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Third Sunday in Lent
March 3, 2024
Color: Purple\r\rOld Testament: Exodus 8:16–24\rOld Testament: Jeremiah 26:1–15\rPsalm: Psalm 136:1–16; antiphon: v. 26\rPsalm: Psalm 4; antiphon: v. 8\rEpistle: Ephesians 5:1–9\rGospel: Luke 11:14–28\rIntroit: Psalm 25:1–2, 17–18, 20; antiphon: vv. 15–16\rGradual: Psalm 9:19, 3\rTract: Psalm 123:1–3a\r\rJesus Overcomes the Strong Man\r \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.\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Fourth Sunday in Lent
Fourth Sunday in Lent
March 10, 2024
Color: Purple\r\rOld Testament: Isaiah 49:8–13\rOld Testament: Exodus 16:2–21\rPsalm: Psalm 132:8–18; antiphon: v. 13\rSecond Reading: Acts 2:41–47\rEpistle: Galatians 4:21–31\rGospel: John 6:1–15\rIntroit: Psalm 122:1–2, 6, 8; antiphon: Isaiah 66:10a, 11a\rGradual: Psalm 122:1, 7\rTract: Psalm 125:1–2, 5b\r\rThe Lord Feeds His People\r \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.\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Fifth Sunday in Lent
Fifth Sunday in Lent
March 17, 2024
Color: Purple\r\rOld Testament: Genesis 22:1–14\rPsalm: Psalm 43; antiphon: v. 5\rEpistle: Hebrews 9:11–15\rGospel: John 8:42–59\rGospel: John 8:46–59\rIntroit: Psalm 43:3–5; antiphon: vv. 1–2a\rGradual: Psalm 143:9a, 10a; 18:48a, c\rTract: Psalm 129:1–4\r\rJesus Is Our Redemption\r \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.\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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[F] St. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus
[F] St. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus
March 19, 2024
Color: White\r\rOld Testament: 2 Samuel 7:4–16\rPsalm: Psalm 127; antiphon: v. 1a\rEpistle: Romans 4:13–18\rGospel: Matthew 2:13–15, 19–23\rIntroit: Psalm 89:1, 5, 15–16; antiphon: Psalm 128:1\rGradual: Psalm 45:6–7b\rVerse: Matthew 1:24a\r\rSt. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus\r \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\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Procession for Palm Sunday
Procession for Palm Sunday
March 24, 2024
Color: Red\r\rGospel: John 12:12–19\rGospel: Matthew 21:1–9
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Sunday of the Passion
Sunday of the Passion
March 24, 2024
Color: Red\r\rOld Testament: Zechariah 9:9–12\rPsalm: Psalm 31:9–16; antiphon: v. 5\rPsalm: Psalm 118:19–29; antiphon: v. 26\rEpistle: Philippians 2:5–11\rGospel: Matthew 26:1—27:66\rGospel: Matthew 27:11–54\rIntroit: Psalm 22:1, 7–8, 11; antiphon: vv. 19, 21\rGradual: Psalm 73:23b–24, 1\rTract: Psalm 22:1, 4–5\r\rThe Cross and Passion of Our Lord Are the Hour of His Glory\r \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).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Monday in Holy Week
Monday in Holy Week
March 25, 2024
Color: Red\r\rOld Testament: Isaiah 50:5–10\rPsalm: Psalm 36:5–10; antiphon: v. 9\rEpistle: 1 Peter 2:21–24\rGospel: John 12:1–36\rGospel: John 12:1–43\rIntroit: Psalm 35:3, 11–12, 22; antiphon: vv. 1–2\rGradual: Psalm 35:23, 3\rTract: Psalm 103:10; 79:8–9
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[F] The Annunciation of Our Lord
[F] The Annunciation of Our Lord
March 25, 2024
Color: White\r\rOld Testament: Isaiah 7:10–14\rPsalm: Psalm 45:7–17; antiphon: v. 6\rEpistle: Hebrews 10:4–10\rGospel: Luke 1:26–38\rIntroit: Psalm 34:1–3; antiphon: Isaiah 62:11b\rGradual: Psalm 45:6–7b\rVerse: Luke 1:46b–47; 2:30–31\rVerse: Luke 1:38a\r\rIncarnate by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary and Made Man\r \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; 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).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Tuesday in Holy Week
March 26, 2024
Color: Red\r\rOld Testament: Jeremiah 11:18–20\rPsalm: Psalm 54; antiphon: v. 4\rEpistle: 1 Timothy 6:12–14\rGospel: Mark 14:1—15:47\rIntroit: Psalm 67:1–3, 6b–7; antiphon: Galatians 6:14b; Liturgical Text\rGradual: Psalm 35:13a, 1a, 2b\rTract: Psalm 103:10; 79:8–9
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Wednesday in Holy Week
Wednesday in Holy Week
March 27, 2024
Color: Red\r\rOld Testament: Isaiah 62:11—63:7\rPsalm: Psalm 70; antiphon: v. 5\rEpistle: Revelation 1:5b–7\rGospel: Luke 22:1—23:56\rIntroit: Psalm 102:1, 3–4, 12; antiphon: Philippians 2:10, 8b, 11b\rGradual: Psalm 69:17, 1–2a\rTract: Psalm 102:1–2, 13
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Holy Thursday
March 28, 2024
Color: White\r\rOld Testament: Exodus 12:1–14\rOld Testament: Exodus 24:3–11\rPsalm: Psalm 116:12–19; antiphon: v. 17\rEpistle: 1 Corinthians 11:23–32\rGospel: John 13:1–15\rGospel: John 13:1–15, 34–35\rIntroit: Psalm 67:1–3, 6b–7; antiphon: Galatians 6:14b; Liturgical Text\rGradual: Psalm 111:4–5\rTract: Psalm 111:4–5; John 6:55–56\r\rLet Us Love One Another, as Christ Jesus Has Loved Us\r \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).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Good Friday
March 29, 2024
Color: Black\r\rOld Testament: Isaiah 52:13—53:12\rPsalm: Psalm 22; antiphon: v. 1\rPsalm: Psalm 31; antiphon: v. 1\rEpistle: 2 Corinthians 5:14–21\rGospel: John 18:1—19:42\rIntroit: Psalm 102:1–2, 12; antiphon: Isaiah 53:4a, 5a, 6a, c\rGradual: Isaiah 53:1, 11b\rTract: Psalm 140:1–7, 12–13\r\rBehold the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sin of the World\r \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).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Holy Saturday
March 30, 2024
Color: Black\r\rOld Testament: Daniel 6:1–24\rPsalm: Psalm 16; antiphon: v. 10\rEpistle: 1 Peter 3:17–22\rGospel: Matthew 27:57–66\rIntroit: Psalm 88:1, 6–7, 9b; antiphon: v. 3
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The Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter Day)
The Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter Day)
March 31, 2024
Color: White\r\rOld Testament: Job 19:23–27\rPsalm: Psalm 118:15–29; antiphon: v. 1\rEpistle: 1 Corinthians 15:51–57\rEpistle: 1 Corinthians 5:6–8\rGospel: Mark 16:1–8\rIntroit: Psalm 8:1, 5–6, 9; antiphon: Luke 24:5b–6b\rGradual: Psalm 118:24, 1\rVerse: 1 Corinthians 5:7b–8a, c\r\rChrist’s Resurrection Means That We Will One Day Be Raised\r \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).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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The Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter Evening / Easter Monday)
The Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter Evening / Easter Monday)
March 31, 2024
Color: White\r\rOld Testament: Exodus 15:1–18\rPsalm: Psalm 100; antiphon: v. 5\rSecond Reading: Acts 10:34–43\rGospel: Luke 24:13–35\rIntroit: Psalm 105:1–2, 7a, 8a, 42a, 43a; antiphon: Exodus 13:5b, 9b\rGradual: Psalm 118:24, 2\rVerse: Luke 24:32\r\rThe Passover Lamb Is Known in the Breaking of the Bread\r \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).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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The Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter Sunrise)
The Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter Sunrise)
March 31, 2024
Color: White\r\rOld Testament: Exodus 14:10—15:1\rOld Testament: Isaiah 25:6–9\rPsalm: Psalm 16; antiphon: v. 11\rEpistle: 1 Corinthians 15:12–25\rEpistle: 1 Corinthians 15:1–11\rGospel: John 20:1–18\rIntroit: Psalm 139:1–2a, 8, 10; antiphon: vv. 18b, 5b, 6\rGradual: Psalm 118:24, 1\rVerse: 1 Corinthians 5:7b–8a, c\r\rChrist’s Resurrection Brings Us Life\r \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)!\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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