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In this text, I see an essential point. God wants us to know Him in order to worship Him. God desires both, that we know Him and that we worship Him. This two cannot be separated. Theological knowledge and liturgical worship go hand in hand in Christ’s Church.

During Communion we will sing one of my favorite hymns: “I Walk in Danger All the Way.” An unfortunate title, but since we name our hymns after their first line, there you have it.

Our Lord called twelve apostles, and when they followed, they left behind fishing nets and tax collector booths. He continued to call some 70 disciples who left behind not only jobs, but families in order to pursue the Holy Ministry. The Twelve spent a full three years with the greatest teacher, setting a pattern for vigorous education.

My Dear Wormwood,

I just ran across this post of a meme (above) by a Missouri Synod pastor - and our Father Below is most pleased!

Many families were separated back then, for example, a father could be sent into a concentration camp, and a mother and children could simply be brought to some remote village and thrown out of the truck, and then their lives would depend on the hospitality of the locals. But Adalina was lucky: in the late 1940s, her parents were able to find each other.

In our age, when someone is said to be “going through the motions” it is not meant as a compliment. For people like to think that they are being genuine and truthful and spiritual only when they rise above the merely physical. And so it is especially fortunate that one of the most basic and common examples in all of the rich storehouse of the tradition of Christian prayer is a prayer which requires the Christian to go through the motions.