Almighty God led His only-begotten Son to Egypt to protect Him from Herod’s evil scheme. We pray that He would protect us from those who seek to suppress His Truth and lead us to treasure His gift of life. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, …
Today we remember the slaughter of the holy innocents by King Herod. We pray our gracious God to receive all innocent victims into His arms of mercy, and that He would mightily frustrate evil tyrants and establish His rule of justice, love, and peace. The Holy Innocents (December 28), from …
God, our heavenly Father, sent His Son, the Word made flesh, to be the true light. We pray Him to grant us grace that we may see Jesus in His holy Word. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.) …
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 …
We thank our Lord of glory for the example His servant, Stephen–the first martyr–who confessed his faith as he looked up to …
Our Savior Jesus Christ partook of our flesh and blood to release us from the bondage of sin and death. We pray …
On this Christmas Day, the yearly festival of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray that we who joyfully receive …
On this Christmas Eve–the eve of celebrating Jesus’ nativity–we pray that we may know our gracious Savior both here on earth and …
On this day Jesus was presented in the temple (see Luke 2:22-38). We pray that we too may be presented to God …
