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  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 29, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus St. Martha (1st c.) was a pious Jewish woman from Bethany near Jerusalem. She was a close friend of Jesus during his earthly ministry, as was her brother, St. Lazarus, and her sister, St. Mary of Bethany (St...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 29, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "For I have learned, in whatever situation I find myself, to be self-sufficient. I know indeed how to live in humble circumstances; I know also how to live with abundance. In every circumstance and in all things I have learned the secret of being well ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus Lectionary: 404/607 Reading I Ex 40:16-21, 34-38 Moses did exactly as the LORD had commanded him. On the first day of the first month of the second year the Dwelling was erected. It was Moses who erected the Dwellin...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    July 29th: Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 10,38-42): Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet li...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 29 July 2021 Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus  on Thursday of week 17 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (c.1654?), attributed to Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), Nationa...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 29 July 2021 Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus  on Thursday of week 17 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 29 July 2021 Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus  on Thursday of week 17 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 July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 29 July 2021 Thursday of week 17 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 July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 29 July 2021 Thursday of week 17 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 July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 29 July 2021 Thursday of week 17 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 July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 29 July 2021 Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus  on Thursday of week 17 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 July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 29 July 2021 Thursday of week 17 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...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 13,44-46): Jesus said to the crowds, «The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. The one who finds it buries it again; and so happy i...

  • The Devine Truth

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    We’ve all occasionally fallen for a lie, whether it was something as trivial as false advertising or as serious as a scam that emptied a bank account. Whatever the trickery was, it can be traced back to the Father of Lies—Satan (John 8:44). And his most devastating deceptions are those t...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Spirit Champions Wednesday, July 28, 2021   Ever ponder all the things that athletes go through to become physically fit? Athletes train for hours with weights, and watch every calorie they eat so they can be champions. Even for the few who win, the victory is short-lived, and ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Man of Sorrows He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isaiah 53:3   Jesus is the Man of Sorrows. When the soldiers cru...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   Thank You for being my heavenly Father and my forever Friend.   You listen when no one else listens to me.   You love me unconditionally.   You correct me when I’m wrong, in whatev...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isaiah 53:3

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Sts. Nazarius and Celsus St. Nazarius and St. Celsus (1st c.) were early Christian martyrs, but nothing else is known with certainty about their lives or the time they lived, other than that they were put to death for their Christia...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 28, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."" Jeremiah 1:4-5

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 403 Reading I Ex 34:29-35 As Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands, he did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed ...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 28 July 2021 Wednesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemThe Church, the assembly of God's people The Catholic, or uni...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 28 July 2021 Wednesday of week 17 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 28 July 2021 Wednesday of week 17 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 28 July 2021 Wednesday of week 17 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 July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 28 July 2021 Wednesday of week 17 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 July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 28 July 2021 Wednesday of week 17 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 July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 28 July 2021 Wednesday of week 17 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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 28 July 2021 Wednesday of week 17 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...

  • Ploughing Under Your Sins

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    It can be sobering to think about life as a field of our own planting, and what’s in our field is determined by the type of seed we have chosen to sow. What if we selected the wrong “seed” but don’t realize it until years later, when we’re standing in a field filled wit...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Philippians TV Tuesday, July 27, 2021   In Philippians 4:8, it is written, ".. whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if there is anything of excellence or worthy of praise - let your mind dwell on su...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Man Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!” John 19:5   Jesus is the Man whom the Jewish leaders brought to the Roman governor Pilate to be tried. They said that whe...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven,   Most Holy is Your name...   The Lord is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name — He is holy. Psalm 99:2-3   ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The Lord is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name — He is holy. Psalm 99:2-3

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day Pope St. Celestine I Pope St. Celestine I (d. 432 A.D.) was a Roman deacon who was elected Supreme Pontiff in 422 A.D. He was a contemporary of St. Augustine, and it is said that the two were good friends. He also lived with St. Ambrose ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 27, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it." John 14:13-14  

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 402 Reading I Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28 The tent, which was called the meeting tent, Moses used to pitch at some distance away, outside the camp. Anyone who wished to consult the LORD would go to this ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 13,36-43): Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the fie...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 July 2021 Tuesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time A homily of St Basil the GreatSow for the sake of your own righteousness O man, be like the earth. Bear fruit like her and do no...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 July 2021 Tuesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 July 2021 Tuesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 July 2021 Tuesday of week 17 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 July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 July 2021 Tuesday of week 17 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 July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 July 2021 Tuesday of week 17 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 July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 July 2021 Tuesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 27 July 2021 Tuesday of week 17 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...

  • Steps to Follow When Paraphrasing

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Jordan Pinker

    Whenever you type online paraphrasing service, then you have to be very careful when paraphrasing. Remember, however, while in-text citations might be necessary, always be cautious not to copy anyone’s work directly and expect to get plagiarized work. You also need to understand the following ...

  • Deceiving Yourself

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Doesn’t it sometimes seem that certain people never face consequences for their sin? Perhaps you know folks whose ungodly choices have caused them great trouble and suffering, yet there are also those who are prosperous and apparently happy despite their sinful lifestyle. Like the writer of to...

  • Sapphries

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Enemy P.R. Monday, July 26, 2021   In Ephesians it is written, "Don't give the enemy any room." You have to be careful not to give the enemy even an inch in such things as anger, bitterness, and unforgiveness. There's another way to give the enemy room, a way that you probably ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Trinity: Song The LORD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will exalt Him. Exodus 15:2   You will want to sing when you see what God is doing in your life, because He is yo...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   Many are Your wonderful works...   Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and s...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the Lord. Psalm 40:3   Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoug...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Anne & St. Joachim St. Anne and St. Joachim (1st c. B.C.) are the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the maternal grandparents of Jesus. Their names have been preserved in Church tradition since the second century, although littl...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 26, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say." Luke 12:11-12 ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 401 Reading I Ex 32:15-24, 30-34 Moses turned and came down the mountain with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands, tablets that were written on both sides, front a...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 13,31-35): Jesus put another parable before them, «The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, that a man took and sowed in his field. It is smaller th...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 July 2021 Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary  on Monday of week 17 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Marriage of Anna and Joachim, ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 July 2021 Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary  on Monday of week 17 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, ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 July 2021 Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary  on Monday of week 17 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 G...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 July 2021 Monday of week 17 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 Fat...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 July 2021 Monday of week 17 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 July 2021 Monday of week 17 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 July 2021 Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary  on Monday of week 17 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...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Monday 26 July 2021 Monday of week 17 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 and...

  • Resetting The Priorities of Our Heart

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    You may be familiar with the story of Mary and Martha, the two sisters who eagerly welcomed Jesus into their home. Like many of us, Martha busied herself with tasks and preparations, ensuring that the Lord would be served well. Meanwhile Mary sat with Jesus and listened to Him. He eventually said to...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Man Child And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. Revelation 12:5   Jesus is called the Man Child because He was born to live as a man and to die ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   You understand what it is like to be tempted...   Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:18   You resisted and overc...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:18   Then we cried out to the Lord God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction...

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    Posted July 25, 2021 by Chelsey Mckenn

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  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Christopher St. Christopher (3rd c.) is a highly popular saint, though little is known about him with certainty. According to one account, a pagan queen prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary for a child, whom she named Offerus and dedi...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for thee. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble." Isaiah 33:2

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 110 Reading I 2 Kgs 4:42-44 A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing to Elisha, the man of God, twenty barley loaves made from the firstfruits, and fresh grain in the ear.  Elisha said, “Give it to the ...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 6,1-15): Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 July 2021 17th 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 and ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 July 2021 17th 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 and ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 July 2021 17th 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 Father ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 July 2021 17th 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 an...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 July 2021 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 July 2021 17th 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 t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 July 2021 17th 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 Fathe...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 25 July 2021 17th 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. Allelu...

  • Serving The People...How?

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Ashley Segal

    I only recently began trying to do work as a minister, but I have so many things I want to do with this purpose I've been given. No matter how I search, I cannot find a ULC based place of worship in my area, or even outskirts of my area... And somehow, this bothers me. It makes me want to start...

  • Triumph Over Sin

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    At times ungodly people appear to triumph over the righteous, and it makes us scratch our heads, wondering why the Lord doesn’t intervene. But the truth is, He often uses the wicked to accomplish His purpose.   Joseph faced one hard-hearted individual after another during his life. His ...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: The Prince of Life And killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. Acts 3:15   The Apostle Peter referred to Jesus before the crucifixion as the Prince of Life. Because a prince is one who is waiting to ascend the ...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   How much longer until You come again?   We long for the day when Jesus is worshiped in all nations...   Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your wa...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations. Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship be...

  • Fotbollströjor Med Tryck

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Emilio Caraballo

    billiga fotbollströjor Fangruppen Blues Brothers Rangers och Linfield FC publicerade Fotbollströjor Med Tryck, Billiga Fotbollströjor gers-supportrarna dök upp i fotbollströjor med nummer överklagat beslutet Tusentals Rangers-fans bröt lockdown f...

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Christina the Astonishing St. Christina (1150-1224) was born to a peasant family in Belgium. She was orphaned as a child and raised by her two older sisters. When she was 21 she had what was believed to be a severe seizure, an...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted July 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 400 Reading I Ex 24:3-8 When Moses came to the people and related all the words and ordinances of the LORD,   they all answered with one voice, “We will do everything that the LORD has told...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 13,24-30): Jesus told his disciples another parable, «The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 July 2021 Saturday of week 16 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Charbel Makhlouf, Priest  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 16 in Ordinary Time From a homily on the 2nd letter to the Corinthians by Saint John Chrysostom, bishopOur...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 July 2021 Saturday of week 16 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Charbel Makhlouf, Priest  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 Invi...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 July 2021 Saturday of week 16 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Charbel Makhlouf, Priest  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 ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 July 2021 Saturday of week 16 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 July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 July 2021 Saturday of week 16 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 July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 July 2021 Saturday of week 16 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 July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 July 2021 Saturday of week 16 in Ordinary Time  or Saint Charbel Makhlouf, Priest  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the firs...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted July 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 24 July 2021 Saturday of week 16 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.Am...

  • Yielding to A Worldly Culture

    Posted July 23, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    There are many committed followers of Jesus Christ who are focused on pleasing God and growing in faith. But others who identify as Christians don’t concern themselves with spiritual matters at all and instead retain a carnal mindset. This can happen when people start compromising their convic...