In today’s meditation, we rejoice in Jesus’ resurrection victory over death with Johann Starck. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. T. Dau, 1921), page 128. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JSPB033-Rejoicing-in-Jesus-Resurrection.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
Speaking of the Suffering Servant, the Prophet Isaiah said, “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows…he was crushed for our iniquities…and with his wounds we are healed” (Is. 53:4-5). In today’s meditation, we pray with Johann Starck as we ponder Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ death. …
We know the last week of Lent as “Holy Week.” The last two weeks of Lent, including Holy Week, are also called “Passiontide”—the time we direct our attention specifically to the passion, or suffering, of our Lord Jesus Christ. In today’s meditation, Johann Starck exhorts us in pondering our Lord’s …
Johann Gerhard has been leading us to find consolation at the death of loved ones and friends. To echo St. Paul, to …
Can nature show us anything about God’s will for our loved ones or friends when they die? Today Johann Gerhard—in his meditation …
In today’s meditation, Johann Gerhard continues giving us consolation at the death of loved ones and friends. Gerhard earlier spoke of our …
How can we find consolation and comfort when a loved one or friend has died? In today’s meditation, Johann Gerhard reminds us …
In today’s meditation, we pick up where we left off last time with Johann Gerhard and finding consolation at the death of …
The apostle Paul wrote to the Philippians: “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). In …
In this fourth and final part of meditating on “The Mystery of the Incarnation,” Johann Gerhard leads us to wonder at just …
