We continue to meditate on the suffering of Jesus for us through this season of Lent. Here we pray the beginning portion of Johann Starck’s prayer from his Prayer Book. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. T. Dau, 1921), pages 108-109. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JSPB014-Meditating-on-the-Suffering-of-Jesus-2.mp3Podcast: Play in …
“For our sake [God] made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Here Johann Starck exhorts us on how and why we meditate on the sufferings of Jesus during Lent. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann …
Johann Gerhard continues pondering the benefits of Christ’s Incarnation. Not only is God’s power in creating us–and giving us flesh and bones–wonderful, but even more wonderful is how God redeems us in Christ Jesus–who becomes flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, …
It was–and is–a great mystery that the Son of God lowered Himself to take on our human flesh. But the greater mystery …
In his Sacred Meditations, Johann Gerhard helps us ponder and proclaim the saving benefits of our Lord Jesus Christ in His Incarnation. …
After exhorting us on how God–not wealth, nor honor, nor wisdom and skill–is our highest good (Listen here.), Johann Starck leads us …
From Psalm 73 we learn to pray, “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart …
In this fourth and final part of meditating on “The Mystery of the Incarnation,” Johann Gerhard leads us to wonder at just …
As we continue pondering the mystery of our Lord’s Incarnation, Johann Gerhard leads us in joining our voices and our praises with …
We continue pondering the mystery of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here Johann Gerhard weaves together several images of what …
