitation nuns against the wishes of her family, taking her religious name after St. Rose of Lima and St....

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the Lord!" Psalm 27:13-14

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 500 Reading I 1 Mc 2:15-29 The officers of the king in charge of enforcing the apostasy came to the city of Modein to organize the sacrifices. Many of Israel joined them, but Mattathias and his son...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,41-44): When Jesus had come in sight of the city, He wept over it and said, ‘If only today you knew the ways of peace! But now your eyes are held f...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles  or Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St Gregory...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles  or Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles  or Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 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 November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 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 November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 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 November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles  or Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, u...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 18 November 2021 Thursday of week 33 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...

  • Ministering To Others

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet – John 13:14 What a shocking scene this is! Even the disciples, who had watched Jesus touch lepers and heal cripples and eat with sinners, were unprepared for this parting command and example. The ...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    St. Elizabeth of Hungary Saint of the Day St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) was born in Hungary, the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and his wife Gertrude. As a child she was sent to Thuringa (now Germany) to be brought up with Prince Ludwig of Thuringa, whom she was to ma...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48

  • Meditation

    Posted November 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation "The story of Christ’s life and ministry cannot be told without giving due space to Satan’s activity. The Gospel writers carefully distinguish between cases of mere physical ailments and cases of a demonic character (both of which Jesus cures). Jesus frequently refers...

  • Juventus Trøje

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Nieves Maria

    kunne disse meddelelser komme hurtigere Englands engagement i Euro 2020 Fodboldtrøjer, Juventus Trøje med et betydningsfuldt sidste fodboldtrøjer med tryk ville være i stand Nogle rapporter indikerer, at der allerede er aftalt en aftale mellem de to k...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Lectionary: 499 Reading I 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31 It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat pork in violation of God’s ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,11-28): Jesus was now near Jerusalem and the people with him thought that God's reign was about to appear. So as they were listening to him, Jesus went ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 17 November 2021 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious  on Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious St Elizabeth of Hungary By Francisco de Zurbarán (c.1635-1640). From a...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 17 November 2021 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious  on Wednesday of week 33 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. ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 17 November 2021 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious  on Wednesday of week 33 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 a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 17 November 2021 Wednesday of week 33 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 17 November 2021 Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 17 November 2021 Wednesday of week 33 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 17 November 2021 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious  on Wednesday of week 33 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 17 November 2021 Wednesday of week 33 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 ...

  • Why Family Is The Foundation

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil – Proverbs 3:7 Here is a lesson for young people, from a loving and godly parent: “do not think highly of yourself; do not trust your young and inexperienced instincts and emotions; do not trust your own wisdom.” Conversely, fe...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    St. Gertrude the Great Saint of the Day St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302), also known as Gertrude of Helfta, was born on the feast of Epiphany in Thuringia (modern Germany). She was sent to be educated at the Benedictine monastery in Helfta at the age of four or five, possibly as an orphan or a...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world." John 6:51

  • Meditation

    Posted November 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation "The beatitude of the saints is immutable, like that of the Son of God. . . Add ages to ages; multiply them equal to the sand of the ocean or the stars of heaven; exhaust all numbers, if you can, beyond what the human intelligence can conceive, and for the elect there will be sti...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 498 Reading I 2 Mc 6:18-31 Eleazar, one of the foremost scribes, a man of advanced age and noble appearance, was being forced to open his mouth to eat pork.  But preferring a glorious death to ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 19,1-10): When Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the city, a man named Zaccheus was there. He was a tax collector and a wealthy man. He wanted to s...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Margaret of Scotland  or Saint Gertrude, Virgin  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time From the discourse "On the Palm Branches" by Saint Andrew...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Margaret of Scotland  or Saint Gertrude, 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. O...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Margaret of Scotland  or Saint Gertrude, 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 instead...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 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 November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 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 November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 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 November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Margaret of Scotland  or Saint Gertrude, 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 inste...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 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...

  • Your Decision’s Matter

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you– Matthew 6:33 Life can often seem very complicated. Career decisions, family dynamics, academic ambitions — every area and issue of life has its own challenges. However, Jesus spotlights for u...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    St. Albert the Great Saint of the Day St. Albert the Great (1206-1280) was born in Bavaria, Germany, the eldest son of a powerful military count. As a youth he was sent to study at the University of Padua where he encountered and entered the newly-founded Dominican order as a mendicant friar, fo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Daily Verse "All these died in faith. They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth." Hebrews 11:13

  • Meditation

    Posted November 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Today's Meditation "Prayer is more the work of the heart than of the head; it should, therefore, be simple, affective, and sincere. Let not the mind, then, weary itself in seeking for beautiful thoughts and sonorous phrases; we meditate not to prepare a finished sermon, nor to address God with fine...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 497 Reading I 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 [From the descendants of Alexander’s officers] there sprang a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus, once a hostage at Rome...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 18,35-43): When Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road, begging. As he heard the crowd passing by, he inquired what it was, and they ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Margaret of Scotland  or Saint Gertrude, Virgin  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time From the discourse "On the Palm Branches" by Saint Andrew...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Margaret of Scotland  or Saint Gertrude, 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. O...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Margaret of Scotland  or Saint Gertrude, 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 instead...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 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 November 14, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 16 November 2021 Tuesday of week 33 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...