|
|
|
|
4
-
Facility Restoration
-
Pastors' Study Group in Plano
• •
|
|
|
7
-
[C] Perpetua and Felicitas, Martrys
[C] Perpetua and Felicitas, Martrys
March 7, 2021
At the beginning of the third century, the Roman emperor Septimus Severus forbade conversions to Christianity. Among those disobeying that edict were Perpetua, a young noblewoman, and her maidservant Felicitas. Both were jailed at Carthage in North Africa along with three fellow Christians. During their imprisonment, Perpetua and Felicitas witnessed to their faith with such conviction that the officer in charge became a follower of Jesus. After making arrangements for the well-being of their children, Perpetua and Felicitas were executed on March 7, 203. Tradition holds that Perpetua showed mercy to her captors by falling on a sword because they could not bear to put her to death. The story of this martyrdom has been told ever since as an encouragement to persecuted Christians.
See more details
-
Lent 3 (V)
Lent 3 (V)
March 7, 2021
Oculi\rIntroit: Ps. 25:1-2, 17-18, 20; antiphon: Ps. 25:15-16\rGradual: Ps. 9:19, 3\rOld Testament: Ex. 8:16-24\r or Jer. 26:1-15\rPsalm 136:1-16 (antiphon: v. 26)\r or Psalm 4 (antiphon: v. 8)\rEpistle: Eph. 5:1-9\rTract: Ps. 123:1-3a\rGospel: Luke 11:14-28\r\rJesus Overcomes the Strong Man\rJeremiah was charged with speaking evil when he spoke the Word of the Lord (Jer. 26:1-15). So also, Jesus is accused of doing evil when in fact He is doing good. He casts out a demon from a mute man so that he is able to speak (Luke 11:14-28). But some said Jesus did this by the power of Beelzebub, Satan. Like Pharaoh of old, their hearts were hard (Ex. 8:16-24). They did not recognize the finger of God, the power of the Holy Spirit at work in and through Jesus. Jesus is the Stronger Man who overcomes the strong man. He takes the devil's armor of sin and death and destroys it from the inside out by the holy cross. He exorcizes and frees us by water and the Word. We were once darkness, but now we are light in Christ the Lord (Eph. 5:1-9). As children of light, our tongues are loosed to give thanks to Him who saved us.
See more details
-
Divine Service
-
Bible Study
Bible Study
March 7, 2021 10:45 am - 11:45 am
6960 Parkwood Blvd, STE 200, Frisco, TX 75034, USA
See more details
-
Youth Catechesis
• • • • •
|
|
9
-
Facility Restoration
-
Circuit Pastors' Meeting
• •
|
|
11
-
Facility Restoration
-
Elder Meeting
• •
|
|
|
14
-
Lent 4 (V)
Lent 4 (V)
March 14, 2021
Laetare\rIntroit: Ps. 122:1-2, 6, 8; antiphon: Isaiah 66:10a, 11a\rGradual: Ps. 122:1, 7\rOld Testament: Ex. 16:2-21\r or Is. 49:8-13\rPsalm 132:8-18 (antiphon: v. 13)\rEpistle: Gal. 4:21-31\r or Acts 2:41-47\rTract: Ps. 125:1-2, 5b\rGospel: John 6:1-15\r\rThe Lord Feeds His People\rThe Lord provided bread from heaven for His people in the wilderness (Ex. 16:2-21). Now He who is Himself the living bread from heaven miraculously provides bread for the five thousand (John 6:1-15). This takes place near the time of the Passover, after a great multitude had followed Jesus across the sea, and when He went up on a mountain. Seen in this way, Jesus is our new and greater Moses, who releases us from the bondage of Mount Sinai and makes us free children of the promise (Gal. 4:21-31). Five loaves become twelve baskets-that is, the five books of Moses find their goal and fulfillment in Christ, whose people continue steadfastly in the doctrine and fellowship of the twelve apostles, and in the breaking and receiving of the bread of life, which is the body of Christ together with His precious blood, and in the prayers (Acts 2:41-47). So it is that God's people "shall not hunger or thirst" (Is. 49:8-13). For He abundantly provides for us in both body and soul.
See more details
-
Divine Service
-
Sunday School
-
Bible Study
Bible Study
March 14, 2021 10:45 am - 11:45 am
6960 Parkwood Blvd, STE 200, Frisco, TX 75034, USA
See more details
-
Youth Catechesis
• • • • •
|
|
16
|
17
-
[C] Patrick, Missionary to Ireland
[C] Patrick, Missionary to Ireland
March 17, 2021
Patrick is one of the best-known of the missionary saints. Born to a Christian family in Britain around the year 389, he was captured as a teenager by raiders, taken to Ireland, and forced to serve as a herdsman. After six years he escaped and found his way to a monastery community in France. Ordained a bishop in 432, he made his way back to Ireland, where he spent the rest of his long life spreading the Gospel and organizing Christian communities. He strongly defended the doctrine of the Holy Trinity in a time when it was not popular to do so. His literary legacy includes his autobiography, Confessio, and several prayers and hymns still used in the church today. Patrick died around the year 466.
See more details
-
Men's Study
-
Vespers Service
• • •
|
18
|
19
-
[F] St. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus (W)
[F] St. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus (W)
March 19, 2021
Old Testament: 2 Samuel 7:4-16\rPsalm 127 (antiphon: v. 1a)\rEpistle: Romans 4:13-18\rGospel:Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23\r\rSt. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus\rIt was King David's idea to build a permanent house for the ark of the covenant and the Lord's name (2 Sam. 7:5-7). The temple he planned was built by King Solomon, but it was never really David or Solomon who housed and protected God. "The LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house" (2 Sam. 7:11). St. Joseph was not Jesus' true father, since the child "conceived in [Mary] is from the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 1:20). The Church commemorates him instead as the "guardian of Jesus." Heeding the word of God's angels, protecting the unborn Christ, sparing the infant Jesus from Herod's wrath, seeing Him "out of Egypt" again (Matt. 2:13-23) and bringing Him up "in the discipline and instruction of the Lord" (Eph. 6:4), Joseph is an example for all Christian fathers and guardians. But as with David "housing" the Lord who made a house for him, Joseph was never really the guardian. Christ was. His Name is "Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21). The "offspring" promised to Abraham and renewed in the promises to David is the One "who gives life to the dead" (Rom. 4:16-18). He is David's King, Abraham's Lord, Joseph's Guardian and our Savior.\r
See more details
•
|
20
|
21
-
Lent 5 (V)
Lent 5 (V)
March 21, 2021
Judica\rIntroit: Ps. 43: 3-5; antiphon: Ps. 43:1-2a\rGradual: Ps. 143:9a, 10a; 18:48a,c\rOld Testament: Gen. 22:1-14\rPsalm 43 (antiphon: v. 5)\rEpistle: Heb. 9:11-15\rTract: Ps. 129:1-4\rGospel: John 8:(42-45) 46-59\r\rJesus Is Our Redemption \rIn the temple Jesus said, "If anyone keeps my word, he will never see death" (John 8:51). For Jesus came to taste death for us-to drink the cup of suffering to the dregs in order that we might be released from its power. Clinging to His life-giving words, we are delivered from death's sting and its eternal judgment. Christ is our High Priest, who entered the Most Holy Place and with His own blood obtained everlasting redemption for His people (Heb. 9:11-15). He is the One who was before Abraham was, and yet is his descendant. He is the promised Son who carries the wood up the mountain for the sacrifice, who is bound and laid upon the altar of the cross. He is the ram who is offered in our place, who is willingly caught in the thicket of our sin, and who wears the crown of thorns upon His head (Gen. 22:1-14). Though Jesus is dishonored by the sons of the devil, He is vindicated by the Father through the cross.
See more details
-
Divine Service
-
Sunday School
-
Bible Study
Bible Study
March 21, 2021 10:45 am - 11:45 am
6960 Parkwood Blvd, STE 200, Frisco, TX 75034, USA
See more details
-
Youth Catechesis
• • • • •
|
|
23
|
24
-
Men's Study
-
Vespers Service
• •
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
-
Passion Sunday (S/V)
Passion Sunday (S/V)
March 28, 2021
Palmarum\rProcessional Gospel: Matt. 21:1-9\r or John 12:12-19\rIntroit: Ps. 22:1, 7-8, 11; antiphon: Ps. 22:19, 21\rGradual: Ps. 73:23b-24, 1\rOld Testament: Zech. 9:9-12\rPsalm 118:19-29 (antiphon: v. 26)\r or Psalm 31:9-16 (antiphon: v. 5)\rEpistle: Phil. 2:5-11\rTract: Ps. 22:1, 4, 5\rGospel: Matt. 26:1-27:66\r or Matt. 27:11-54\r\rThe Cross and Passion of Our Lord Are the Hour of His Glory \r"Behold, your King is coming to you . . . humble and mounted on a donkey" (Zech. 9:9-12; Mt. 21:1-9). Our Lord rides in this humble fashion because He is entering Jerusalem to humble Himself even to the point of death on a cross (Phil. 2:5-11). His kingly crown will not be made of gold but of thorns, the sign of sin's curse. For His royal reign is displayed in bearing this curse for His people, saving us from our enemies by sacrificing His own life. The sinless One takes the place of the sinner so that the sinner can be freed and bear the name "Barabbas," "son of the Father" (Matthew 26 and 27). It is at the name of this exalted Savior, Jesus, that we bow in humble faith. With the centurion who declared, "Truly this was the Son of God!" (Mt. 27:54), we are also given to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2:11).
See more details
-
Divine Service
-
Sunday School
-
Bible Study
Bible Study
March 28, 2021 10:45 am - 11:45 am
6960 Parkwood Blvd, STE 200, Frisco, TX 75034, USA
See more details
• • • •
|
29
-
Monday in Holy Week (S/V)
Monday in Holy Week (S/V)
March 29, 2021
Introit: Ps. 35:3, 11-12, 22; antiphon: Ps. 35:1-2\rGradual: Ps. 35:23, 3\rOld Testament: Is. 50:5-10\rPsalm 36:5-10 (antiphon: v. 9)\rEpistle: 1 Peter 2:21-24\rTract: Ps. 103:10, 79:8-9\rGospel: John 12:1-36 (37-43)\r\r
See more details
-
Bible Class
• •
|
30
-
Tuesday in Holy Week (S/V)
Tuesday in Holy Week (S/V)
March 30, 2021
Introit: Ps. 67:1-3, 6b- 7; antiphon: Gal 6:14b, Liturgical text\rGradual: Ps. 35:13a, 1a, 2b\rOld Testament: Jer. 11:18-20\rPsalm 54 (antiphon: v. 4)\rEpistle: 1 Tim. 6:12-14\rTract: Ps. 103:10, 79:8-9\rGospel: Mark 14:1-15:47\r\r
See more details
•
|
31
-
[C] Joseph, Patriarch
[C] Joseph, Patriarch
March 31, 2021
Joseph was the son of the patriarch Jacob (February 5) and Rachel. The favorite son of his father, he incurred the jealousy of his older brothers, who sold him into slavery in Egypt and told their father he was dead (Genesis 37). In Egypt he became the chief servant in the home of Potiphar, a military official. Because Joseph refused to commit adultery with his master's wife, he was unjustly accused of attempted rape and thrown into jail (Genesis 39). Years later, he interpreted dreams for Pharoah, who then freed him from prison and placed him in charge of the entire country. When his brothers came from Canaan to Egypt in search of food, they did not recognize him. He eventually revealed his identity to them, forgave them, and invited both them and his father to live in Egypt. He is especially remembered and honored for his moral uprightness (Genesis 39) and for his willingness to forgive his brothers (Genesis 45 and 50).
See more details
-
Wednesday in Holy Week (S/V)
Wednesday in Holy Week (S/V)
March 31, 2021
Introit: Ps. 102:1, 3-4, 12; antiphon: Philippians 2:10, 8, 11\rGradual: Ps. 69:17, 1-2a\rOld Testament: Is. 62:11-63:7\rPsalm 70 (antiphon: v. 5)\rEpistle: Rev. 1:5b-7\rTract: Ps. 102:1-2, 13\rGospel: Luke 22:1-23:56\r\r
See more details
-
Men's Study
• • •
|
|
|
|