July 2023

The Sixth Sunday after Trinity – Sunday 16 July A✠D 2023 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 28:8-9; 28:1-2a, 7;90:13, 1-2b;31:1 ✠ Lection: Exodus 20:1-17;Romans 6:3-11;St. Matthew 5:20-26 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. There is no drudgery on any Sunday with which our dear Lord has blessed us, even if it occurs during the long, green, often times quite hot and humid, season of Trinity. Rather what we are given in our propers this morning is a rich dose of the Catechism. We, as Lutherans, worship neither Luther nor his most beneficial little book of Christian teaching, butRead More →

The Fifth Sunday after Trinity – Sunday 9 July A✠D 2023 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 27:7a, 9b;27:1a, 11-12, 14;84:9, 8;21:1 ✠ Lection: 1 Kings 19:11-21;1 Peter 3:8-15;St. Luke 5:1-11 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Christians, even the pious ones who read the Scriptures while outside the walls of the church, who pray in bad times and in good, who honestly seek to live by the Holy Word handed down from the prophets and apostles, even those Christians need constant reminding of the teachings of the one true faith. And what does that say about us all?Read More →

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Sunday 2 July A✠D 2023 ✠ Psalmody: St. Luke 1:46b–47;1 Samuel 2:1–2, 7–8;Psalm 103:2; 105:5;100:4;St. Luke 1:45 ✠ Lection: Song of Solomon 2:8b–14;Romans 12:9-16;St. Luke 1:39-56 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Remember our dear sister Elizabeth’s situation leading up to six months prior to the Blessed Virgin visiting her home in the hill country of Judea. She was far beyond any feasible child-bearing years; an obvious many number of them married to Zechariah, which normally would’ve been plenty of opportunity for childbearing, but not only was sheRead More →