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Last Sunday of the Church Year – Matthew 25:1-13

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit             The parable of the Ten Virgins is the perfect way to end Trinitytide and the Church Year. You might wonder why a parable … Continue reading

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Stöckhardt on Trinity 27 – Last Sunday in the Church Year

There is precious little available among the 19th century Lutheran fathers on the Parable of the Ten Virgins. I haven’t checked my copy of Walther’s “Licht des Lebens,” but there is nothing I have from Walther on this text. Stöckhardt … Continue reading

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Last Sunday in the Church Year – Matthew 25:1-13

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit Jesus concludes today’s Holy Gospel with these words: Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of … Continue reading

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Robert Farrar Capon on Last Sunday – Matthew 25:1-13

If you’re looking for some help from Luther this week, keep looking. No sermon exists in the Church and House Postils on this text. Perhaps one could make the argument that Luther preached through the cycle of texts and stopped … Continue reading

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Lindemann on Trinity 27/Last Sunday

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY The Epistle and the holy Gospel are the same in The Lutheran Hymnal and the Common Service Book. The former has the rubric: “The Introit and Collect for the Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity shall be … Continue reading

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