May 2024

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Holy Trinity – Sunday 26 May A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 8:1-2a, 3-5;Daniel 3:26 ✠ Lection: Isaiah 6:1-7;Romans 11:33-36;St. John 3:1-15 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. It’s an indescribable joy to be the one installed into the Office of the Holy Ministry, the Office instituted by God Himself, which is carried out in the lives of the Church by God the Holy Spirit Himself. The joy is immeasurable to have the honor and privilege of standing before you every Sunday morning, at the least, and beginning the Divine Service, His Divine Service of you, byRead More →

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Whitsunday (Pentecost) – Sunday 19 May A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Wisdom 1:7a, Psalm 68:3;1 ,4a, c, 11a, 33b, 35a;104:30 ✠ Lection: Genesis 11:1-9;Acts 2:1-11;St. John 14:23-31a In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Just as the dispersal of languages from the Tower of Babel was a one-time significant event, so to was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts, chapter two. It was the fulfillment of what our Lord had promised to His disciples as we’ve been hearing in our recent Gospel texts from John 15 and 16. The third person of the Trinity,Read More →

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Exaudi – Sunday 12 May A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 27:7a, 8, 9a;27:1, 11a, 12;47:8;St. John 14:18a, 28b, 16:22b ✠ Lection: Ezekiel 36:23a, 23c-28;1 Peter 4:7b-11;St. John 15:26—16:4a In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. As the Lord Jesus prepared His disciples in John 15 and 16 for His death, resurrection, and ascension, He likewise prepares us by His same blessed words. We see that after His ascension, the eternal kingdom that He establishes comes by the sending of the Holy Spirit to us, the third Person of the Holy Trinity, Who bears witness to Jesus andRead More →

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Ascension – Thursday 5 May A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Acts 1:11;Psalm 47:1-2, 5;Psalm 47:5;68:18a ✠ Lection: 2 Kings 2:8–15;Acts 1:1–11;St. Mark 16:14–20  Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia!   In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Church is blessed with two lengthy accounts written by St. Luke. First, his Gospel text that concludes with the Ascension of our Lord. Second, the book of Acts, which begins with the Ascension of our Lord, but with different details from the Gospel, some of which give us insight into the Son of God’s intention in descending andRead More →

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Rogate – Sunday 5 May A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Isaiah 48:20b;Psalm 66:1–2a, 17, 19–20;St. John 16:28 ✠ Lection: Numbers 21:4–9;James 1:22–27;St. John 16:23b–30  Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia!   In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Most people, especially those with even the slightest amount of Christian background and learning, make a monumental assumption when we pray by expecting that God will actually hear our prayers, that He will turn His ear to listen to us. What right do we have to the ear of God? Have you ever considered that? Almighty God, littleRead More →