God loves good works. He accomplishes much good for our neighbor through them. He takes note of them, not because they save a person but because they are done in love, without a thought of reward. And such works are … Continued
The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity12 November, Anno Domini 2023St. Matthew 24:15-28 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. People of God, It seems as though our Lord Jesus Christ … Continued
The Festival of All Saints5 November, Anno Domini 2023St. Matthew 5:1-12 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Beloved saints of God, You have come to know through Holy … Continued
When you are training yourself in a skill, especially when that training is physically or mentally exhausting, it is important to keep the end goal in mind. We should know what it is that we are putting in all the … Continued
The Festival of the Reformation (transferred)29 October, Anno Domini 2023St. John 8:31-36 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Freed sons and daughters of the Most High God, Everywhere … Continued
The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 22 October, Anno Domini 2023St. Matthew 22:1-14 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Beloved in the Lord, In today’s appointed Gospel we hear Jesus … Continued
When someone like the king invites you to his table to celebrate, you go. We can imagine this. If some famous or powerful person invited us today to eat at their house, we would move heaven and earth to get … Continued
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity15 October, Anno Domini 2023St. Matthew 9:1-8 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Dear forgiven of the Lord, We have all been in those … Continued
Our lives know a great deal of suffering. And we would love for God to take the crosses away so that the earthly suffering could stop. The paralyzed man who was brought to Jesus certainly would have been looking for … Continued
Our goal in this life is not to be exalted either in the eyes of God or in the eyes of man. Any glory that is bestowed upon us is glory that is robbed from Christ to whom alone belongs … Continued