Lent 1 (Invocabit)
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Tag: Lent
Ash Wednesday_2025
Ash Wednesday
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Why Lent? Jesus answers and says, “God is gracious and merciful”
When members of this congregation studied the Book of Joel quite some time ago, we learned of some valuable biblical-historical realities. Among them was, that prior to the section of the Book we heard from today, God gave a clear call to repentance to His then sinning people. Their sins against Him were primarily from following other gods. But they also included not respecting their fellow Israelites, those who were called to be their brothers and sisters in the Faith. He told them He would, should they not repent, bring hordes of locusts upon them. …For more, click on the title above.
Palm Sunday (Palmarum)_2024
Palm Sunday (Palmarum)
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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.
Lent 5 Wednesday 2024
Lent 5 Wednesday
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Lent 5 (Judica)_2024
Lent 5 (Judica)
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God’s Beautiful Kingdom Comes Through the Gospel
As we repeatedly hear from this pulpit, the proclamation of peace between God and man that Jesus died to bring continues to move sinners like you and me to repentance. The peace that Jesus won on the Cross continues to grant Divine forgiveness to us.
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Lent 4 Wednesday 2024
Lent 4 Wednesday
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Rejoice: The Lord Remains Faithful to His Promises
We need to hear that He, through His Word of forgiveness, continues to set our sins apart from us, even as far as the East is from the West. Our New Natures desire to hear God say, through the means He Himself chose: “I will remember [your] sins no more!”
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