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Matins
Matins

I have heard from brother pastors that there are still resistors to every-Sunday communion. One of their ploys is to suggest Matins be used instead of the Divine Service on certain weeks in the month.

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Larry Beane Comments
The Epiphany of Our Lord
The Epiphany of Our Lord

On January 6th, the Church celebrated the Epiphany of Our Lord, remembering in particular the visit of the Magi. As many of you may know, the visit of the Magi is only one of several events that has historically been connected with the celebration of the Epiphany. One particularly beautiful example of liturgical composition is the Benedictus antiphon for the morning of January 6th:

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Stefan GramenzComment
Update
Update

A number of subscribers have begun to ask whether they missed the Christmas issue of Gottesdienst. Unfortunately the struggling mail service failed us again, and there were delays. The good news is that the stallion has finally broken through the fences and the issues have begun to arrive at last.

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Gottesdienst EditorialComment
In and Out of Egypt with the Lamb of God
In and Out of Egypt with the Lamb of God

God does not fail or neglect the children of Bethlehem, but He calls them to Himself and rescues them from every evil, unto the Life everlasting in body and soul. Their little bodies are cruelly butchered and put to death, but God gives them rest, and He shall raise them in glory at the last.

Meanwhile, Christ Jesus does not “run away” in fear from danger and from death, but He proceeds in faith to the Sacrifice of His Cross, which shall be at the time appointed by His Father in heaven. No one takes His life from Him, but He lays it down willingly when that Day and that Hour come. He does not escape the trials and tribulations of this life — which the Holy Innocents of Bethlehem are spared, though their mothers and fathers are not. But He submits Himself to every bit of the Great Tribulation — for you and your salvation, and for the sake of all people.

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Death & Dying, Feasts & Festivals, Sanctoral Calendar, SermonRick StuckwischThe Holy Innocents, Sermons, Feasts & Festivals, Sanctoral Cycle Comment
The Light No Darkness Can Overcome
The Light No Darkness Can Overcome

Beloved disciple of Jesus, what St. John saw with his eyes, and looked upon, and touched with his hands, is here given and poured out for you. Recline here upon Body of the Lord who loves you at His Supper, and know that in His Flesh and Blood you are safe in the bosom of the Father, because the Blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses you from sin and releases you from death. For where there is forgiveness, as there is forgiveness for you here, there you shall not die but live.

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Sermon, SaintsRick StuckwischSaints, Sermons, St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Comment