Sacred Meditations

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 …

Today we prepare for Holy Week as we ponder the words of the hymn, “Not All the Blood of Beasts.” Source: Lutheran Service Book, 431.

In today’s meditation, we prepare our hearts and minds for Holy Week, the most meaningful time of the year. We meditate by means of the Italian hymn, “Glory Be to Jesus.” Source: Lutheran Service Book, 433.

For today’s meditation, we prepare for the coming Holy Week by pondering the hymn “We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died.” Source: Lutheran Service Book, 429

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. …

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 …

Only almighty God can bring order to our unruly wills and affections. Today 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.

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 …

The wounds of Jesus are balm and healing for us. That’s the message of Johann Heermann’s hymn and our prayers this season of Lent. Here, in verse 5, we pray our Lord Jesus to comfort us in the hour of our death. See Lutheran Service Book, 421:5.