Trinity 20 (10 – 13 – 24)

SJLC ElderOctober 20, 2024Sermons

	November 2025
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						1 [F] All Saints’ Day [F] All Saints’ Day November 1, 2025 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 See more details •
2 Twentieth Sunday after Trinity Twentieth Sunday after Trinity November 2, 2025 Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: Isaiah 55:1–9\rPsalm: Psalm 27:1–9; antiphon: v. 8\rEpistle: Ephesians 5:15–21\rGospel: Matthew 21:33–44\rGospel: Matthew 22:1–14\rIntroit: Psalm 48:1, 9–11; antiphon: Liturgical Text\rGradual: Psalm 145:15–16\rVerse: Psalm 130:1–2a\r\rJesus Invites Us to His Wedding Feast to Receive Abundant Righteousness\r \rThe Holy Spirit sounds forth the Gospel call: “See, I have prepared my dinner . . . Come to the wedding feast” (Matt. 22:1–14). But many reject this invitation in favor of worldly pursuits. And so the call goes out to others, both the good and the bad. For the wedding invitation is not based on the qualifications of those invited but on the basis of the merits and work of Christ. The feast is free: “He who has no money, come, buy and eat . . . delight yourselves in rich food.” (Is. 55:1–9). Those rejecting the Spirit’s work shall experience God’s wrath and judgment. Those who are not clothed in Christ’s righteousness shall be cast into outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Let us therefore seek the Lord while He may be found, for He will have mercy upon us. Let us redeem the time, being filled with the Spirit, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Eph 5:15–21).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details Divine Service Divine Service November 2, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Bible Study Bible Study November 2, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Youth Catechesis Youth Catechesis November 2, 2025 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm See more details • • • •	3 Bible Study Bible Study November 3, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	4	5 Men's Study Men's Study November 5, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	6 Pastors' Study Group in Wylie or Keller Pastors' Study Group in Wylie or Keller November 6, 2025 See more details •	7	8
9 Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity November 9, 2025 Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: Genesis 1:1—2:3\rPsalm: Psalm 8; antiphon: v. 9\rEpistle: Ephesians 6:10–17\rGospel: John 4:46–54\rIntroit: Psalm 119:1, 38–40; antiphon: Liturgical Text\rGradual: Psalm 90:1–2\rVerse: Psalm 125:1\r\rGod Declares Us Righteous Unsheathing His Word Against All Evil\r \r“‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Gen. 1:1—2:3). The Father speaks, and it is so. His Word accomplishes what it says. He created all things out of nothing through His Son by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Father’s creative Word became flesh in Jesus Christ, that He might restore fallen creation and save fallen man. To the nobleman whose son was deathly ill, Jesus says, “Go; your son will live” (John 4:46–54). And in the very hour Jesus spoke, the nobleman’s son was made well. The Word of Christ still accomplishes what it says. In baptism, absolution, and the Lord’s Supper, He declares His life–giving forgiveness to you, and it is so. This saving Word of God is the sword of the Spirit by which you are able to fight off all the onslaughts of the devil (Eph. 6:10–17). “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.”\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details Divine Service Divine Service November 9, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Bible Study Bible Study November 9, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Youth Catechesis Youth Catechesis November 9, 2025 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm See more details • • • •	10 Bible Study Bible Study November 10, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	11	12 Men's Study Men's Study November 12, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	13 Elder Meeting Elder Meeting November 13, 2025 12:45 pm - 2:45 pm See more details •	14	15
16 Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity November 16, 2025 Color: Green\r\rOld Testament: Micah 6:6–8\rPsalm: Psalm 116:12–19; antiphon: v. 13\rEpistle: Philippians 1:3–11\rGospel: Matthew 18:21–35\rIntroit: Psalm 130:1–2, 7–8; antiphon: vv. 3–4\rGradual: Psalm 133:1, 3b\rVerse: Psalm 147:3\r\rWalking Humbly with Our God and Forgiving One Another\r \rWith what shall we come before the Lord (Micah 6:6) who forgives all our sins, and how often shall our fellow Christians sin against us and we forgive them (Matt. 18:21)? Our gracious God on high does not need our “burnt offerings” or “thousands of rams” (Micah 6:6-7), which we could legitimately offer in thanksgiving. He is the Savior who gave His only-begotten Son for our transgression. He offers the fruit of His body, once hanging dead on a cross but now living and giving life in His holy Meal, for the sin of our souls (Micah 6:7). Because He releases us from our enormous debt of sin against Him, we need not imprison our fellow sinners with our lack of love and refusal of forgiveness (Matt. 18:24, 27, 30). As partakers of His grace, we yearn for one another “with the affection of Christ Jesus” (Phil. 1:8). As forgiven sinners, “filled with the fruit of Christ’s righteousness,” our “love may abound more and more, with knowledge and discernment” (Phil. 1:11, 9), for He leads us “to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with [our] God” (Micah 6:8).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details Divine Service Divine Service November 16, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Bible Study Bible Study November 16, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Church Council Church Council November 16, 2025 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm See more details Youth Catechesis Youth Catechesis November 16, 2025 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm See more details • • • • •	17 Bible Study Bible Study November 17, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	18 Circuit Pastors' Meeting Circuit Pastors' Meeting November 18, 2025 See more details •	19 Men's Study Men's Study November 19, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	20	21	22
23 Last Sunday of the Church Year Last Sunday of the Church Year November 23, 2025 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 See more details Pastor Off Pastor Off November 23, 2025 See more details Divine Service Divine Service November 23, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Bible Study Bible Study November 23, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details • • • •	24 Bible Study Bible Study November 24, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details •	25	26	27 Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day November 27, 2025 See more details •	28	29
30 First Sunday in Advent First Sunday in Advent November 30, 2025 Color: Blue\r\rOld Testament: Jeremiah 23:5–8\rPsalm: Psalm 24; antiphon: v. 7\rEpistle: Romans 13:8–14\rEpistle: Romans 13:11–14\rGospel: Matthew 21:1–9\rIntroit: Psalm 25:4–5, 21–22; antiphon: vv. 1–3a\rGradual: Psalm 25:3–4\rVerse: Psalm 85:7\r\rThe Lord Jesus Comes in Humility to Redeem Us\r \rThe new Church Year begins by focusing on the humble coming of our Lord. “Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey” (Matt. 21:5). Even as He was born in a lowly manger, so Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a beast of burden. For He bears the sin of the world. He is the Son of David riding to His enthronement on the cross, where He shows Himself to be “The Lord is our Righteousness” (Jer. 23:5–6). Our Lord still comes in great humility to deliver His righteousness to us in the Word and Sacraments. Before receiving Christ’s body and blood, we also sing, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” (Matt. 21:9) And as we receive the Sacrament, we set our hearts on His return in glory, for “our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed” (Rom. 13:11).\r\rLectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship See more details [F] St. Andrew, Apostle [F] St. Andrew, Apostle November 30, 2025 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 See more details Divine Service Divine Service November 30, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4809 S Colony Blvd, The Colony, TX 75056, USA See more details Voters' Assembly Voters' Assembly November 30, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm See more details • • • •

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