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  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I desire a deeper relationship with You.   I want to hear Your voice, to know Your presence, to walk with You each and every day.   Help me to put You first in my life, as Jesus taught us... ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 5, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33   ...fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one min...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Elizabeth of the Visitation St. Elizabeth of the Visitation (1st c.) was the wife of Zachary, a temple priest, and the cousin and close companion of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is the one whom Our Lady visited in haste after the A...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 5, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you [falsely] because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:1...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 489 Reading I Rom 15:14-21 I myself am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another. But I have ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 16,1-8): At another time Jesus told his disciples, «There was a rich man whose steward was reported to him for fraudulent service. He summoned the stewa...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint Gregory NazianzenIt is a holy thought to pray for the dead What is man, that you are mindful of him? What...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 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 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 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 November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 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 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 5 November 2021 Friday of week 31 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 ...

  • The Need Of Repentance

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth – 2 Timothy 2:25   There is something here to be learned for those who might admonish others, for those who are admonished, and an objective and God-glor...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Tracing Messiah Thursday, November 4, 2021   Did you ever have to draw something in school and you tried and got a mess? But then you see the masterpiece. You trace a picture and put the masterpiece behind your paper; follow the lines and soon you have a pretty good image. In 1...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Only Begotten Son For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16   Jesus is the Only Begotten Son, an Old Testament title declaring that He was ete...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   You are my hope and my eternal friend .   I pray that You will give me the patience I need to wait upon Your will and Your plans for me...   But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their s...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Charles Borromeo St. Charles Borromeo (1538–1584) was born into an ancient and wealthy family in Lombardy, Italy. When his uncle became Pope Pius IV, Charles was brought to Rome to take over several important assignments conn...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 4, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate, and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace. In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows of the evil one. And ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop Lectionary: 488 Reading I Rom 14:7-12 Brothers and sisters: None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 15,1-10): Tax collectors and sinners were seeking the company of Jesus, all of them eager to hear what He had to say. But the Pharisees and the scribes frow...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop  on Thursday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop Portrait of Charles Borromeo, by Giovanni Figino. Between 1560 and 1608. A sermon by...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop  on Thursday of week 31 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, ma...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop  on Thursday of week 31 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Thursday of week 31 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 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Thursday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Thursday of week 31 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 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop  on Thursday of week 31 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 Lo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 4 November 2021 Thursday of week 31 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...

  • Billige Fodboldtrøjer

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Nieves Maria

    derfor spare spanieren for millioner Bernd Leno er klubbens ubestridte nr Billige Fodboldtrøjer 1 og hævder, at mantlen fodboldtrøjer til salg slutningen af ​​kampagnen Bernd Leno er klubbens ubestridte nr. 1 og hævder, at mantlen tilbage efter Emilian...

  • The Effects Of Sin

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone– Hosea 4:17 This is one of the saddest statements in Scripture. The people of Ephraim had become so attached to their idols that God finally says, “Let them alone.” In one sense, this command may relate to the prophet Hosea’s interactions with these pe...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Lily Command Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Messiah said, "Consider the lilies." Now that's a command. Have you obeyed it? Messiah is teaching us a lesson. Lilies don't have to worry about clothes, or money, or working; lilies don't spend their days worrying, toiling or struggling. So l...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    esus: The Last Adam The first man Adam became a living being. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45   Jesus is the Last Adam. Just as Adam was the head of the human race, so Jesus is the Head of those He has redeemed. The first Adam, as head o...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Today's Prayer is based upon Psalm 147   Dear Father God,   Oh, how I praise You!   Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful... Psalm ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful... Psalm 147:1

  • Devotion of the Month

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Devotion of the Month Month of the Holy Souls The Catholic Church dedicates the entire month of November to praying in a special way for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Holy Souls (also called the Faithful Departed) are members of the Church...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Martin de Porres St. Martin de Porres (1569-1639) was born in Lima, Peru. He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a freed slave woman from Panama, of either African or Native American descent. His parents never marrie...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "'Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!' The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge." Psalm 46:10-11  

  • Meditation

    Posted November 3, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Meditation of the Day "Our Lord, by descending into hell, planted (if I may thus express myself), in the spiritual garden of the Church, a mysterious tree, the fruits of which—namely, His merits—are destined for the constant relief of the Poor Souls in Purg...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 487 Reading I Rom 13:8-10 Brothers and sisters: Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, You shall not commit adult...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 14,25-33): One day, when large crowds were walking along with Jesus, He turned and said to them, «If you come to me, without being ready to give up y...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemThe power of fai...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious  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 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 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 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Martin de Porres, Religious  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 ou...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 3 November 2021 Wednesday of week 31 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 F...

  • Sapphries

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Echad & Ashray Tuesday, November 2, 2021 The Lord said, "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." Purity is linked to oneness - being one hundred percent pure. The word in Hebrew for oneness, singleness of mind and heart, is Echad. It says, the Lord our God is Echad, ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Lord The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the Lord is the Holy Spirit, who does the actual wo...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, As You did for Your first disciples, please fill me with Your Joy and fill me with Your Holy Spirit today... And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:52 Help me to bring glory to God The Father and ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Leviticus 11:44 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:52

  • Our Sovereign Lord

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    We have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will – Ephesians 1:11   It is unsettling, to some degree, for us to realize that God is actively engaged in His creation and is working everything aft...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Blessed John Bodey Blessed John Bodey (1549-1583) was born in Wells, England, the son of a wealthy merchant and former mayor. He studied at Oxford and became an Oxford Fellow in 1568 at the age of 19. Later he, along with seven othe...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25

  • Feast Day

    Posted November 2, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day All Souls Day November 2nd is All Souls Day, sometimes called the Day of the Dead. On this day, and during the month of November, the Church prays in a special way for the souls of the faithful departed, and individuals pray espec...

  • Lectionary

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) Lectionary: 668 The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Reading I Wis 3:1-9 The souls of the just are in the hand of God,     ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    November 2nd: All Souls listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 23:33.39-43): When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. Now one of the criminals hanging there...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Souls Purgatory, by Jean Colombe (1485). From St Ambrose's book on the death of his brother SatyrusLet us die with Christ, to live with Christ We see that death is gain, life is loss...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls  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 and to the Son and ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls  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 Father and to the Son ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls 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 and to the Son an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls 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 the Son and to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls 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 to the Son and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls  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 Father and to the So...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 2 November 2021 All Souls 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. Alleluia. ________ ...

  • Who Is God?

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you– 1 Peter 5:10   God is “the God all grace.”   The first and primary example of grace Peter gives us...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Deborah the Prophetess St. Deborah (11th c. B.C.) was a godly widow and saint of the Old Testament. She was a courageous prophetess and champion of the Israelites. All Israel came to her to judge their disputes, and God prophesied ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Philippians 4:8...

  • Feast Day

    Posted November 1, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day All Saints Day On November 1st the Church celebrates all her holy ones in heaven, known and unknown, with the feast of All Saints. The solemnity originally began in the 4th century to commemorate all the Christian martyrs kil...

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Get Daily Readings E-mails Solemnity of All Saints Lectionary: 667 Reading I Rv 7:2-4, 9-14 I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    November 1st: Solemnity of All Saints listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 5:1-12a): When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are th...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - Solemnity  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: All Saints All Saints, by Albrecht Dürer (1511). From a sermon of St Bernard of ClairvauxLet us make haste to our brethren who are awaiting us Why should our praise...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - 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 Father an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - 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 Father ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - 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 and to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - 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 Father and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - 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 the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 1 November 2021 All Saints - 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. Alle...

  • Words From The Cross

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost – John 19:30   Here is lesson number six from Jesus on the cross: the most important thing in your life is God’s will for your life; you are not finished until you ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The King Invisible Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17   Jesus is the King Invisible; you can’t see Him, but He’s there with you all day, every day. ...

  • Daily Prayer

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   It's true...that I may be the only "Bible" someone ever reads.   Please help me be a living testament to others for You.   Please work through me to be Your witness and help me to be a light and a...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Acts 1:8   Then the eyes of those who see will no longe...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Wolfgang  St. Wolfgang (934-994 A.D.), also known as the Great Almoner, was a Benedictine monk, reformer, and Bishop of Regensburg, Bavaria. He was born into the noble class and had an excellent education. As bishop he wo...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Bless those who persecute [you], bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation. D...

  • Feast Day

    Posted October 31, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day All Hallow's Eve All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween, is the vigil of All Saints (All Hallows) Day, which is a major feast on the liturgical calendar and a Holy Day of Obligation. Halloween (October 31st) is connected with All Sa...

  • Lectionary

    Posted October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 152 Reading I Dt 6:2-6 Moses spoke to the people, saying: "Fear the LORD, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you, and thus have long life. ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    hirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Podcast Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 12,28-34): A teacher of the Law had been listening to this discussion and admired how Jesus answered them. So he came up and asked him, «Which commandment is the first of al...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time From the Second Vatican Council's pastoral constitution "Gaudium et spes" on the Church in the modern worldThe promotion of peace Peace is n...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father a...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 31 October 2021 31st 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 October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time  (First Vespers of tomorrow, All Saints) 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 October 30, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 31 October 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. All...