O LORD, we beseech Thee, graciously receive our prayers and supplications which we bring before Thee with thanksgiving, and grant that we, whom Thou in grace hast heard, may be genuinely thankful to Thee, praise and magnify Thy holy name and ever increase in Thy love and service; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.65).
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Divine Service Septuagesima Sunday, February 13, 2022
Order of Divine Service I, p.136 Lutheran Worship
Hymn “O God of God, O Light of Light” LW 83, TLH 132
Readings: Exodus 17:1-7, 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:5, St. Matthew 20:1-16
Hymn of the Day “Salvation unto Us Has Come” LW 355, TLH 377
Sermon
“Through Jesus’ Blood and Merit” LW 369, TLH 372
“Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord” LW 240, TLH 307
“Seek Where You May to Find a Way” LW 358, TLH 383
“Dear Christians, One and All” LW 353, TLH 387
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Septuagesima-Divine-Service-for-Online-2-13-2022.pdf
Picture: The 5th Seal from Das Newe Testament Deuotzsch. The image is from Martin Luther’s (1483-1546) September Testament. Revelation 6- Upon the opening of the fifth seal, angels give the saints under the altar white robes. Woodcut designed by Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553), a close friend of Martin Luther For information on licensing this image, please send an email, including a link to the image, to dia@emory.edu. These images are made available by the generous contribution of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation.
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Miriam’s Sunday School Class #65: on February 13, 2022
Today’s class examines Esau’s Descendant’s (Gen 36:1-30), The Rulers of Edom (Gen 36:31-45), and Joseph’s Dreams (Gen 37:1-11).
Handout 1: Text-for-Genesis-36.pdf
Handout 2: Text-for-Genesis-37.pdf
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
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Catechesis on Septuagesima (St. Matthew 20:1-16) 2019
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.
In this video from February 13, 2019, we learned stanza 1 of “If Thy Beloved Son, O God” (The Lutheran Hymnal#375) and questions one through three of the Office of the Keys from the Small Catechism. This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service. The dialog sermon explains the parable of the laborers in the vineyard (St. Matthew 20:1-16), which is the Holy Gospel for Septuagesima Sunday.
Bulletins: Catechesis-Septuagesima-02-13-2019.pdf
Responsive Prayer: Responsive-Prayer-for-Catechesis-2019.pdf
The service concludes with “Responsive Prayer for Catechesis” (pdf link above).
This catechesis is recorded in two parts.
The first video is the Learn-by-Heart. [Length: 31 minutes]
The second video is the Catechesis Service. [Length: 34 minutes]
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Catechesis for Septuagesima Sunday on Feb 9, 2022
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 parable of the laborers in the vineyard (St. Matthew 20:1-16), which is the Holy Gospel for Septuagesima Sunday.
Learn-by-Heart will include Lutheran Worship #369 (TLH 372), stanza 1 of “Through Jesus’ Blood and Merit,” Small Catechism, Office of the Keys, questions one and two, and 1 Timothy 2:3-4.
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Catechesis-Septuagesima-02-9-2022.pdf
Responsive Prayer: Responsive-Prayer-for-Catechesis-2022-8.5×11.pdf
For The Parish Church 1.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, yet Who art willing to have an house fashioned by man, wherein Thine honor dwelleth and where men may worship Thee: Of Thy love and mercy, we beseech Thee, vouchsafe Thy presence here that this Church which we have reared to the glory of Thy name, may by Thee be accepted and hallowed, to the end that souls may here be gathered, nourished in Thy love, and made fruitful in Thy service; 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.69).
The Divine Service on Sunday, February 6, 2022 was not Recorded
Order of Divine Service I, p.136 Lutheran Worship
Hymn “How Good, Lord, to Be Here” LW 89
Readings: Exodus 34:29-35, 2 Peter 1:16-21, St. Matthew 17:1-9
Hymn of the Day: “Oh, Wondrous Type! Oh, Vision Fair” LW 87
Sermon
“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” LW 241
“One Thing’s Needful” LW 277, TLH 366
“O God of God, O Light of Light” LW 83, TLH 132
Closing Hymn “Alleluia Song of Gladness” WS98 #819
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Transfiguration-Divine-Service-for-Online-2-6-2022.pdf
Picture: The New Jerusalem from Das Newe Testament Deuotzsch. The image is from Martin Luther’s (1483-1546) September Testament. Revelation 21-An angel shows John the new heavenly Jerusalem. The images from Das Newe Testament Deuotzsch, the 1522 German New Testament by Dr. Martin Luther are taken from https://pitts.emory.edu/. These woodcuts were designed by Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553), a close friend of Martin Luther. For information on licensing this image, please send an email, including a link to the image, to dia@emory.edu. These images are made available by the generous contribution of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation.
The Adult Bible Class on Sunday, Feb 6, 2022 was not Recorded
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
#15 We Will Be Glad and Rejoice Forever
On the same day Luther spoke admirably about the future eternal life and its unspeakable joy: “Human reason can’t grasp it by speculation. With our thoughts we can’t get beyond the visible and physical. No man’s heart comprehends eternity. One might suppose that according to the saying, ‘Even pleasure becomes burdensome,’ one would get tired of eternity. What pleasure is like in eternity we can’t imagine. Isaiah said, ‘Be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create’ [Isa. 65:18].” (Luther’s Works, v. 54, p.325)
#14 Luther Frustrated that He Can’t Rejoice and Be Thankful
When the illness of his daughter became graver he [Martin Luther] said, “I love her very much. But if it is thy will to take her, dear God, I shall be glad to know that she is with thee.”
Afterward he said to his daughter, who was lying in bed, “Dear Magdalene, my little daughter, you would be glad to stay here with me, your father. Are you also glad to go to your Father in heaven?”
The sick girl replied, “Yes, dear Father, as God wills.”
The father said, “You dear little girl!” [Then he turned away from her and said,] “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak [Matt. 26:41]. I love her very much. If this flesh is so strong, what must the spirit be?” Among other things he then said, “In the last thousand years God has given to no bishop such great gifts as he has given to me (for one should boast of God’s gifts), I’m angry with myself that I’m unable to rejoice from my heart and be thankful to God, though I do at times sing a little song and thank God. Whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s [Rom. 14:8]—in the genitive singular and not in the nominative plural.” (Luther’s Works, v. 54, p.430)