Category: Sunday Hymn Study

We have chosen LSB 872, Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star, as our Advent 2021 seasonal hymn. 

Hymn author and composer: Dr. Martin Luther (1483-1546) – see the author/composer notes for LSB 655 at https://catalinalutheran.org/blog/2020/05/25/lsb-655-lord-keep-us-steadfast-in-your-word/ (accessed 25 October, AD 2021) Hymn translator: Composite, committee that developed the 1941 TLH. Hymn history:1 Wittenberg altarpiece of Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), note, in the top center panel, Jesus presiding at the Lord’s Supper. Photo…… Continue reading LSB 960, Isaiah, Mighty Seer in Days of Old – Reformation

We have chosen LSB 911, Lord, This Day We’ve Come to Worship, as this year’s Eastertide seasonal hymn. The hymn is grounded in the Gospel reading for the evening service on the Feast of the Resurrection (as well as Easter Monday), namely the post-Resurrection narrative in Luke 24:13-35, about the encounter of the two men…… Continue reading LSB 911 Lord, This Day We’ve Come to Worship – Eastertide

The seasonal hymn chosen for this year’s brief Epiphanytide is LSB 401: From God the Father, Virgin-Born.  This hymn is at least 1,000 years old, and was originally written in Latin, in acrostic form, namely with lines beginning with successive letters of the alphabet (much like several of the Hebrew Psalms).  The Gospel texts during…… Continue reading LSB 401: From God the Father, Virgin-Born – Epiphanytide

For this year’s (2020) Christmastide seasonal hymn, we have chosen LSB 375: Come, Your Hearts and Voices Raising, by Paul Gerhardt (1607-76).  In his text, Gerhardt has given us a beautiful devotion on the response of the shepherds to the angels’ proclamation of Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:15-17).  Like the shepherds, we too are invited to…… Continue reading LSB 375: Come, Your Hearts and Voices Raising – Christmastide

We have chosen LSB 683, Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me, as the seasonal hymn for the AD 2021 Lawrencetide portion of the long Trinity season.  Lawrencetide begins with the August 10 commemoration of Lawrence (225-258), Deacon and Martyr, and ends with the September 29 Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. During this time,…… Continue reading LSB 683 Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me – Lawrencetide

We have selected LSB 505 as the AD 2021 seasonal hymn for Trinitytide, the first part of the long Trinity season. The Trinity season is known as the, “Time of the Church,” with the overriding theme of the Father’s love. The Trinitytide theme is the Marks of the Church (the pure doctrine of the Gospel…… Continue reading LSB 505: Triune God, Be Thou Our Stay – Trinitytide

Chosen as our seasonal hymn for Gesimatide, AD 2021. The three Sundays of Gesimatide, or, “pre-Lent,” date back at least to Gregory the Great (c. 540-604) 1 and mark the transition from the joy of Christmastide and Epiphanytide to the solemn penitential season of Lent. LSB 585 notesDownload