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✠ Psalmody: Psalm 98:1a, 2b; 1b; Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 5:7b, 5:8a, c; Psalm 66:1–2a, 16; John 16:8 ✠ Lection: Isaiah 12:1–6; James 1:17–21; John 16:5–15 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. In this queen of seasons bright celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, we continue to glean from the fruit of the Tree of Life great treasures that not only provide for our needs in this life, but bring with them the great joy from God Himself. The Christian Church is a singing Church, which, just by saying this alone, may make someRead More →

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✠ Psalmody: Psalm 66:1–2; 3a; Liturgical Text; 1 Corinthians 5:7b, 5:8a, c; Psalm 146:1–2; John 16:16 ✠ Lection: Isaiah 40:25–31; 1 Peter 2:11–20; John 16:16–22 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We are now three weeks beyond the end of our fasting and the return to chanting, glorias, and joyous alleluias. We do well to humble ourselves and learn from each annual cycle of the Holy Church’s observances of the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of our blessed Savior, preparing us for the eternal day to come. Who are you who walk in sorrow away fromRead More →

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✠ Psalmody: Psalm 33:5b–6a; 1; Liturgical Text; 1 Corinthians 5:7b, 5:8a, c; Psalm 63:1a, 4b; John 10:14 ✠ Lection: Ezekiel 34:11–16; 1 Peter 2:21b–25; John 10:11–16 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. For thousands of years, since very near the beginning of all human history, man has shepherded flocks of animals, an image that the Lord Himself has used in how He desires the sheep of His hand to be tended to, as well as how from among the flock comes reconciling sacrifice through the shedding of blood, through the laying down of life. Shepherd andRead More →

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✠ Psalmody: 1 Peter 2:2a; Psalm 81:1; Matthew 26:32; 1 Cor. 5:7b, 5:8a, c; Matthew 28:2b, 5a, 6a; John 20:27b ✠ Lection: Ezekiel 37:1–14; 1 John 5:4–10a; John 20:19–31 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Through St. John’s first epistle, the Spirit of the Lord teaches that whatever is born of God overcomes the world, that our faith is the victory that has overcome the world, and that he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God overcomes the world. It’s an overcoming expressed in three-fold measure that describes the truth that there is something,Read More →

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✠ Psalmody: Psalm 139:18b, 5b–6a; 1–2ab; Psalm 118:24, 1; 1 Corinthians 5:7b, 5:8a, c; Psalm 76:8b–9a ✠ Lection: Job 19:23–27; 1 Corinthians 5:7–8; Mark 16:1–8 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. Come quickly to peer into the tomb of Christ on this glorious Easter morn to behold what awaits you. Human tracks lead to a grave, a place of death, as ours are already determined and as we have those of others all around us as we walk in this place of relentless reminder that “thou artRead More →

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The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John: The Sermon: ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 140:1–9, 13 ✠ Lection: Hosea 5:15b—6:6; Exodus 12:1–11; John 18:1—19:42 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John begins and ends in a garden. So does man’s redemption story. So, this evening, we meditate upon the bookends of this Passion and upon the one that takes us back to the first garden, seeking to grasp how all three present to those who need to hear it the Good News of God’sRead More →

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✠ Psalmody: Galatians 6:14b; Psalm 67:1–3, 6b–7;Philippians 2:8b-9;Psalm 111:4–5; John 6:55–56 ✠ Lection: Exodus 24:3–11;1 Corinthians 11:20–32;John 13:1–15 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Blessed be the Name of the Lord our God, Who has not left us in our sin, but has come into our midst of His own volition, of His own love, of His own sacrifice so that we may be rescued from every evil of body and soul. The beautiful feet that bring this Good News walked in the Garden in the coolness of day as He Himself sought out the firstRead More →

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The reading of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew: The sermon: ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 22:19, 21; 1a; Psalm 73:23b–24, 1–3; Psalm 22:1–8, 17b–18, 21, 23a, 31; Psalm 69:20–21; Matthew 26:42b ✠ Lection: Zechariah 9:9–12; Philippians 2:5–11; Matthew 26:1—27:66 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. By the blessed Gospel according to St. Matthew, we heard much this morning. We said much. We numbered ourselves among many a great sinner, confessing their words as ours, bundled with them like chaff prepared for the eternal fire if there were no One to save us,Read More →