God’s will is to restore all things in His beloved Son Jesus Christ. We pray that He may bring us together in unity and free us from our slavery to sin. Collect for Proper 29 (the Sunday closest to November 23), from The Book of Common Prayer. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/30-Proper-29-BCP.mp3Podcast: Play in …
We call upon the God who caused all the Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. We ask Him to grant that we may hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, so that we may ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life. Collect for Proper 28 …
Johann Gerhard has exhorted us to cultivate true humility–first, by pondering our condition as human beings, and second, by considering the example of Jesus Himself. In this fourth and final meditation, Gerhard exhorts us to take the servant’s place with Christ and cover the fire of our love for God …
True humility comes from considering our human condition and by pondering the example of Jesus Himself [Part 1]. Like a river flowing …
Johann Gerhard has encouraged us to cultivate true humility, first, by considering our lowly condition as human beings and, second, by considering …
“What is Man? What is a Bubble? They are alike Nothing.” Thus Johann Gerhard introduces his Meditation 34 on “The Cultivation of …
God has knit together His elect people into one communion in the mystical body of His Son Jesus Christ. We pray that …
Johann Gerhard continues to spark our desire for eternal life, this time by comparing that blessed life with what we know now. …
In Meditation 46, Johann Gerhard kindles our desire for eternal life by proclaiming that God is our true happiness and security and …
In Meditation 46 of his Sacred Meditations, Johann Gerhard stirs up our desire for eternal life. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, …
