The Gospel Reading takes us back to that first Easter Sunday. The early morning events are now over. Most of Jesus’ disciples are back in Jerusalem in a house with the doors locked in fear of the Jews.
The afternoon sun is approaching the horizon as two disciples are walking on the dirt road out of Jerusalem. …For more, click on the title above.
Category: Sermons
Real historical resurrection
This is the day that those who sat in darkness had waited for. This is the day that we have been waiting for. This is the day that the Lord was waiting for.
Finally, the Light has shown Itself to us. In His incarnation, Christ revealed God’s Light to mankind, as we recently celebrated, yet the fullness of that Light was held back. …For more, click on the title above.
Christ’s death took away the sting of death for the faithful
Many of you have heard this morning’s reading from I Corinthians each Resurrection Sunday morning for many years. Today, you will sing of it with words like these: Our Paschal Lamb, that sets us free, is sacrificed… You also might have thought, “Hey! This day is about Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. What is this about a sacrificed Lamb?”…For more, click on the title above.
Injustice after injustice brought justification for us
It was the greatest injustice. The Passion of Jesus, as described to us by St. John, repeats injustice after injustice. …For more, click on the title above.
As Christ died for all, so He died for me
Our sermon text for Good Friday has been drawn from the Letter to the Church at Corinth. Please hear now a verse the Holy Spirit has led us to emphasize this day, this year:
The One not having known sin, for us sin He was made, that we may have become (the) righteousness of God in Him. …For more, click on the title above.
The beautiful divine Word received and handed over
Hear again how the Mystery taught and given by Christ Jesus for this Triduum begins, as it leads you, its hearers, to continue to make the good confession of the Faith:
For I received from the Lord, that which also I handed over to all of you…
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The Lover and Servant of mankind
We will walk through three meditations, each dealing with a different portion of the narrative, leading to and flowing from the passion of Christ….For more, click on the title above.
‘I am with you and I will deliver you’
Tonight, because the remainder of our Gospel reading appointed for this evening covers Spy Wednesday—the day/night Judas plotted with the Sanhedrin to betray Jesus, the Passover supper celebrated by Jesus with his disciples, and the arrest, crucifixion and burial of Jesus, all of which will be covered in various ways and forms during the remainder of our nightly services here at Catalina Lutheran Church, I have been moved by the Holy Spirit to speak about our Old Testament text appointed for this day from the prophet Jeremiah…For more, click on the title above.
A beautiful hymn concerning the humble servant-king
The Letter to the Philippians today began with this call to the faithful:
All of you must continue to think among yourselves, that which also (was) in Christ Jesus…:
From that call for the members of the congregation to be of one mind in the Truth that as Christ became a humble Servant for us, we are free to be humble servants to our neighbors. With that in mind, we were led to hear the lines that follow the call to be of one mind in the Church. …For more, click on the title above
Fear and loathing in the Garden of Gethsemane
Today’s/tonight’s reading comes from St. Luke, St. Mark, and St. John, in that order. From Luke we hear of the arrest of Jesus in the darkness of the night. From Mark we learn about the fleeing of the disciples and a young man who runs away naked after almost having been detained in the Garden. And from St. John we become aware of the words spoken by Caiaphas, the Jewish High Priest, which would play out in Gospel clarity….For more, click on the title above.