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Holy (Maundy) Thursday (W/S/V)
Holy (Maundy) Thursday (W/S/V)
April 1, 2021
Introit: Ps. 67:1-3, 6b-7; antiphon: Gal 6:14b, Liturgical text\rGradual: Ps. 111:4-5\rOld Testament: Ex. 12:1-14\r or Ex. 24:3-11\rPsalm 116:12-19 (antiphon: v. 17)\rEpistle: 1 Cor. 11:23-32\rTract: Ps. 111:4-5; John 6:55-56\rGospel: John 13:1-15 (34-35)\r\rLet Us Love One Another, as Christ Jesus Has Loved Us\r"For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes" (1 Cor. 11:26). By eating His body and drinking His blood, we proclaim to all the world that Jesus is, indeed, our Passover Lamb (Ex. 12:1-14), who was sacrificed for us on Calvary. In Christ, the Lord remembers us in mercy and remembers our sin no more; He forgives us all our iniquity. With such love, he "loved His own who were in the world," and even loves us "to the end" (John 13:1). As He washes us and feeds us in love, let us love one another, just as He has loved us (John 13:34).
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Good Friday (Bk)
Good Friday (Bk)
April 2, 2021
Introit: Ps. 102:1-2, 12; antiphon: Isaiah 53:4a, 5a, 6a,c\rGradual: Is. 53:1,11b\rOld Testament: Is. 52:13-53:12\rPsalm 22 (antiphon: v. 1)\r or Psalm 31 (antiphon: v. 1)\rEpistle: 2 Cor. 5:14-21\rTract: Ps. 140:1-7, 12-13\rGospel: John 18:1-19:42\r\rBehold the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sin of the World\rJesus, the Lamb of God, is led to the slaughter of His cross as the sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the world. "Despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief" (Is. 53:3), He is the righteous Servant who justifies many by His innocent suffering and death. He bears our griefs and carries our sorrows; He is wounded for our transgressions; He is crushed for our iniquities; He suffers our chastisement, so that "with His stripes we are healed" (Is. 53:4-5). As the Son of God, He fulfills the Law for us in human flesh, and so fulfills the Scriptures (John 19:7, 24). For in Christ, "God was reconciling the whole world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them" (2 Cor. 5:19).
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Holy Saturday (Bk)
Holy Saturday (Bk)
April 3, 2021
Introit: Ps. 88:1, 6-7, 9b; antiphon: Ps. 88:3\rGradual: Ps. 18:5, 4:8\rOld Testament: Dan. 6:1-24\rPsalm 16 (antiphon: v. 10)\rEpistle: 1 Peter 3:17-22\rGospel: Matt. 27:57-66\r\r
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Easter Day (W/Go)
Easter Day (W/Go)
April 4, 2021
Introit: Ps. 8:1, 5-6, 9; antiphon: Luke 24:5-7\rGradual: Ps. 118:24,1\rOld Testament: Job 19:23-27\rPsalm 118:15-29 (antiphon: v. 1)\rNew Testament: 1 Cor. 5:6-8\r or 1 Cor. 15:51-57\rProperVerse: 1 Cor. 5:7b-8a, c\rGospel: Mark 16:1-8\r\rChrist's Resurrection Means That We Will One Day Be Raised\r"Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed" (1 Cor. 5:7). By the shed blood of Christ, the Lamb of God, eternal death has passed over us. Now we pass with Christ through death into life everlasting. For Christ the crucified One is risen! The stone has been rolled away from the tomb, revealing that the tomb could not hold Him (Mark 16:1-8). Now our Redeemer lives eternally to save us from sin and Satan and the grave, and we can live in the sure hope of our own bodily resurrection with Christ. "After my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God" (Job 19:26). Feasting on the living Christ, who is our meat and drink indeed, we boldly say: "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? . . . But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 15:54-55, 57).
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Easter Dawn (W/Go)
Easter Dawn (W/Go)
April 4, 2021
Introit: Ps. 139:1-2a, 8, 10; antiphon: Ps. 139:18b, 5b, 6\rGradual: Ps. 118:24,1\rFirst Reading: Is. 25:6-9\r or Ex. 14:10-15:1\rPsalm 16 (antiphon: v. 11)\r or The Song of Moses and Israel\rEpistle: 1 Cor. 15:1-11\r or 1 Cor. 15:12-25\rProperVerse: 1 Cor. 5:7b-8a, c\rGospel: John 20:1-18\r\rChrist's Resurrection Brings Us Life\r"In Adam all die." For we are all participants in the sin of Adam, who rebelled against God in the garden and brought the curse of death into the world. But "in Christ shall all be made alive" (1 Cor. 15:22)). For He was faithful to His Father and destroyed death on the holy tree. Jesus, the Second Adam, now walks in the garden in the cool of the day and reveals Himself to the daughter of Eve (John 20:1-18). The risen Christ brings not the curse of death but the blessing of life, the resurrection of the body. He leads us through the baptismal sea to new life on the other side, conquering our mortal enemies in its depths (Ex. 14:10-15:1). In this way our Lord Jesus wipes away the tears from all faces. For He has swallowed up death forever. Let us therefore be glad and rejoice in His salvation (Is. 25:6-9)!
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Easter Evening/Monday (W/Go)
Easter Evening/Monday (W/Go)
April 5, 2021
Introit: Ps. 105:1-2, 7a, 8a, 42a, 43a; antiphon: Ex. 13:5b, 9b\rGradual: Ps. 118:24, 2\rOld Testament: Ex. 15:1-18\rPsalm 100 (antiphon: v. 5)\rNew Testament: Acts 10:34-43\rProperVerse: Luke 24:32\rGospel: Luke 24:13-35\r\rThe Passover Lamb Is Known in the Breaking of the Bread\rThe celebration of Easter is a never-ending feast. Therefore, let us "sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously" (Ex. 15:1). He is our strength and our song because He has become our salvation. "They put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree, but God raised Him on the third day" (Acts 10:39). His chosen witnesses, "who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead" (Acts 10:41), now preach "forgiveness of sins through His name" (Acts 10:43). By this preaching, Jesus draws near and leads us home. He opens the Scriptures to us, and He opens our minds to understand "the things concerning Himself" (Luke 24:27). He opens our eyes to recognize His wounds and to know Him "in the breaking of the bread" (Luke 24:35).
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Easter Tuesday (W/Go)
Easter Tuesday (W/Go)
April 6, 2021
Introit: Ps. 105:1-2, 7a, 8a, 42a, 43a; Ecclesiasticus 15:3b-5a\rGradual: Ps. 118:24, 2\rOld Testament: Dan. 3:8-28\rPsalm 2 (antiphon: v. 7)\rEpistle: Acts 13:26-33\rProperVerse: Matt. 28:2b\rGospel: Luke 24:36-48 (49)\r\r
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[C] Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Duerer, Artists
[C] Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Duerer, Artists
April 6, 2021
Lucas Cranach (1472-1557), a close friend of Martin Luther, was a celebrated painter of portraits and altar pieces and a producer of woodcuts of religious subjects. Albrecht Duerer (1471-1528), a native of Nuernberg, Germany, was one of the most learned of Renaissance artists and also an ardent admirer of Martin Luther. His paintings and woodcuts include examples of the splendor of creation and skilled portrayals of biblical narratives. Both Cranach and Duerer are remembered and honored for the grandeur of their works of art that depict the glory and majesty and the grace and mercy of the triune God.
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Easter Wednesday (W/Go)
Easter Wednesday (W/Go)
April 7, 2021
Introit: Ps. 118:13-14, 17-18, 29; antiphon: Ps. 118:17\rGradual: Ps. 118:24, 2\rNew Testament: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19\rPsalm 61 (antiphon: vv. 6-7)\rEpistle: Col. 3:1-7\r or 1 Cor. 11:23-26\rProperVerse: John 21:14\rGospel: John 21:1-14\r\r
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Easter 2 (W)
Easter 2 (W)
April 11, 2021
Quasimodo Geniti\rIntroit: Ps. 81:1, 7a, 10, 16b; antiphon: 1 Peter 2:2a\rOld Testament: Ezek. 37:1-14\rPsalm 33 (antiphon: v. 6)\rEpistle: 1 John 5:4-10\rProperVerse: Matt. 28:7b, John 20:26a, c\rGospel: John 20:19-31\r\rThe Wounds of Christ Give Us Life\r"For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood" (1 John 5:7). These three point to Christ and flow from Christ. Jesus shows His disciples His hands side, from which blood and water flowed, saying "Peace be with you." He presents the wounds which turn our fear to gladness and which restore us to the Father. Jesus breathes on His disciples and says, "Receive the Holy Spirit" (John 20:23). His breath, His words are Spirit and life. They raise up our dry, dead bones and give us new and everlasting life (Ezek. 37:1-14). Christ now gives His ministers to speak His forgiving, Spirit-filled words to the penitent in His stead. Our Lord continues to come to His people, presenting His wounds to us in the Sacraments of water and blood. He bids us to touch His side at His table, to receive His risen body and blood in true faith, that believing we may have life in His name.
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Divine Service
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Sunday School
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Bible Study
Bible Study
April 11, 2021 10:45 am - 11:45 am
6960 Parkwood Blvd, STE 200, Frisco, TX 75034, USA
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[F] The Annunciation of Our Lord (W)
[F] The Annunciation of Our Lord (W)
April 12, 2021
Old Testament: Isaiah 7:10-14\rPsalm 45:7-17 (antiphon: v. 6)\rEpistle: Hebrews 10:4-10\rGospel:Luke 1:26-38\r\rIncarnate by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, and Made Man\r"It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins" (Heb. 10:4). But "nothing will be impossible with God" (Luke 1:37). He opens ears to hear and wombs to conceive. "Let it be to me according to your Word," says St. Mary (Luke 1:38). The Most High who once dwelt in the tabernacle comes to overshadow Mary, who believes the angel's "annunciation" (Luke 1:35). "The virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" (Is. 7:14). In Jesus Christ, God is with us-even from the moment of His conception. This miracle, that Mary should become the mother of God, will be a sign against the proud in Israel; but it is the fulfillment of the prophecies of Isaiah and David. "I delight to do Your will, O my God," says Christ (Ps. 40:8). From Mary's flesh, the Most High has prepared a body for His Son (Heb. 10:5), a body to be offered "once for all" as the sacrifice that alone takes away sins and gives a righteousness apart from the Law (Heb. 10:10). Through His conception, life, and death, we have been sanctified. God favors us in this child. And like the Blessed Virgin Mary, blessed "are those who hear the Word of God and keep it" (Luke 11:28).
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Easter 3 (W)
Easter 3 (W)
April 18, 2021
Misericordias Domini\rIntroit: Ps. 33:1, 18-20; antiphon: Ps. 33:5b, 6a\rOld Testament: Ezek. 34:11-16\rPsalm 23 (antiphon: v. 6)\rEpistle: 1 Peter 2:21-25\rProperVerse: Luke 24:35b, John 10:14\rGospel: John 10:11-16\r\rThe Good Shepherd Cares for His Sheep\rOur Lord Jesus is the Good Shepherd (John 10:11-16). He is not like the hireling, who cares nothing for the sheep and only for himself, who flees when he sees the wolf coming. Rather, Jesus is the Good Shepherd who seeks out His scattered sheep to deliver them (Ezek. 34:11-16). He gathers them and feeds them in rich pasture. He binds up the broken and strengthens the sick. He lays down His life for wandering and wayward sheep. On the cross, Christ bore in His body the attacks of the predators of sin and death and the devil for you that you might be saved. He now lives to restore your soul in the still waters of baptism, to lead you in the paths of righteousness by the voice of His Gospel, to prepare the table of His holy supper before you, that you may dwell in the house of the Lord forever (Psalm 23). "For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls" (1 Peter 2:25).
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Divine Service
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Bible Study
Bible Study
April 18, 2021 10:45 am - 11:45 am
6960 Parkwood Blvd, STE 200, Frisco, TX 75034, USA
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[C] Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor
[C] Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor
April 20, 2021
Johannes Bugenhagen (1485-1558), from Pomerania in northern Germany, was appointed pastor of Wittenberg in 1523 through the efforts of Martin Luther and thus served as Luther's own pastor and confessor. One of the greatest scholars of the Reformation era, he helped translate the New Testament into Low German and wrote a commentary on the Psalms. He also worked to organize the Lutheran Church in northern Germany and Denmark, journeying to Copenhagen where he crowned both King and Queen and consecrated seven men to the offices of superintendent and bishop.
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[C] Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian
[C] Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian
April 21, 2021
Born in Italy in 1033, Anselm is most closely associated with England, where he served as Archbishop of Canterbury for many years. A brilliant scholar and writer, Anselm used his political skills with the British kings on behalf of the established Christian church, affirming that it is the leadership of the church and not the state which has the responsibility of establishing structure and maintaining order among the clergy. Anselm is especially remembered for his classic book, Why God Became Man, which taught that the reason for the incarnation was that Jesus, the Son of God, would suffer and die in place of sinners.
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[C] Johann Walter, Kantor
[C] Johann Walter, Kantor
April 24, 2021
Johann Walter (1496-1570) began service at the age of 21 as a composer and bass singer in the court chapel of Frederick the Wise. In 1524, he published a collection of hymns arranged according to the church year. It was well received and served as the model for numerous subsequent hymnals. In addition to serving for 30 years as kantor (church musician) in the cities of Torgau and Dresden, he also assisted Martin Luther in the preparation of the Deutsche Messe (1526). Walter is remembered as the first Lutheran kantor and composer of church music.
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[F] St. Mark, Evangelist (R)
[F] St. Mark, Evangelist (R)
April 25, 2021
Old Testament: Isaiah 52:7-10\rPsalm 146 (antiphon: v. 5)\rEpistle: 2 Timothy 4:5-18\rGospel:Mark 16:14-20\r\rSt. Mark, Evangelist\rThe Lord sends His messengers out "as lambs in the midst of wolves" bearing the message, "Peace be to this house" (Luke 10:3-5). St. Mark does "the work of an evangelist" (2 Tim. 4:5) and "publishes peace" (Is. 52:7). He is remembered as the lion-hearted evangelist, depicted with his fellow evangelists as the four living creatures of Ezekiel 1 and Revelation 4. The evangelist is often identified with John-Mark of Acts and the cousin of Barnabas, with whom he worked in Cyprus to "proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation" (Mark 16:15). Despite their earlier differences, Mark was reconciled with St. Paul, who considered him "very useful. . . for ministry" (2 Tim. 4:11). Later he worked in Rome (1 Peter 5:13), where tradition has it that he wrote his Gospel from St. Peter's sermons before founding the church in Alexandria and facing a martyr's death.
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Easter 4 (W)
Easter 4 (W)
April 25, 2021
Jubilate\rIntroit: Ps. 66:3, 5, 8-9; antiphon: Ps. 66:1-2\rOld Testament: Is. 40:25-31\r or Lam. 3:22-33\rPsalm 147:1-11 (antiphon: v. 5)\rEpistle: 1 Peter 2:11-20\r or 1 John 3:1-3\rProperVerse: Ps. 111:9a, Luke 24:26\rGospel: John 16:16-22\r\rThose Who Wait on the Lord Shall Rejoice\rThe people of God are pilgrims and sojourners in this world, looking ahead to a destination yet to come (1 Peter 2:11-20). Though we are now children of God, the fullness of what we shall be has not yet been revealed (1 John 3:1-3). We are those who wait on the Lord. "The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him" (Lam. 3:25). Jesus tells us that the wait is just a little while. "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me" (John 16:16). Though you must experience sorrow for a time, though you must live as strangers in a world that is at enmity with Christ, yet your sorrow will be turned to joy when He returns. "But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength" (Is. 40:31). The little while of weeping shall be replaced with an eternity of rejoicing in the presence of Christ the crucified and risen Savior. "And no one will take your joy from you" (John 16:22).
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Bible Study
Bible Study
April 25, 2021 10:45 am - 11:45 am
6960 Parkwood Blvd, STE 200, Frisco, TX 75034, USA
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