Sacred Meditations

By the passion of His blessed Son, God transformed an instrument of shameful death into the means of life for us. On this Tuesday in Holy Week, we pray that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of our Savior Jesus. Tuesday in Holy Week, from The …

On this Monday in Holy Week, we pray that we may walk in the way of the cross and find it none other than the way of life and peace. Monday in Holy Week, from The Book of Common Prayer.

On this Palm Sunday (also named Sunday of the Passion), we acknowledge God’s tender love in sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to take upon Himself our nature, suffer death upon the cross, and give us the great example of His humility. We also pray that we may walk in the …

We continue our journey through this season of Lent, and we keep praying from this hymn by Ernst Christoph Homburg. Here we pray verse seven as we address “Christ the Life of All the Living.” Source: Lutheran Service Book, 420, stanza 7.

Speaking of the Suffering Servant, the Prophet Isaiah said, “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows…he was crushed for our iniquities…and with his wounds we are healed” (Is. 53:4-5). In today’s meditation, we pray with Johann Starck as we ponder Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ death. …

Only almighty God can bring order to our unruly wills and affections. Here we pray that He would grant us His grace to love what He commands and desire what He promises. Fifth Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer.

We continue our journey through this season of Lent, and we keep praying from this hymn by Ernst Christoph Homburg. Here we pray verse six as we address “Christ the Life of All the Living.” Source: Lutheran Service Book, 420, stanza 6.

We know the last week of Lent as “Holy Week.” The last two weeks of Lent, including Holy Week, are also called “Passiontide”—the time we direct our attention specifically to the passion, or suffering, of our Lord Jesus Christ. In today’s meditation, Johann Starck exhorts us in pondering our Lord’s …

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came down from heaven to be the true Bread who gives life to the world. In this prayer, we ask our heavenly Father to give us this Bread, so that He may live in us and we may live in Him. Fourth Sunday in …

We continue our journey through the season of Lent, and we keep praying from this hymn by Ernst Christoph Homburg. Here we pray verse five as we address “Christ the Life of All the Living.” Source: Lutheran Service Book, 420, stanza 5.