Sermons on Luke 2:22-40
Sermon for First Sunday of Christmas
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear baptized believers in Christ’s church, the Holy Spirit has called you by the gospel, enlightened you with His gifts, sanctified and kept you in the true faith. God’s Word, connected with water, worked in you through holy baptism. Because of God’s…
Sermon for First Sunday after Christmas
[Machine transcription] Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we are going to meditate today on this Gospel lesson from Luke chapter 2, but I just, I can’t skip those verses about the bride and the bridegroom in Isaiah chapter…
Sermon for First Sunday of Christmas
[Machine transcription] Simeon took up the child Jesus in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word.” Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, I think the first time I was able to connect a liturgical dot, it was with this song of Simeon, which we sing after the…
Prepare to Die, Part 2
[Machine transcription] Simeon took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now You are letting Your Servant depart in peace.” Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Steve and Darla and Tay and Soren, dear saints of God, Jesus is now forty days old, and he’s being brought into the temple to be presented to the Lord and for the holy…
Seeing Jesus
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the gospel reading today, especially about the prophet Simeon, please be seated. Speaking of Simeon, it would be no surprise if you’re jealous of him. Because in that gospel reading today, he not only saw baby…
Speaking of Him to All
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Today is the city of destiny in the text, and the city of destiny for our Lord Jesus is Jerusalem. This is the first of many times that our Lord ends…
Appointed for the Rising and Falling of Many
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, on this third day of Christmas, the text for this morning comes from that gospel reading. You may be seated. This was an interesting event indeed. Forty days after Christ’s birth, because that was the…
Sermon for 1st Sunday after Christmas
[Machine transcription] Simeon had been anxiously looking forward to the consolation of Israel. And he knew that he would see the Christ before he would die. The Bible doesn’t actually say how old he was, nor does it say when it is that he died, or how long it was that he was anxiously looking forward to the consolation of Israel. But we can infer, and the church…
The Presentation
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
As has become our pattern in recent years, we celebrate the feasts and festivals of the church year when they fall on Sundays. In spite of the much-appreciated extra work for our beloved Altar Guild in changing the paraments a few more times, it is right and…
The Child, The Gift
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
There are some great things about having a church year, a liturgy, a lectionary of readings, Collects, and other Propers of the day. That is, in having those things that—with an ever-changing dynamic of variety—put a predictable framework around our gathering in…
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