Sacred Meditations

God has made all people in His image, but many do not know the redeeming work of Jesus Christ, His Son. We pray that, by the prayers and labors of His holy Church, they may be brought to know and worship the true God as He is revealed in Jesus …

In today’s meditation, Pastor Johann Arndt sets before us two goals that direct our course of life. Taken together, these two goals show us the pattern of love that comes from God Himself. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected and translated by John Joseph Stoudt, pages 40-41 (Meditation …

Today we ask our gracious God to guide us both in what we think and in what we do. Collect for Proper 5 (the Sunday closest to June 8), from The Book of Common Prayer.

Join us as we pray this prayer attributed to St. John Chrysostom. Source: A Prayer of St. Chrysostom (Morning Prayer II), from The Book of Common Prayer

For today’s Sacred Meditations, we go back to the beginning of this podcast. Our very first prayer was, of course, the perfect prayer—the Lord’s Prayer. This version of the Lord’s Prayer is sung in plainsong chant by a men’s quartet from the Schola Cantorum of Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church in …

Since God orders all things in heaven and on earth, we pray that He would give us what is good and profitable for us. Collect for Proper 4 (the Sunday closest to June 1), from The Book of Common Prayer.

Because God is the author of peace and lover of concord, we pray that He would defend us against the assaults of our enemies. Source: A Collect for Peace (Morning Prayer II), from The Book of Common Prayer.

Because the Holy Spirit truly is God—the Third Person of the Holy Trinity—we pray to Him even as we pray to the Father and the Son. In today’s meditation, we continue this “Morning Prayer” by Johann Starck as he meditates on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Here …

By God’s grace we acknowledge that He is the Holy Trinity–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We pray that He would keep us steadfast in this one true faith and worship. First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer.

In today’s prayer we pray stanzas 2 and 3 of the hymn “Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid,” attributed to Rabanus Maurus (776-856). Source: Lutheran Service Book, 500:2-3.