ALMIGHTY GOD, with Whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and with Whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity: We praise and magnify Thy Holy Name for all Thy servants who have finished their course in Thy faith and fear; and we most humbly beseech Thee that, at the day of the general resurrection, we, and all they who are of the mystical body of Thy Son, may be set on his right hand, and hear that His most joyful voice, “Come ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Grant this, O most merciful Father, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.94).
Author Archive: luther
#33 Rejoicing and Sadness
And here we can put these four things, as also above, namely:
Rejoicing at the words of God in the spirit,
Being sad according to the cross in the flesh,
Rejoicing at the reality of the world in the flesh,
Being sad at the cross in the conscience or spirit.
Joy inwardly over the Word.
Joy outwardly over the reality.
And
Sadness externally over the lack of the reality.
Sadness inwardly over the lack of the Word.
Therefore happy is the sadness of the faithful, which has such joy with it, and unhappy is the joy of the unbelievers, which has such sadness with it. This joy of the former is founded on the Word of the Lord, which abides forever, while the joy of the latter is founded on the flesh, which is grass because its flower has dried up and fallen (Is. 40:7). (Luther’s Works, v. 11, p.521)
Divine Service Easter Day Sunday, April 17, 2022
Order of Divine Service I, p. 136 Lutheran Worship
Hymn “I Know that My Redeemer Lives” LW 264, TLH 200
Readings: Job 19:23-27, 1 Corinthians 5:6-8, St. Mark 16:1-8
Hymn of the Day “Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands” LW 123, TLH 195
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “Jesus Christ Is Risen, Today” LW 127, TLH 199
“Lo, Judah’s Lion Wins the Strife” LW 146, TLH 211
“At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing” LW 126
“The Day of Resurrection” LW 133, TLH 205
Closing Hymn “Good Christians Friends, Rejoice and Sing” LW 129
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Easter-Day-Divine-Service-for-Online-4-17-2022.pdf
Picture: The Flood from Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523. The picture from Luther’s 1524 edition was by Georg Lemberger.
(https://collections.museumofthebible.org/artifacts/25085-luthers-pentateuch?&tab=description).
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Miriam’s SS Class #74, April 17, 2022
Today’s class examines the Typology of Joseph as the OT prefigured Christ.
Handout: Joseph-Type-of-Christ.pdf
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
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#32 The Carnal Find Nothing to Please Them in the Word of God
This also must be noted, that as the Word of God appears to the carnal to be lacking much and in many things, so it appears to the spiritual to abound in all things like many spoils. As in the figure of the children of Israel, who seemed to be lacking everything in the wilderness, so that even the manna was sickening to them, complaining that they were in a desert of barrenness, so it is necessary for the hearers of the Word of God to be led into the wilderness where there is nothing that the flesh demands. But when the flesh has been crucified and all that is of the flesh has been removed, only the spirit should be fed and led into the land of promise, that is, the spiritual man.
Therefore the carnal man necessarily murmurs here, because he finds nothing that pleases him. Thus the more carnal and worldly a man is, the more he has to bring up against the Word of God. And what wonder? Since it is altogether foolishness to him, he knows nothing useful in it. Therefore great is the praise of the church, which has the Spirit so abundantly that it esteems only the words of God, to rejoice in them above all spoils. Rejoicing in those things which to others seem to be sad things and nothings without a doubt puts a great void between the latter and the former. (Luther’s Works, v. 11, p.520-521)
Easter Vigil Part 2 on Saturday April 16, 2022
Easter Vigil, April 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM Link to Live Stream
Service of Communion
Alleluia Verse
Readings: Colossians 3:1-4, St. Matthew 28:1-10
Hymn of the Day “Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain” LW 141, TLH 204
Sermon
Offertory Hymn “He Is Arisen! Glorious Word!” LW 520, TLH 189
Communion liturgy, p.144
Hymn “Christ the Lord is Risen Again” TLH 190
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Easter-Vigil-for-2022.pdf
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Easter Dawn Matins on Sunday, April 17
Order of Matins, p.208 Lutheran Worship
Office Hymn “Like the Golden Sun Ascending” TLH 207
Psalmody: Psalm 92, 1, 2, 3, 99
Readings: 1 Corinthians 15:51-57, St. John 20-1-18
Sermon
After Benedicamus, Paschal Blessing, LW p.244-249
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Easter-Dawn-Cover-4-17-2022-online.pdf
Picture: The Cover Page for the Second Edition of Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1524. Martin Luther published his initial Old Testament translation in 4 parts. Although this first portion was entitled “The Old Testament German,” it contained only the first five books of the Bible.
(https://collections.museumofthebible.org/artifacts/25085-luthers-pentateuch?&tab=description).
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Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 16, 2022
Easter Vigil, April 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM Link to Live Stream
Service of Light
Service of Readings
Readings:
Hymn #9 “All You Works of God”
Service of Baptism/Confirmation
Hymn “All Who Believe and Are Baptized” LW 225
Service of Communion
Alleluia Verse
Readings: Colossians 3:1-4, St. Matthew 28:1-10
Hymn of the Day “Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain” LW 141, TLH 204
Sermon
Offertory Hymn “He Is Arisen! Glorious Word!” LW 520, TLH 189
Communion liturgy, p.144
Hymn “Christ the Lord is Risen Again” TLH 190
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Easter-Vigil-for-2022.pdf
Picture: The Flood from Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523. The picture from Luther’s 1523 translation was by Lukas Cranach.
(https://collections.museumofthebible.org/artifacts/25085-luthers-pentateuch?&tab=description).
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Lauds Holy Saturday, April 16, 2022
Order of Lauds
Psalmody: Psalm 51, 92, 64, Canticle of Hezekiah, Psalm 150 (insert)
Readings: 1 Peter 3:17-22, St. Matthew 27:57-66
Office Hymn “All Is O’er, the Pain, the Sorrow” HS98 731 (insert)
Sermon
Benedictus, p.217 Lutheran Worship
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Holy-Saturday-Lauds-4-16-2022-Online.pdf
Picture: The Table of Contents for Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523. Although the first part only contained the Pentateuch. A list of all the Old Testament books are included. The apocrypha is not numbered and set apart from the rest.
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For the Outcasts.
O GOD, Who tellest the number of’ the stars, and callest them all by their names: Heal, we beseech Thee, the contrite in heart, and gather together the outcasts, and enrich us with the fullness of Thy wisdom; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.89).