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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 Fath...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 F...
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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Rita of Cascia (First Vespers of tomorrow, Pentecost) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm inst...
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Saturday 22 May 2021 Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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.A...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
Have you ever been given the wrong directions and gotten frustrated? It causes confusion and often makes you late to your final destination. But those consequences aren’t nearly as devastating as the results of wrong instructions regarding salvation. We know there are false teachers a...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Hand That Reaches Down Friday, May 21, 2021 There are many different religious teachings. Hinduism teaches that salvation comes when man merges back into God through reincarnation. Islam teaches that salvation is to obey the Shariah, Islamic Law. Buddhism teaches that sal...
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Saint of the Day St. Eugene de Mazenod St. Eugene de Mazenod (1782-1861) was born in southern France to a noble family. When he was eight years of age his family was forced to flee the turmoil of the French Revolution and seek political asylum in ...
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Verse of the Day "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love he destine...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Holy Spirit: Rivers of Living Water If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 7:37-38 The Holy Spirit is Rivers of Living Water; He q...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God of Heaven and of Earth and of all creation, I'm thirsty for more of You. I'm thirsty for Your anointing on my life, and for Jesus' Rivers of Living Water... Whoever drinks of the water that I s...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life. John 4:14
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Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 21,15-19): After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than th...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs About Today Year: B(I). Psalm week: 3. Liturgical Colour: White. Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions Cristóbal Magallanes Jara was born in the state...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide ________ Gospel AcclamationJn14:26 Alleluia, alleluia!The Holy Spirit will teach you everythingand remind you of all I have said to you.Alleluia! ________ GospelJohn 21:15-19Feed my lambs, feed my sheep Jesus showed himself...
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Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter Lectionary: 301 Reading I Acts 25:13b-21 King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea on a visit to Festus. Since they spent several days there, Festus referred Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There is a man h...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide From the treatise on the Trinity by Saint Hilary of PoitiersThe...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs 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, c...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs 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 Go...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 Fa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 Fathe...
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Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Friday 21 May 2021 Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 an...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
People don’t like to hear that living by faith guarantees hardship, but it’s true. When we choose to obey God, we will at times suffer and have to make painful sacrifices—like Moses in today’s reading. Growing up in Pharaoh’s palace, Moses must have known that ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
It's not the Rank, it's the Side You're On Thursday, May 20, 2021 In an army, you can be many things: a private, a sergeant, a lieutenant, a corporal, a captain, a major, a colonel, a general. Each has its own rights, status, and responsibilities. But the main object is not y...
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Jesus: A Stronghold in the Day of Trouble The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him. Nahum 1:7 Ever since Adam and Eve disobeyed the command of God, there has been trouble on Earth. There have been political trou...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Thank You for opening Your arms and welcoming me to come to You, to find forgiveness in You, to find rest in You, to find freedom in You, to have abundant life in You. I cry out to You now for those who are ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him. Nahum 1:7
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Saint of the Day St. Bernardine of Siena St. Bernardine of Siena (1380–1444) was born to a noble family in Siena, Italy. As a young man he witnessed the bubonic plague raging mercilessly through the city, and volunteered to care for the sick...
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Verse of the Day "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight." Proverbs 9:10
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Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter Lectionary: 300 Reading I Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 Wishing to determine the truth about why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander freed him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to convene. Then he ...
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Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 17,20-26): Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that t...
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Thursday 20 May 2021 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Bernardine of Siena, 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 L...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 20 May 2021 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Bernardine of Siena, 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 L...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 20 May 2021 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Bernardine of Siena, 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....
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 20 May 2021 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 th...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 20 May 2021 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 Fath...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 20 May 2021 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 F...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 20 May 2021 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint Bernardine of Siena, 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 ai...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Thursday 20 May 2021 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 Fathe...
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Romans Chapter 8 Rev. Joseph Esquivel God’s Faith in Man Church THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who a walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. a. Gal. 5:16 "Footnote below" 8:1 Many manuscripts omit “who walk not after the...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Guest who Leaves in the Morning Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Have you ever had overnight guests? Usually they lodge for one night and take off the next day. What if your guests decided to stay permanently and become part of your family? Do you call the police and have them rem...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: Strong Consolation That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation… this hope we have as an anchor of the soul… where our forerunner has entered for us. Hebrews 6:18-20 Jes...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Why do I doubt and worry? I know in my heart that You will never leave me and You will never forsake me. Let me learn to live as the writer of Hebrews teaches... Keep your l...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28
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Saint of the Day St. Ivo (Ives) of Kermartin St. Ivo of Kermartin (1253–1303) was born to a noble family in Brittany, France. He studied civil and canon law, philosophy, and theology. He went on to practice law for many years in both the civil an...
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Verse of the Day "The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him? Children...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
I’ve known the pain of loneliness and emotional isolation during my lifetime, but God has never abandoned me to these feelings. Over the years, He’s taught me to draw near to Him rather than give in to self-pity and despair. We can’t deny feelings of loneliness, nor can we a...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Lectionary: 299 Reading I Acts 20:28-38 At Miletus, Paul spoke to the presbyters of the Church of Ephesus: “Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, ...
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Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 17,11b-19): Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying: “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we ...
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Wednesday 19 May 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide From "Lumen gentium", the Second Vatican Council's dogmatic constitution on the ChurchThe mission of the Holy Spirit in ...
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Wednesday 19 May 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 th...
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Wednesday 19 May 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 t...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 19 May 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 19 May 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 19 May 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 19 May 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Wednesday 19 May 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
God created humanity with a need for companionship with Himself and one another. When we don’t experience it, we suffer the emotional turmoil of loneliness. But in His Word, God assures us of His constant presence. He wants all believers to know that He is near and will never leave them (Deut....
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Respecting Your Lion Tuesday, May 18, 2021 The Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament, describe God as a lion. A lion is strong, wild and ferocious. You don't mess around with it or try to make it adjust to your way. You adjust your way around it. Every true house of worship is ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Father: The Living Father As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. John 6:57 The Lord is the Living Father. All idols are lifeless images and are often carved from stone or wood; the...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, Great are You Lord, and You are most worthy of my praise... Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. Psalm 145:3 You are my mighty fort...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. Psalm 145:3
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Saint of the Day St. Felix of Cantalice St. Felix of Cantalice (d. 1587) was born to a pious peasant family in Italy. He grew up tending sheep and was hired out to work for a farmer at the age of nine, which he did for twenty years. He evidenced signs of...
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. Thou dost deliver a humble people, but thy eyes are ...
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Meditation of the Day Jesus Christ is the one whom the Father anointed with the Holy Spirit and established as priest, prophet, and king. The whole People of God participates in these three offices of Christ and bears the responsibilities for mission and service that f...
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Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Lectionary: 298 Reading I Acts 20:17-27 From Miletus Paul had the presbyters of the Church at Ephesus summoned. When they came to him, he addressed them, “You know how I lived among you the whole time from the ...
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Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 17,1-11a): Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, «Father, the hour has come; give glory to your Son, that the Son may give glory to you. You have given him ...
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Tuesday 18 May 2021 Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint John I, Pope, Martyr Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide From the treatise On the Holy Spirit by Saint Basil the Great, bishopThe work of the Holy ...
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Tuesday 18 May 2021 Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint John I, Pope, 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, make...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint John I, Pope, 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 Lord, ...
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Tuesday 18 May 2021 Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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...
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Tuesday 18 May 2021 Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fat...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide or Saint John I, Pope, 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. O Lord...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 ...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
When was the last time you cried out to God about something other than personal issues? Sometimes we’re so engrossed in our own life that we fail to see the crises others face. Whether circumstances involve total strangers or hit close to home, it may feel as if such matters are too big for on...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Bread you Don't Have Monday, May 17, 2021 There's something strange in the Lord's Prayer: "Give us this day our daily bread." The Lord is telling us to pray for bread every day. What's strange about it is that most likely you already have bread. So if you're keeping your ...
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Jesus: The Salvation of God For my eyes have seen Your salvation. Luke 2:30 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Luke 3:6 Jesus is called the Salvation of God, a title first given to Him in Isaiah 52:10. Simeon, an old man waiting in the T...
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Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God, I thank You that You are the Rock of my salvation... The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation! 2 Samuel 22:47 I thank You that my ...
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Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the day The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation! 2 Samuel 22:47 Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his ...
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Saint of the Day Bl. Antonia Mesina Blessed Antonia Mesina (1919-1935) was one of ten children born to a poor family on the island of Sardinia in Italy. Being the second oldest child, she had to leave school to help with the family chores after her mothe...
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Verse of the Day "Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!" Psalm 119:1-3
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Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter Lectionary: 297 Reading I Acts 19:1-8 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the country and down to Ephesus where he found some disciples. He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy...
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Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter listen Download View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Jn 16,29-33): The disciples said to Jesus, «Now you are speaking plainly and not in veiled language! Now we see that you know all things, even before we question you. ...
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Monday 17 May 2021 Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide From the Instructions to Catechumens by St Cyril of JerusalemThe living water of the Holy Spirit The water I shall give him will...
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Monday 17 May 2021 Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 Fath...
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Monday 17 May 2021 Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 ...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 17 May 2021 Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 Fa...
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Monday 17 May 2021 Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 a...
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Monday 17 May 2021 Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 Fathe...
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Monday 17 May 2021 Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 th...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Monday 17 May 2021 Monday of the 7th week of Eastertide 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 an...
Posted by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.
In 1 Corinthians 9:20-21, Paul describes people with different practices and identities—and then explains that he became like each group in order to tell them the good news. Though we know our primary identity is in Jesus Christ, we each have a specific background that informs our lif...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Jesus: The Bearer of Sin So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. Hebrews 9:28 Jesus carried the cross of Calvary until He was no longer physic...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You that there is a remedy for my every hurt, every fear, every worry, every need — through the power of Jesus and of the Resurrection He offers, and through the power and the presence of Your Holy Spirit, ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and...
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Saint of the Day St. Simon Stock St. Simon Stock (1165-1265) was born in Kent, England. He was strongly drawn to God as a child, and at the age of twelve he began to live as a hermit in the hollow of an oak tree. After two decades of thi...
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Verse of the Day "But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of Christ." Ephesians 2:13
Posted by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.
Meditation of the Day "On the whole, God’s love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him. Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about. Christian Love, either towards God or towards man...