June 2025

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✠ Psalmody: Psalm 18:18b-19; 1-2a; Psalm 120:1-2; Psalm 7:11; Psalm 6:4; Psalm 13:6; 7:17b ✠ Lection: Proverbs 9:1–10; 1 John 3:13–18; Luke 14:16–24 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Beloved, the time to take the Lord seriously is now. It’s always now; for every one of us, for we all live in the midst of earthly life. Whether we’re still early in our life, trying not to be stepped on by bigger siblings while trying also not to step on the elderly in our vigor; or whether we’re middle age wondering how so much has alreadyRead More →

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✠ Psalmody: Liturgical Text; Tobit 12:6b, d; Prayer of Azariah 1:32a, 33; Prayer of Azariah 1:3a, 32b;Tobit 12:6d; Tobit 12:6b–d ✠ Lection: Isaiah 6:1–7; Romans 11:33–36; John 3:1–17 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We need not have an extended addition such as the Athanasian Creed in order to be reminded of the content of the catholic faith, of the universal faith that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit bestow upon all believers. On all the other Sundays and feast days without our grand, lengthy creed, in every single Divine Service, comes bountiful opportunity for you toRead More →

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✠ Psalmody: Wisdom 1:7; Psalm 68:28b–29a; Liturgical Text; Psalm 33:6; Psalm 68:28b–29; Acts 2:2, 4a, 11b ✠ Lection: Genesis 11:1–9; Acts 2:1–11; John 14:23–31a In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. A lot can happen over the course of 100 years. There are some among us who can personally recount most of the changes that have come about in the world over the past century, having, by God’s grace, lived the majority of it. Many, many in our day consider it all to be progress, to be advancement, to be the betterment of mankind as we haveRead More →

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✠ Psalmody: Psalm 27:7a, 8–9a; 1a; Psalm 47:5; Psalm 68:17b–18a; Acts 1:11; John 17:12a, 13a, 15 ✠ Lection: Ezekiel 36:23a, 23c–28; 1 Pet. 4:7b–11; John 15:26—16:4a In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Through the gift of the Gospel, that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for our sins, was raised on the third day, and ascended into heaven, we have been given the great gift and treasure of faith. It isn’t a generic faith that can be confused with just being optimistic. We don’t skip about through life as the blind fools that unbelievers viewRead More →