Seventh Sunday after Trinity
Food is essential to our life. We may be able to go without it for a while but eventually our body needs nourishment or we die. This is a need that God made you to have and it is a … Continued
Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2023
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity16 July, Anno Domini 2023St. Matthew 5:17-26 Beloved Reconciled of the Lord, We do well to take seriously our Lord’s warning about the bitter consequences of our anger, and in today’s Gospel, Christ is specifically speaking … Continued
Sixth Sunday after Trinity
It is hard to imagine people who strove so mightily (outwardly) to be righteous as the Jews. They knew the Law of God and believed that they had to make themselves righteous by keeping the Law. But Jesus issues a … Continued
Fifth Sunday after Trinity 2023
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity9 July, Anno Domini 2023St. Luke 5:1-11 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Beloved in the Lord, I imagine that looking around you’ve probably … Continued
Fifth Sunday after Trinity
“Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.” We can work and strain as much as we want but unless the Lord blesses our efforts, we are striving … Continued
Festival of the Visitation of Our Lord 2023
The Festival of the Visitation of Our Lord2 July, Anno Domini 2023St. Luke 1:39-56 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Blessed of the Lord, When you listen carefully … Continued
Festival of The Visitation
To the one looking for God’s kingdom of mercy and righteousness, the coming of the Savior, even when He was still in the womb of His mother, Mary, is a joyous occasion beyond description. Where the Savior is, there is … Continued
Third Sunday after Trinity
The Third Sunday after Trinity25 June, Anno Domini 2023St. Luke 15:1-32 Dear found of the Lord, In the first two parables before us this morning, common sense would suggest that the owners just cut their losses and rejoice in what … Continued
Third Sunday After Trinity
The Lord always desires to receive us back. How long or how far you have wandered doesn’t matter. It brings God great joy when we recognize the foolishness of our sin and what we have thrown away – the goodness … Continued
Second Sunday after Trinity
The wisest among us are total fools. That is, they reject their own wisdom and strength, they reject all that the world praises as good and important, and instead they humble themselves before the Crucified Jesus, the Son of God, … Continued