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  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Sunday 22 August 2021 21st 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 August 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 22 August 2021 21st 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 August 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 22 August 2021 21st 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...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 21, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Master (Epistates) And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. Luke 5:5   Jesus sat in Peter’s boat and preached to a large crowd. When He fin...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 21, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   Please forgive me for the times I have not obeyed You.   Help me to completely obey Your teachings.   I need You miracle-working power in my life.   I bow in worship of You becau...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 21, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

  • Stand Firm In Faith

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

    Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong– 1 Corinthians 16:13   As Paul concludes his first, and scathing, letter to the church at Corinth, he leaves them with a rapid-fire set of short directives.   “Watch!” Paul says. You have already succumbe...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day Pope St. Pius X Pope St. Pius X (1835-1914) was born Giuseppe Melchiore, one of ten children from an impoverished family living in Venetia, then under the political control of the Austrian Empire. His parents valued education and ensur...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble. Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing...

  • fotbollströjor landslag

    Posted August 20, 2021 by Emilio Caraballo

    fotbollströjor senaste misslyckande med att lyfta Uniteds senaste misslyckande med att lyfta en pokal och tog united verkar vara säkert i fotbollströjor landslag glazer håller Men de lyckades inte få önskad effekt, med United som såg oinspirer...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 20, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Seeing Your Rabbi in the Mirror Friday, August 20, 2021   A disciple staying with his rabbi gave the servant of the house instructions to wake him early. The next morning, the disciple accidentally put on the rabbi's clothes instead of his own. In town, he passed a mirror. Seei...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 20, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Malefactor They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. John 18:30   Those who had Jesus arrested called him a Malefactor, which means “evildoer.” They had to bribe their witnesses ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 20, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   Thank You for loving me...   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   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 20, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day 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   He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. ...

  • Molded In The Image

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

    Despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: for whom the LORD loveth he correcteth– Proverbs 3:11-12   Do not despise, or make light of, the chastening hand of God in your life.   How does one make light of God’s correction, when it obviously...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Bernard of Clairvaux St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) was one of seven children born to a noble family in Burgundy, France. All seven children, six sons and one daughter, were offered to the service of God by their devout mothe...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everythin...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Friday 20 August 2021 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor  on Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor "Christ Embracing St Bernard" (c.1625) by Francisco Ribalta (1565-1628), Museo del Prado, Madrid. ...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Friday 20 August 2021 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor  on Friday of week 20 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 hast...

  • Lectionary

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

    Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 423 Reading I Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22 Once in the time of the judges there was a famine in the land; so a man from Bethlehem of Judah departed with his wife and two sons to reside on the pla...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 22,34-40): When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, &...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Saturday 21 August 2021 Saint Pius X, Pope  on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Pius X, Pope A photograph of Pope Pius X from 1905. From the apostolic constitution Divino afflatu of Pope Saint Pius XThe song...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Saturday 21 August 2021 Saint Pius X, Pope  on Saturday of week 20 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 h...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 21 August 2021 Saint Pius X, Pope  on Saturday of week 20 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 21 August 2021 Saturday of week 20 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 August 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 21 August 2021 Saturday of week 20 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 August 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 21 August 2021 Saturday of week 20 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 August 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 21 August 2021 Saint Pius X, Pope  on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time (First Vespers of tomorrow, 21st 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 Invitator...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Saturday 21 August 2021 Saturday of week 20 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....

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 19, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    What Worshiping Does for Your Health Thursday, August 19, 2021 Research from Purdue University revealed that the number of people who report excellent health is nearly 50% higher for those who attend church regularly over those who don't. Research from John Hopkins revealed that regular atte...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 19, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: The Pillar of Fire And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 19, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   You have established the importance of commitment and covenant promises.   You have witnessed the devastating effects of broken commitments through the ages.   Please help me to be a person who ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 19, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Matthew 6:13

  • God’s Lessons of Hope

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

    Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience– James 1:2-3   What a strange command this is, to count (perceive, think) it a joyful thing when difficult and dark trials come your way. Trials, by their very nature, cau...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. John Eudes St. John Eudes (1601–1680) was born in Normandy, France, to a farming family. His devout parents consecrated him to the Blessed Virgin Mary when he was a child. At the age of fourteen he took a vow of chastity, and s...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you." John 15:18-19

  • Lectionary

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

    Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 422 Reading I Jgs 11:29-39a The Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and through Mizpah-Gilead as well, and from there he went on to the Ammonites. Jephthah ma...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 22,1-14): Jesus began to address the chief priests and elders of the people, once more using parables: «This story throws light on the kingdom of heaven....

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Thursday 19 August 2021 Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  or Saint John Eudes, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Bishop Baldwin of Canterbury's Treatise on the Angel's GreetingA flower grew up from the r...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Thursday 19 August 2021 Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  or Saint John Eudes, Priest  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, mak...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 19 August 2021 Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  or Saint John Eudes, Priest  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 19 August 2021 Thursday of week 20 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 August 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 19 August 2021 Thursday of week 20 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 August 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 19 August 2021 Thursday of week 20 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 August 18, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 19 August 2021 Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  or Saint John Eudes, Priest  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Thursday 19 August 2021 Thursday of week 20 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...

  • Write My Personal Statement Online: Quick Guidelines for Beginn

    Posted August 18, 2021 by Alex Stanford

    Write My Personal Statement Online: Quick Guidelines for Beginners Having a well-polished professional report will earn you better scores and boost your chances of getting selected to join an research paper writers . You could be having a difficult time writing one for a job application. It helps a...

  • The Body Of Christ

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

    If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother– Matthew 18:15   Jesus here gives the prescription for offenses within the body of Christ. Do you believe his medicine is effective? Will...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 18, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Not 'Was New' but 'Is New' Wednesday, August 18, 2021   It is written, "If anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation..." When you come to Messiah, you become new. That's part of the truth, but not all. It's not what the Scripture says. The Scripture doesn't say, "he becomes a ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 18, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Lord of Lords He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords. 1 Timothy 6:15   Many in the world call Jesus Lord, but He is more; Jesus is Lord of Lords. A lord holds vast properties and asse...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 18, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Dear Lord of Lords,   I proclaim that You are my Lord.   I want you to be the Lord of every part of my life.   Please help me to be transformed and renewed by You...   And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 18, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2

  • Lectionary

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

    Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 421 Reading I Jgs 9:6-15 All the citizens of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and proceeded to make Abimelech king by the terebinth at the memorial pillar in Shechem. When this was reported ...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 20,1-16): Jesus said to his disciples, «This story throws light on the kingdom of heaven. A landowner went out early in the morning to hire workers for ...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Wednesday 18 August 2021 Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint AugustineHe who perseveres to the end will be saved Whenever we suffer some distress or tribulati...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Wednesday 18 August 2021 Wednesday of week 20 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 August 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 18 August 2021 Wednesday of week 20 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 August 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 18 August 2021 Wednesday of week 20 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 August 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 18 August 2021 Wednesday of week 20 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 August 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 18 August 2021 Wednesday of week 20 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 August 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 18 August 2021 Wednesday of week 20 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 August 17, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 18 August 2021 Wednesday of week 20 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...

  • Fotballdrakt Barn

    Posted August 17, 2021 by Chelsey Mckenn

    fotballdrakter kommer til tross for oppgang Nuno Espirito Santo som manager for Fotballdrakt Barn, Billige Fotballdrakter den portugisiske treneren er fotballdrakter eget trykk for en sesong Arsenal har fått muligheten til å ansette Nuno Espirito Santo som manager for ...

  • Bearing The Burden

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

    Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ– Galatians 6:2   To bear each other’s burdens means to emotionally, financially, physically, and—most of all—spiritually support one another in times of need. Are you ready for such a commitment? &n...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 17, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Angel's Inappropriate Greeting Tuesday, August 17, 2021   Suddenly, a malakh, a messenger, an angel of the Lord appears to a young man named Gideon and says to him, "Gideon, you valiant one." Now Gideon doesn't feel very valiant. He's living in fear and oppression, just lik...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 17, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Lord (Kurios) You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. John 13:13   Jesus is the Lord of Heaven, the Lord of the universe and the Lord of the Church; but most of all, He should be your personal Lord. Just as a human can be the lord of a mano...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 17, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, Lord God of All,   What do You want to achieve through my life?   Is there a special calling, a greater purpose than what I am aware of?   Please show me.   I want to die to my...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 17, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Hyacinth of Poland St. Hyacinth (1185-1257) was born of noble lineage and reared in a Polish castle. His parents took great care of the development of his mind and soul, entrusting his education to his uncle, a priest who became...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand." Psalm 95:6-7

  • Lectionary

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

    Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 420 Reading I Jgs 6:11-24a The angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. While his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press to save it...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 19,23-30): Jesus said to his disciples, «Truly I say to you: it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Yes, believe me: it is ea...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Tuesday 17 August 2021 Tuesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time From the homilies of St Bernard of Clairvaux on the glories of the Virgin MotherShe was prepared by the Most High and prefigure...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Tuesday 17 August 2021 Tuesday of week 20 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 August 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 17 August 2021 Tuesday of week 20 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 August 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 17 August 2021 Tuesday of week 20 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 August 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 17 August 2021 Tuesday of week 20 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 August 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 17 August 2021 Tuesday of week 20 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 August 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 17 August 2021 Tuesday of week 20 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 August 16, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 17 August 2021 Tuesday of week 20 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...

  • Avoiding the Father of Error

    Posted August 16, 2021 by Todd Radus

    Today I would like to share a passage from The Revelation of Peter taken from The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (revised and updated 2007). This text should not be confused with the Apocalypse of Peter first translated into Greek.   I have had difficulties finding the translated text in its pure for...

  • Sapphries

    Posted August 16, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    When is a River not a River? Monday, August 16, 2021   A river isn't a river when it stops flowing. If a river stops moving, whether by freezing or by becoming stagnant, it's no longer a river. The life of God in us is compared to a river - rivers of living waters flowing out o...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 16, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Breath of God As long as my breath is in me, and the breath of God in my nostrils. Job 27:3   The Holy Spirit is the Breath of God. When the Father wants to give life to something, the Holy Spirit is breathed into it. The Holy Spirit was the Brea...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted August 16, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Thank You for Your Holy Spirit, the Helper you sent to me, as Jesus taught...   But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bri...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted August 16, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. John 14:28   But you shall receive power when the Holy Sp...

  • A Marriage of Faith

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

    If any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God– 1 Timothy 5:4   How many nursing homes would be out of business if this command was followed more consistently by Christians? Whil...

  • Saint of the Day

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

      Saint of the Day St. Roch / Rocco St. Roch, also known as St. Rocco (d. 1327), was born in Montpellier, France, the pious son of the city's governor. He was born with a red cross on his chest, a sign that the Virgin Mary answered his mother's prayer to...

  • Verse of the Day

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

      Verse of the Day "I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power: proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage throu...

  • Lectionary

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

    Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 419 Reading I Jgs 2:11-19 The children of Israel offended the LORD by serving the Baals. Abandoning the LORD, the God of their fathers, who led them out of the land of Egypt, they followed the other god...

  • Gospel/Homily

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

    Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 19,16-22): A young man approached him and asked, «Master, what good work must I do to receive eternal life?». Jesus answered, «Why do you ask m...

  • Spiritual Reading

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

    Monday 16 August 2021 Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Stephen of Hungary  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time The Moral Reflections on Job by Pope St Gregory the GreatFights without and fears within The sa...

  • Office of Readings

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

    Monday 16 August 2021 Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Stephen of Hungary  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make ha...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 16 August 2021 Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Stephen of Hungary  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, mak...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 16 August 2021 Monday of week 20 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 August 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 16 August 2021 Monday of week 20 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 August 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 16 August 2021 Monday of week 20 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 August 15, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 16 August 2021 Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Stephen of Hungary  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, m...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

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

    Monday 16 August 2021 Monday of week 20 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...

  • Give me peace to dwell with you!

    Posted August 15, 2021 by Lubomir LAKATOS, BBA

    My Prayer for Today, August, 15 Year of the Lord 2021.  The LORD teaches me humility and grants me mercy to dwell with thee. Take away my sorrow and sorrow and give me a flood of love. Allow me to live with you. I believe in you, I hope in you, I have found peace in you. I can't live among pe...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted August 15, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Lord Jesus Christ My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. James 2:1   We usually think of Jesus as having three names: “Lord,” “Jesus” and “Christ.” But these thre...