In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit             Today’s Collect proclaims God makes the minds of Your faithful to be of one will. The Epistle shows two different wills at war: the will of God and the will of sin. God’s will is for us to […]

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit             How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land? You walk as strangers in a strange land when you walk behind the Good Shepherd. No one wants to hear about the forgiveness of sins when one […]

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A small portion of this sermon is from Rev. Peter Bender’s “Lutheran Catechesis”. In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit If the Resurrection of Jesus is behind us and the Ascension and Pentecost are before us, then why is there so much joy? All these positive […]

CANTATE, THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER The Third Sunday in Advent, Gaudete, is an anticipation of Christmas. The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Laetare, is a joyous anticipation of Easter. This Sunday, Cantate, is an anticipation of Pentecost. It derives its name from the summons of its Introit to sing and prepares us for the approaching […]