Advent 4 – Rorate Coeli
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Advent 3 – Wednesday
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The Nunc Dimittis–Song of Simeon
I was brought up in the Church. It’s an advantage, I believe, because things that others, non-believers or new believers, don’t have. I was indoctrinated. Thank you dad and mom, and Pastors Ryding and Rittmann and Lorenz. I was indoctrinated by solid teaching and by living a life that was focused around Church.
And when I say focused around the Church, I don’t mean the potlucks, the Vacation Bible School, the camping trips, the youth groups and all of the “stuff” that goes with Church, I mean worship and confirmation classes and living with parents that taught and reminded us—my brother and me—about the importance of prayer….For more, click on the title above.
God’s gifts; our joy in responding
If you have spent any time reading the Holy Scriptures you’ll find that not every person is presented as a “hero of the Bible.”
In fact, most of those that we may aspire to follow—men like Moses, King David or St. Paul or even back to the Father of the nation of Israel, Abraham—we find that along with their admirable traits, they all had their faults. Sometimes they are positive examples. They hold to their faith despite great challenges. Sometimes, the examples are negative, and we are cautioned not to follow these examples and their descent into sin. …For more, click on the title above.
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Advent 3 – Gaudete
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Advent 2 – Wednesday
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The song of Zechariah
Through His Services to us, the Lord has brought us to the second of the Church’s three Advent Wednesdays this year. They have served, and are serving, to proclaim to us Faith’s response to God’s beautiful gifts. Last week, we heard as the Magnificat was expounded that it was, and is, a reflection of this biblical principle as it applies to God’s Word and His people’s right responses: Gift, Recognition, [and] Response. The past two Sundays, we’ve heard the texts that led, and flowed from, that theme as it was, and is, wrapped about by the ancient themes of those Sundays, “Hope,” and “Peace.” …For more, click on the title above.
Freed in Christ to call upon God in the day of trouble
Today, God has called us into His Service to once again receive His gifts. Through them, He would have us hear, by our faithfully receiving His proclaimed Word, a theme that helps us in our watching and waiting for the Last Day. That is, that we, as members of the Body of Christ, are freed in Him to call upon God in the Day of Trouble. …For more, click on the title above.
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Advent 2 – Populus Zion
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Advent 1 – Wednesday
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