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Thursday 22 July 2021 Saint Mary Magdalen - Feast 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Alone on the Roof Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Peter was staying at the house of Simon the Tanner and he went up on the roof to pray. So why did Peter go up on the roof to pray? He went up on the roof because he wanted to be alone with God. We often don't realize how important it...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Priest of the Most High God (El Elyon) For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him. Hebrews 7:1 Melchizedek was a priest of the Most High God; and b...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, You are the Creator and Ruler of all. You are the Most High God, El Elyon, the God who rules Heaven and Earth. I lift You up and praise You for who You are, for Your great works and for Your greate...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him. Hebrews 7:1
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Many people believe that piling up good works makes them right with the Lord. Yet the only payment for sin that can satisfy divine justice is death (Rom. 6:23). This is why God sent His Son Jesus to die in our place. Jesus’ death satisfied God’s justice and brought us ... •...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Victor of Marseilles St. Victor of Marseilles (d. 290 A.D.) was a Christian soldier serving in the Roman imperial army in Marseilles, France. Christianity was thriving there, until Emperor Maximian arrived with the intention of put...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "With the loyal thou dost show thyself loyal; with the blameless man thou dost show thyself blameless; with the pure thou dost show thyself pure; and with the crooked thou dost show thyself perverse. For thou dost deliver a humble people; but the haugh...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 397 Reading I Ex 16:1-5, 9-15 The children of Israel set out from Elim, and came into the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their de...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 21 July 2021 Wednesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Laurence of Brindisi, Priest, Doctor Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time From "The Imitation of Christ"The kingdom of God is the peace and joy o...
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Wednesday 21 July 2021 Wednesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Laurence of Brindisi, Priest, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 21 July 2021 Wednesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Laurence of Brindisi, Priest, Doctor Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 21 July 2021 Wednesday 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 t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 21 July 2021 Wednesday 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 Fat...
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Wednesday 21 July 2021 Wednesday 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 ...
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Wednesday 21 July 2021 Wednesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Laurence of Brindisi, Priest, Doctor 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 21 July 2021 Wednesday of week 16 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...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Followers of Christ know the importance of being saved, but the world sees no need for rescue. The truth is that those who don’t have a personal relationship with God the Father through His Son Jesus are ... • Spiritually dead. Spiritual death first occurred in the garden of Eden. Disobedience se...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Heart & the Day Tuesday, July 20, 2021 How's your day going? You probably think that if things are going bad you're having a bad day and if things are going good, it's a good day. But the Bible says something completely different. And it can change the way you live your l...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Father: God and Father With it [the tongue] we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. James 3:9 The Lord is both your God and Father. He’s not just your God, who is powerful and far off. But H...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Today I recall the children's song... I am a promise, I am a possibility I am a promise with a capital “P,” I am a great big bundle of potentiality And I am learning to hear God&rs...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day With it [the tongue] we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. James 3:9
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Saint of the Day St. Margaret of Antioch St. Margaret (289-304 A.D.) was born in Antioch, the daughter of a pagan priest. Her mother died when she was an infant, and she was raised by a Christian nurse who baptized her and gave her a Christian educa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "For the grace of God has appeared, saving all and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age, as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our s...
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Meditation of the Day "Finally—and this is perhaps the most difficult aspect of what concerns the practice of conformity to the will of God—we should desire virtue itself and the degrees of grace only insofar as God wishes to give them, and not desire more....
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Growing to Know & Love the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit wants to give us intimacy with Himself, imparting His own strength to us and making our lives new. But how do we draw near so that the Holy Spirit may work these miracles of love in and for us? In his wonderful encyclical on the Ho...
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Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 396 Reading I Ex 14:21—15:1 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land. When the water was t...
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Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 12,46-50): While Jesus was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers wanted to speak to him and they waited outside. So someone said to him, &laq...
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Tuesday 20 July 2021 Tuesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr 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...
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Tuesday 20 July 2021 Tuesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr 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...
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Tuesday 20 July 2021 Tuesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 20 July 2021 Tuesday 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 F...
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Tuesday 20 July 2021 Tuesday 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 Father ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 20 July 2021 Tuesday 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 Fath...
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Tuesday 20 July 2021 Tuesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time or Saint Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr 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. ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 20 July 2021 Tuesday of week 16 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...
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God's Illegal Activities Monday, July 19, 2021 The Supreme Court ruled that kindergarten children can no longer verbalize a prayer of thanksgiving as they partake of their morning snack. The words that the Supreme Court ruled contraband is this: "We thank you for the flowers ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Our Peace For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation. Ephesians 2:14 Most people think that peace is the cessation of war or that peace is doing something enjoyable, such as sitting by a lake or...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, Thank You for bringing Your peace to my heart and to my mind today. Please help me to live in your peace... Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, wit...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds ...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
A common hindrance to our prayer life is a lack of perseverance. Many Christians feel that once they’ve prayed for something, the answer should immediately be forthcoming. But God is not a bellhop, waiting to give us what we want the moment we petition Him. Imagine if the Lord instantly provid...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Macrina the Younger St. Macrina the Younger (d. 380 A.D.) was born in Cappadocia to a family of saints. Her mother was St. Emelia, and her father was St. Basil the Elder. Her grandmother was St. Macrina the Elder, after whom she wa...
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Verse of the Day "I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:34-35
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Meditation of the Day "I will first, dearest daughter, speak to thee of the dignity of priests, having placed them where they are through My goodness, over and above the general love which I have had to My creatures, creating you in My image and likeness and re-creatin...
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Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 395 Reading I Ex 14:5-18 When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants changed their minds about them. They exclaimed, “What have we done! Why, we ha...
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Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 12,38-42): Some teachers of the Law and some Pharisees spoke up, «Teacher, we want to see a sign from you». Jesus answered them, «An evil and u...
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Monday 19 July 2021 Monday of week 16 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of week 16 in Ordinary Time From St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the MagnesiansUnited in one prayer and one hope, in joy and holiness Since I have met ...
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Monday 19 July 2021 Monday of week 16 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 Fathe...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 19 July 2021 Monday of week 16 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 F...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 19 July 2021 Monday 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 Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 19 July 2021 Monday 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 Father an...
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Monday 19 July 2021 Monday 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 Father...
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Monday 19 July 2021 Monday of week 16 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...
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Monday 19 July 2021 Monday of week 16 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...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Potentate 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 There are different kinds of power that Jesus has as a leader. A judge has judicial power, because the entire police...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God, So often I hear what people are going through and I feel sad and sorry for them. And when I’m going through tough times, I often become upset about it. But when I look at the story Josep...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. Genesis 50:20
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
The Bible gives clear rules for some situations, but for others, we may not know how to proceed. Perhaps you’re unsure whether to look for a new job or pursue a certain friendship, or maybe you can’t tell if a desire is selfish or good. In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said to ...
Posted by Peter Schmalenbach · L.A.M. · Germany
Dear Friends, connected with my greetings, I would also like to draw your attention to an interesting project in England. Since early childhood I have been interested in the wonders and diversities of nature, which has always led me to observations, "experiments" and "ex...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Camillus St. Camillus de Lellis (1550–1614) was a wild, undisciplined youth who became a battle-hardened soldier with a violent temper and a gambling addiction. His bad behavior, combined with a persistent war wound in his le...
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Verse of the Day "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear or be in dread of them: for it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you." Deuteronomy 31:6
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Meditation of the Day "Although our Divine Redeemer was the Lord and Master of all the riches of Heaven and earth, He willed nevertheless to become poor in this world that through His example we might become rich. He wished to induce us to love poverty as He did, for p...
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 107 Reading I Jer 23:1-6 Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture, says the LORD. Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who shepherd my people: Yo...
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mk 6,30-34): The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and re...
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Sunday 18 July 2021 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time The beginning of St Ignatius of Antioch's letter to the MagnesiansWe should be Christians in deed, as well as in name Ignatius, also calle...
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Sunday 18 July 2021 16th 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 18 July 2021 16th 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 18 July 2021 16th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 18 July 2021 16th 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...
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Sunday 18 July 2021 16th 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...
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Sunday 18 July 2021 16th 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Sunday 18 July 2021 16th 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...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
God has called believers to walk by faith, trusting Him and His Word in every situation. But sometimes, like the people in today’s passage, we start to doubt the Lord and His ability to do what He has said. So let’s learn from the Israelites who suffered 40 years of wandering in the wild...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Trinity: The Judge of All the Earth Far be it from You (God) to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not their Judge of all the earth do right? Genesis 18:25 ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God, Please Search me and Know me... Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-2...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24
Posted by Peter Schmalenbach · L.A.M. · Germany
To let oneself fall into a time that holds and carries, that also gives an inner peace and strength to be able to better endure what life demands is actually exactly what we so ardently desire and dream of. Close your eyes, breathe deeply and sink (with the exhalation) into the my...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Alexius of Rome St. Alexius (d. 417 A.D.) was a native of Rome, the son of a distinguished Roman senator. His parents arranged a marriage for him, but he had a divine calling to a higher vocation. On the night of his wedding, wi...
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Verse of the Day "Blessed is the man who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proved he will receive the crown of life that he promised to those who love him." James 1:12
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Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 394 Reading I Ex 12:37-42 The children of Israel set out from Rameses for Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, not counting the little ones. A crowd of mixed ancestry also went up with the...
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Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 12,14-21): The Pharisees went out and made plans to get rid of Jesus. As Jesus was aware of the plot, He went away from that place. Many people followed him an...
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Saturday 17 July 2021 Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time From the treatise "On the Mysteries" by St Ambrose, bishopThe sacrament that you receive is effected by the words of Christ W...
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Saturday 17 July 2021 Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to ou...
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Saturday 17 July 2021 Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 17 July 2021 Saturday of week 15 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...
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Saturday 17 July 2021 Saturday of week 15 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 17 July 2021 Saturday of week 15 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...
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Saturday 17 July 2021 Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary (First Vespers of tomorrow, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 17 July 2021 Saturday of week 15 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...
Posted by Nieves Maria
BILLIGE FODBOLDTRØJER kunne lukke angriberen for begge Antonio Rudiger er kommet ud af kulden under Frank Lampard Barcelona Trøje, Arsenal Trøje den 27-årige blev fundet ud replica fodboldtrøjer stykke tid ude af siden Antonio Rudiger er k...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Almighty God reserves the right to reveal some things and conceal others. Although we may not know why natural disasters occur, three biblical truths we do know with absolute certainty allow us to trust the Lord even in times of great suffering. 1. The Lord is in control (Psalm 103:19). Not...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Church pig Friday, July 16, 2021 In the German town of Wittenberg, you can find the Town Church in which Martin Luther used to preach to the German people. But if you walk around to the back of the church, you'll find a sandstone relief with an image of a pig, about three...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Fullers' Soap But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap. Malachi 3:2 Jesus is likened to Fullers' Soap, which was the best cleansing and white...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, This is the day that You have made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24 May I see all the good that You accomplish around me all day long. I do not want to focus on anything n...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Marie Magdalen Postel St. Marie Magdalen Postel (1756–1846) was born in a fishing village in Normandy, one of seven children of a middle class family. As a child she became famous for her generosity; she would often give...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Verse of the Day "But you, beloved, remember the words spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, for they told you, "In [the] last time there will be scoffers who will live according to their own godless desires." These are the ones who cause division...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (1251 A.D.) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites lived as hermits on Mt. Carmel in the Holy Land beginning in the 12th centur...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Meditation of the Day "The works of man, whether they are good or bad, are not always isolated, transitory acts; more often, especially in the case of the leaders of nations and those who are invested with public authority, they continue to subsist after they are concl...