Today’s class examines Joseph Rises From the Dead in Genesis 45:1-28.
Handout 1: Text-for-Chapter-45.pdf
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
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Misericordias Domini Divine Service, May 1, 2022
Misericordias Domini Divine Service, April 24, 2022 at 10:15 AM Link to Live Stream
Order of Divine Service I, p.136 Lutheran Worship
Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 1 Peter 2:21-25, St. John 10:11-16
Hymn “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want” LW 416, TLH 436
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “The Strife is O’er, the Battle Done” LW 143, TLH 210
“Sent Forth By God’s Blessing” LW 247
“The King of Love My Shepherd Is” LW 412, TLH 431
“I Know that My Redeemer Lives” LW 264, TLH 200
Closing Hymn “Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing” LW 218, TLH 50
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Easter-Two-Divine-Service-for-Online-5-1-2022.pdf
Picture: The Flood from Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523.
(https://collections.museumofthebible.org/artifacts/25085-luthers-pentateuch?&tab=description).
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Matins on St. Philip and St. James, May 1, 2022
Order of Matins, p.208 Lutheran Worship
Office Hymn “By All Your Saints in Warfare” LW 194: 1, 13, 3
Psalmody: Psalm 45, 67, 46, 147:1-7, 148
Readings: Ephesians 2:19-22, St. John 14:1-14
Sermon
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: St.-Philip-and-St-James-Matins-May-1-Matins.pdf
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Miriam’s Sunday School Class #75 on April 24, 2022
Today’s class examines Judah’s Sacrificial Speech in Genesis 44:1-34.
Handout 1: Text-for-Chapter-44.pdf
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
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Quasimodogeniti Divine Service on Sunday, April 24, 2022
Order of Divine Service I, p.136 Lutheran Worship
Readings: Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 John 5:4-10, St. John 20:19-31
Hymn “O Sons and Daughters of the King” LW 130, TLH 208
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “I Know that My Redeemer Lives” LW 264, TLH 200
“O Lord, We Praise You” LW 238, TLH 313
“That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright” LW 147
“Make Songs of Joy” LW 132
Closing Hymn “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Alleluia” LW 137, TLH 193
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Easter-One-Divine-Service-for-Online-4-24-2022b.pdf
Picture: Jacob’s Ladder from Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523. The picture has Jacob sleeping, the angels on the ladder and Jesus with an open heaven.
(https://collections.museumofthebible.org/artifacts/25085-luthers-pentateuch?&tab=description).
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Catechesis for Quasimodogeniti/Easter One (St. John 20:19-31) 2021
On Wednesday nights, Trinity Lutheran Church(Herrin, IL) offers to both children and adults an opportunity for teaching with Learn-by-Heart at 6:30 PM and a catechetical service at 7:00 PM. This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.
The dialog sermon explains the Institution of the Office of the Keys (St. John 20:19-31), which is the Holy Gospel for the first Sunday in Easter. The teaching for Learn-by-Heart will include hymn #135, stanza 2 of “Welcome, Happy Morning,” Small Catechism, Table of Duties: Of Bishops: Titus 1:9, and 1 Peter 2:2.
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Catechesis-Quasimodogeniti-4-7-2021.pdf
Responsive Prayer: Responsive-Prayer-for-Catechesis-2020.pdf
For a Happy Death.
O GOD, Who art the Saviour of all the living, Who willest not the death of sinners, nor rejoicest in the perdition of those that die, I humbly entreat Thee to vouchsafe me pardon of my offences, that I may bewail what I have committed, and henceforth commit them no more; and that when my last day and the end of my life has arrived, Thy holy angels may receive me cleansed from all offences; 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.93).
#34 The Word and Work of God Brings Joy
Eccl. 2:1. I said to myself: Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself. But behold, this also was vanity.
In the preceding chapter he showed that the anxiety and solicitude and planning of men, particularly when we want to be of aid and counsel to others, are vain and empty. He teaches that we should be content with the Word and work of God, so that we are not presumptuous about anything except what the Word of God prescribes or His work requires. Often this seems to be contrary to the Word, as when He oppresses us in some way even though we have acted correctly according to the Word. Then we need faith and patience, so that we do not seek our own counsels and try to evade what He has sent, but commit ourselves to Him and bear the hand of God in His work. Now he turns to the other side. (Luther’s Works, v. 15, p.29)
Divine Service Easter Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Order of Divine Service I, p.136 Lutheran Worship
Hymn “Welcome, Happy Morning” LW 135, TLH 202
Readings: Daniel 3:8-28, Acts 13:26-33, St. Luke 24:36-49
Hymn “I Am Content! My Jesus Ever Lives” LW 145, TLH 196
Sermon
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Easter-Tuesday-Divine-Service-for-Online-4-19-2022.pdf
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In Commemoration of the Faithful Departed.
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).