Advent & Christmas Introits
Here are the historic introits for Advent and Christmas. These Advent introits contain a few corrections from the previous postings. The text varies in a few spots between the Latin and the Common...
View ArticleLuther for Advent 1 – Matthew 21:1-9
Church Postils If you believe in Christ and in His advent, it is the highest praise and thanks to God to be holy. if you recognize, love, and magnify His grace and work in you, and cast aside and...
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In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit Psalm 119 says the entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. Jesus Christ’s triumphal entrance into...
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THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT The commemoration of our Lord’s birth has become the outstanding feature of the Christmas season. The weeks before the Holy Nativity are given over almost completely to the...
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In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit When Lutherans gather to eat, someone usually says, “Let’s pray together the common table prayer.” Everyone bows their heads and folds...
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Sermon on St. Matthew 21:1-9 The Triumphant Entry Advent I 28 November 2010 + Jesu Juva + “Behold, your King is coming to you.” – St. Matthew 21:5 “‘Behold, the days are coming,’ declares the Lord.”...
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In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit Jesus did not sneak into Jerusalem under the cover of darkness and asked to be hung on a cross. He had to enter Jerusalem...
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When sin entered the world, so did death. And every child born of woman breaths the poisoned air of our world. And when those children grow older, all, without exception, act according to a selfish...
View ArticleRobert Farrar Capon on Advent 1 – Matthew 21:1-9
The mystery that Jesus is sacramentalizing by riding triumphally into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey is his parousia, his coming as a king in peace and as a judge in vindication. Had he been coming...
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In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit The prophet Zechariah proclaims, Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your...
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