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[F] All Saints’ Day
[F] All Saints’ Day
November 1, 2024
Color: White\r\rFirst Reading: Revelation 7:2–17\rFirst Reading: Revelation 7:9–17\rPsalm: Psalm 149; antiphon: v. 4\rEpistle: 1 John 3:1–3\rGospel: Matthew 5:1–12\rIntroit: Psalm 31:1, 3, 5; antiphon: Revelation 7:14b\rGradual: Revelation 7:14b; Psalm 84:5\rVerse: Hebrews 12:1a, 2a\r\rSaints Are Blessed in the Eternal Presence of Christ\r \r“A great multitude from all tribes and peoples and languages,” cry out “salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne” (Rev. 7:9–17). Faith-filled saints from every place and time with unified voices eternally magnify the Lamb of God. As His beloved children, we too, “shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:1–3). Joined with the throng of angels and a myriad of saints, we shall “serve him day and night in his temple” (Rev. 7:9–17). In our earthly tension vacillating between saint and sinner, faith and doubt, sacred and profane, we earnestly seek Jesus to calm our fears, comfort our spirits, and forgive our sins. The Holy Spirit, through faith in Christ propels us forward, fortifying us in Word and Sacrament, to our eternal home. In the midst of our constant struggle as believers, we need to be blessed. And so we are. The poor in spirit, the meek, the hungry, the thirsty, the merciful, the pure, and the persecuted are all blessed and we will most certainly inherit the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 5:1–12).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity
Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity
November 3, 2024
Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: Proverbs 8:11–22\rPsalm: Psalm 111; antiphon: v. 10a\rEpistle: Philippians 3:17–21\rGospel: Matthew 22:15–22\rIntroit: Psalm 85:1, 7, 9, 11; antiphon: Jeremiah 29:11a, 12\rGradual: Psalm 44:7–8\rVerse: Psalm 115:11\r\rRender to God the things of God\r \rWhen confronted with the civic duty of paying taxes, our Lord Jesus, Wisdom incarnate, walked “in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice” (Prov. 8:20) and discerned that wisdom “is better than jewels” and “better than gold, even fine gold” (Prov. 8:11, 19). When we set our minds on earthly things, such as wealth and passing glory, our “end is destruction” (Phil. 3:19). However, our humble and prudent Lord has rendered “to God the things that are God’s” (Matt. 22:21), namely, perfect fear, love, and trust, as well as the complete sacrifice for our sin. In so doing, He also rendered to Caesar the things of honor and justice, submitting to the law of the land that put Him on the cross. The true “riches and honor are with [Him],” because “enduring wealth and righteousness” (Prov. 8:18) are found in our heavenly citizenship from which “we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” He “will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself” (Phil. 3:20-21).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity
November 10, 2024
Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: Isaiah 51:9–16\rPsalm: Psalm 126; antiphon: v. 1\rEpistle: Colossians 1:9–14\rGospel: Matthew 9:18–26\rIntroit: Psalm 95:1–4; antiphon: vv. 6–7a\rGradual: Psalm 116:8, 1\rVerse: Psalm 36:9\r\rThe Strength of the Lord Is Our Salvation from Sin, Death, and Darkness\r \rA shroud of darkness engulfs us. Sin, death, and disease threaten to sever us from life’s fullest measure. Without new life in Christ Jesus, there would be no light to dissipate, dispel, or curb grief and sadness. But Jesus has qualified us “to share in the inheritance of the saints of light” delivering us from the dark domain (Col. 1:9–14). “I have put my words in your mouth and covered you in the shadow of my hand, . . . You are my people” (Is. 51:9–16). The presence of Christ, in word, wine, bread, and water, confronts our sinful nature with forgiveness. In the sacraments, God claims us to be His very own children, creating, and sustaining our faith. So in Christ, we humbly receive the words, “your faith has made you well” (Matt. 9:18–26). On the last day God will surely awaken us also from slumber in resurrection glory.\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity
November 17, 2024
Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: Exodus 32:1–20\rOld Testament: Job 14:1–6\rPsalm: Psalm 14; antiphon: v. 7\rPsalm: Psalm 102:1–13; antiphon: v. 12\rEpistle: 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18\rGospel: Luke 17:20–30\rGospel: Matthew 24:15–28\rIntroit: Psalm 31:1–2a, 5, 24; antiphon: vv. 9a, 15b, 17a\rGradual: Psalm 74:4, 2a\rVerse: Psalm 46:4\r\rFaith Comes By Hearing the Word of Christ\r \r“The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed” (Luke 17:20). You must use your ears and not your eyes. For God’s kingdom in this world is one of faith, and faith comes by hearing the Word of Christ. The people of Israel, however, wanted to walk not by faith but by sight. When Moses delayed in coming down the mountain, they decided to make a visible god for themselves, the golden calf (Ex. 32:1). Upon such faithless and false worshipers God’s judgment comes. Only on the Last Day will our faith be turned to sight. “For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man” (Matt. 24:27). The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, and He will gather His people to Himself, both the living and the dead. In a world in which our days are few and full of trouble (Job 14:1), let us comfort one another with these words of the resurrection and the coming of our Lord Jesus.\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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Last Sunday of the Church Year
Last Sunday of the Church Year
November 24, 2024
Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: Isaiah 65:17–25\rPsalm: Psalm 149; antiphon: v. 2\rEpistle: 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11\rGospel: Matthew 25:1–13\rIntroit: Psalm 39:4–5, 7–8; antiphon: Isaiah 35:10\rGradual: Psalm 45:14–15\rVerse: Revelation 21:2\r\rBy Faith We Are Prepared for Christ’s Return\r \r“The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night” (1 Thess. 5:1–11). The arrival of the bridegroom will be sudden and unexpected. Therefore you are to be watchful and ready like the five wise virgins. “For you know neither the day nor the hour” when the Son of Man is to return. (Matt. 25:1–13). The lamps are the Word of Christ. The oil in the lamps is the Holy Spirit, who works through the Word to create and sustain the flame of faith in Christ. The foolish are those who do not give proper attention to the working of the Holy Spirit in baptism, preaching, and the supper, and so their faith does not endure. The wise, however, are those who diligently attend to these gifts of the Spirit, and who therefore have an abundance of oil. The flame of faith endures to the end. By God’s grace they are received into the eternal wedding feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, the new heavens and the new earth created by the Lord for the joy of His people (Is. 65:17–25).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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[F] St. Andrew, Apostle
[F] St. Andrew, Apostle
November 30, 2024
Color: Red\r\rOld Testament: Ezekiel 3:16–21\rPsalm: Psalm 139:1–12; antiphon: v. 17\rEpistle: Romans 10:8b–18\rGospel: John 1:35–42a\rIntroit: Psalm 89:1, 5, 15–16; antiphon: John 15:27\rGradual: Romans 10:15b, 18b; Isaiah 52:7b, alt.\rVerse: John 1:39a\r\rSt. Andrew, Apostle\r \rThe old church year ends with the watchman’s cry (Matt. 25:6), and the new one begins with it (Ezek. 3:17): John the Baptist’s call of warning and repentance, which St. Andrew heard and heeded. But John’s forerunning task was chiefly to point his disciples to Jesus, “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29, 36). Thus, Andrew became the first of Christ’s disciples. He, in turn, pointed his brother Simon Peter to the Messiah (John 1:41), and “immediately they left their nets and followed” the Christ (Matt. 4:20). “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news” (Rom. 10:15). Andrew’s eagerness to follow Christ and bring others to Him made “no distinction between Jew and Greek” (Rom. 10:12; John 12:20–22), and he may be counted as the first missionary. His zeal in following Christ led him, according to tradition, to face a martyr’s death on an X-shaped cross. So we are directed at the beginning of Advent to focus our eyes on Christ’s cross, where God’s Lamb was offered for our salvation.\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
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