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Ye Sons and Daughters of the King

March 24, 2008

Looking ahead to Quasimodo (for you Vatican II folks, that’s the first Sunday after Easter), let’s take a look at the differences in the Hymn of the Day, O Sons and Daughters of the King, in LSB (471) and TLH (208). The first thing that grabs you is the missing stanza 10:And we with holy [...]

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Easter sermon – Mark 16.1-8

March 24, 2008

Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!  Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!  Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!  “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” So said Peter, on the night Jesus was betrayed. But he wasn’t ready. Moments [...]

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Prayer for Easter Dawn

March 23, 2008

Almighty God, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life. We humbly pray that we may live before you in righteousness and purity forever; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and [...]

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Prayer for the Vigil of Easter

March 22, 2008

O God, You made this most holy night to shine with the glory of the Lord’s resurrection. Preserve in us the spirit of adoption which You have given so that, made alive in body and soul, we may serve You purely; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and [...]

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Easter as Rorschach test

March 22, 2008

Parishioner M.Z. Hemingway has an interesting article on Get Religion entitled “Easter as Rorschach test.” She writes, If you’re going to write a story claiming that the point of Easter — the day on which Christians celebrate Christ’s resurrection and triumph over death — is other people doing good works, that story better be very [...]

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Attention, preachers in a last-minute Easter sermon panic

March 22, 2008

Good stuff found here, here, here, and here. And of course, nothing tops the great Easter sermon of St. John Chrysostom.

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Lost in Translation

December 10, 2007

Remember the hubbub over the so-called Gospel of Judas last Easter? Parishioner M.Z. Hemingway has a story on Get Religion on the news that the translation used by the National Geographic Society was fraudulent.

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