August 2024

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The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity – Sunday 25 August A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 74:20a, 21a, 22a, 23a;88:1 ✠ Lection: Leviticus 19:9-18;Galatians 3:16–22;St. Luke 10:23–37   (**Preached from an outline, so no manuscript is available to post. The transcript below was generated by turboscribe.ai**) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. A certain lawyer asked Jesus, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? What shall you do to inherit eternal life? It’s a good question to ask, although in asking it, as the lawyer did, is slightly askew in thinking, what do I do to inherit eternal life? ButRead More →

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The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity – Sunday 18 August A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 70:1-2a;70:2b, 4a, 5b;34:1-2;81:1 ✠ Lection: Isaiah 29:17–24;2 Corinthians 3:4-11;Mark 7:31-37 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Old Testament saints, those who before the first advent of Christ had faith in Him and His redeeming work as promised of old in the Garden of Eden, were given mighty words from the Lord as is testified to throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. Through the prophets, like Isaiah as we heard this morning, magnificent proclamations and prophecies filled with hope often came to their ears throughRead More →

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The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity – Sunday 11 August A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 68:5b, 6a, 35b; 1, 3, 7a, 10b, 19;28:7b, 1a, 2a;90:1 ✠ Lection: Genesis 4:1–15;1 Corinthians 15:1–10;Luke 18:9–14 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The pairing of Genesis, chapter four, with the Holy Gospel from St. Luke, chapter 18, benefits us through Scriptural parallels entering into the ear and mind. Both instances tell of two contrasting men approaching the Lord. First, we see our first parents placed into Paradise, into the incomparable Garden of Eden, wherein they tragically brought sin into that place,Read More →