Sacred Meditations

On this Epiphany day, we acknowledge that God has manifested His Son to all the peoples of the earth, and we pray that He would lead us who know Him now by faith to see His glory face to face in eternity. The Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer.

In this fourth and final part of meditating on “The Mystery of the Incarnation,” Johann Gerhard leads us to wonder at just why our Lord Jesus took on our human flesh. Part 1   Part 2   Part 3 Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 79-81.

We continue pondering the mystery of our Lord’s Incarnation with Johann Gerhard. Here Gerhard leads us in joining our voices and our praises with both the angels and the shepherds. Part 1   Part 2 Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 78-79.

God wonderfully created and yet more wonderfully restored the dignity of human nature through His incarnate Son. We pray that we may share the divine life of Him who humbled Himself to share our humanity. Second Sunday after Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer.

God the Father gave His incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus as a sign of our salvation. We pray Him to plant in our hearts the love of Him who is the Savior of the world. The Holy Name (January 1), from The Book of Common Prayer.

We continue pondering the mystery of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here Johann Gerhard weaves together several images of what Christmas means for us. Part 1 Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 77-78.

Christmas is about the Birth of the very Son of God who was born of the Virgin Mary. More than that, Christmas is truly all about the Son of God taking on human flesh for us sinners. Johann Gerhard leads us in pondering “The Mystery of the Incarnation.” Source: Sacred …

God wonderfully created the dignity of human nature and even more wonderfully restored us to that dignity through His Son Jesus Christ. We pray that we may share the divine life of Him who humbled Himself to share our humanity and who humbled Himself even more by going to the …

Today we remember the slaughter of the holy innocents by King Herod. We pray our gracious God to receive all innocent victims into His arms of mercy, and that He would mightily frustrate evil tyrants and establish His rule of justice, love, and peace. The Holy Innocents (December 28), from …

On this day of remembering the apostle and evangelist John, we pray our incarnate Lord Jesus Christ to illumine us by the light of His truth. Saint John (December 27), from The Book of Common Prayer.