God the Father gave His incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus as a sign of our salvation. We pray Him to plant in our hearts the love of Him who is the Savior of the world. The Holy Name (January 1), from The Book of Common Prayer. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/NAT5-The-Holy-Name-Jan1-BCP.mp3Podcast: Play …
We continue pondering the mystery of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here Johann Gerhard weaves together several images of what Christmas means for us. Part 1 Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 77-78. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JGSM016-The-Mystery-of-the-Incarnation-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
Christmas is about the Birth of the very Son of God who was born of the Virgin Mary. More than that, Christmas is truly all about the Son of God taking on human flesh for us sinners. Johann Gerhard leads us in pondering “The Mystery of the Incarnation.” Source: Sacred …
God wonderfully created the dignity of human nature and even more wonderfully restored us to that dignity through His Son Jesus Christ. …
On this day of remembering the apostle and evangelist John, we pray our incarnate Lord Jesus Christ to illumine us by the …
We thank our Lord of glory for the example His servant, Stephen–the first martyr–who confessed his faith as he looked up to …
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 …
This Advent prayer comes from a well-known hymn with a lilting tune, “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates.” Its final stanza …
In this hymn text as a prayer, we bid our precious Ransom, our coming King Jesus, to come and give us hope …
