Our blessed Lord Jesus Christ devoted Himself to His Father’s house and things and grew in wisdom and favor with God and man. We pray that, by His Spirit, He would enlighten us to hold His Word sacred, gladly hear and learn it, and thus grow up into Him. Source: …
After first shedding His blood in circumcision, our Lord Jesus Christ grew in wisdom. We pray that He would grant us to see and trust His salvation, that we may be filled with the wisdom of His Word. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages …
God sent John the Baptizer to prepare the way for His only Son, who gives the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of sins. We pray that He would deliver us from our enemies that we may serve Him without fear. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran …
God’s mercy is from generation to generation, and He humbles the proud and lifts up the lowly. We pray Him to fill …
The Lord God sent His Son to be born of the Virgin Mary and be “God with us.” We pray for the …
Our almighty God has poured upon us the new light of His incarnate Word, Jesus the Christ. We pray that this light …
Almighty God led His only-begotten Son to Egypt to protect Him from Herod’s evil scheme. We pray that He would protect us …
God, our heavenly Father, sent His Son, the Word made flesh, to be the true light. We pray Him to grant us …
On this day of remembering the apostle and evangelist John, we pray our incarnate Lord Jesus Christ to illumine us by the …
For us and for our salvation, Jesus Christ became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. We rejoice that He …
