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 pray to God who sent His Son into this world to destroy the works of the devil, and we ask Him to make us pure as He is pure, so that we may be made like Him when He comes again. Collect for Proper 27 (the Sunday closest to …
According to Johann Gerhard, John 5, the pool by the sheep market, serves as a picture of the healing that Baptism gives us from our malady of sin. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 94-95. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JGSM005-The-Benefits-of-Baptism-2-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
When Jesus proclaimed, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” He willed that the entire life of the Christian be …
Jesus Christ has set us free from sin and death by His sacrificial death on the cross. We pray Him to protect …
God converted His servant Paul to faith in His Son through the light of the Gospel. We pray Him to shine the …
Our gracious Father in heaven has made us His own dear children through Baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. …
With today’s reading of Acts 18:1-11, 23-28, we pray stanza 1 of the hymn, “Speak, O Lord, Your Servant Listens” (Lutheran Service …
Since God knows our needs as well as our weaknesses, we ask Him to have compassion on us and give us those …
Our Savior Jesus Christ bore the burden of sin and death for us, and thus liberated us to serve our neighbors. We …
