Category Archives: Maundy Thursday

Christus Factus est: Sermon for Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Rev. Brian Hamer

The propers for Holy Week are rich in grace. There is a full set of propers (lessons, Introit, Gradual, etc.) for every day in Holy Week. They lead us to the cross and empty tomb in repentance and faith. Three of tonight’s propers for Maundy Thursday will guide our meditation this evening. The gradual, known in Latin as Christus Factus est (Christ was made obedient), traces the humiliation and exaltation of Christ. Our Epistle gives us the words instituting the Sacrament. And our Gospel lesson describes Jesus’ servitude on the night He was betrayed. A rich portrait of the life and work of Christ, the One who was made obedient unto death, even death on the cross. Continue reading →

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Luther on Discriminate Use of The Lord’s Supper

Posted on April 21, 2011 by pastorjuhl

[Christ] delivered his sermons to the multitude for everybody as the apostles later did, so that every person heard them, believers and unbelievers; whoever caught it, caught it. We must do the same. But we are not to cast the … Continue reading →

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Lindemann on Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 14, 2011 by revalkorn

THURSDAY IN HOLY WEEK The commonest name for this day, Maundy Thursday, is derived from dies mandati, the Day of the Commandment, referring not only to the words of the Holy Gospel, “You also ought to wash one another’s feet,” … Continue reading →

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Notes for Lent 2 – Matthew 15:21-28

Posted on February 22, 2010 by pastorjuhl

The Post-Tridentine Roman Lectionary has the Transfiguration account on the Second Sunday in Lent. Fred Lindemann, “The Sermon and the Propers” The determined effort of the evil spirit to possess and to defeat the struggle of faith is here visualized. … Continue reading →

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Bread of Angels: Sermon for Maundy Thursday

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Rev. Brian Hamer

Bread of Angels:  Sermon on the Propers for Maundy Thursday (after St. Thomas Aquinas) Thus Angels’ Bread is made the Bread of man today. The Living Bread from Heaven with figures dost away. O wondrous gift indeed! The poor and … Continue reading →

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