ASLC Podcast

Centering Song: Oh God We Call ACS 1075
O God, we call, O God, we call,
from deep inside we yearn,
from deep inside we yearn,
from deep inside we yearn for you.

Readings and Psalm

• Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122 & Luke 1:39-55

Introduction
Jeremiah’s promise that God would bring “justice and
righteousness in the land” comes to its strange and wonderful
fulfillment in the cross of Jesus, the King of the Jews. It looks for
all the world like a royal disaster — a king on a cross beside
criminals. Yet in this seeming defeat, Jesus pulls off heaven’s
greatest surprise: through the gate of death, he swings open the
door to paradise.

The end is near. There is no doubt about it. The warnings are dire. The tone of today’s texts is ominous. But the baptized know how to live in the meantime. The baptized are strengthened for the living of these days in word and sacrament. The baptized rally around the invitation of the apostle: “Do not be weary in doing what is right.”

We worship on the first day of the week because our Savior was raised on that day. Every Sunday is a little Easter. This Sunday feels more like Easter than many as the appointed texts celebrate the reality of the resurrection. Live it up this Lord’s day. Our God is the God of the living..
Scripture Reading: Luke 20:27-38, Job 19:23-27, Psalm 17:1-9

Introduction
We worship on the first day of the week because Jesus was raised on that
day. Every Sunday is a little Easter. This Sunday feels more like Easter than
many as the appointed texts celebrate the reality of the resurrection. Live
it up this Lord’s day. Our God is the God of the living.
This is the day that the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Introduction
In holy baptism God makes saints out of sinners. In holy
communion God forgives the sins of all the saints. In worship
today we give thanks for all the saints “who from their labors rest.”
In the same breath we petition our God for the strength to hear
and to heed the admonitions of Jesus in today’s gospel. Sealed
by the Spirit and sustained by the Savior’s body and blood, we
live with joy as God gives us breath, to the praise of God’s glory.
During the opening hymn, we invite anyone who feels called to
come up and light a candle in memory of a loved one.

Introduction
Real repentance and fake holiness couldn’t be more different—
but God’s mercy covers us all. We’re made right not by
perfection but by Jesus’ stubborn grace. So we laugh, we sing,
and we give thanks—because God’s forgiveness is the real
feast.

Pray always. Do not lose heart. This is Christ’s encouragement in the
gospel today. Wrestle with the word. Remember your baptism again
and again. Come regularly to Christ’s table. Persistence in our every
encounter with the divine will be blessed.

Readings: Genesis 32:22-31, 2 Timothy 3:14—4:5 and Luke 18:1-8

Jesus’ mission includes making people clean again. Unexpectedly, a
Samaritan healed of leprosy becomes a model for those who would praise
and worship God and give thanks for God’s mercy.

Reading: 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Luke 17:11-19