Sacred Meditations

In this holy season of Advent, we meditate on the coming Christ Jesus in the flesh for our benefit. Here we join Johann Starck in his “Morning Prayer” for the season of Advent. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. T. Dau, 1921), pages 64-65.

In Advent we meditate on our King who comes to us righteous and having salvation (Zechariah 9:9). Johann Starck, in his Prayer Book, exhorts us Christians how to meditate on the coming Christ in this season of preparation. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. …

In this third week of Advent, we pray that our Lord Jesus would stir up His power and come among us with great might. Since our sins sorely hinder us, we implore Him to help and deliver us by His bountiful grace and mercy. Third Sunday of Advent, from The …

On this Thanksgiving Day we thank our gracious heavenly Father for the fruits of the earth and those who harvest them. We ask Him to make us faithful stewards of His bounty, so that we may provide for our necessities and help those who are in need. Thanksgiving Day, from …

“Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). In today’s meditation, Johann Starck exhorts us in pondering the future glory …

God’s will is to restore all things in His beloved Son Jesus Christ. We pray that He may bring us together in unity and free us from our slavery to sin. Collect for Proper 29 (the Sunday closest to November 23), from The Book of Common Prayer.

Jesus taught us to love both God and our neighbor (see Matthew 22:34-40). In this meditation, Johann Arndt explores how love for God cannot exist without neighbor-love (Listen). Faith active in love is how we live as disciples of Jesus. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected and translated …

In the course of this busy life, we need refreshment and peace! We pray that God would lead us to use our times of leisure and rebuild our bodies and renew our minds that we may enjoy the goodness of His creation. “For the Good Use of Leisure,” from The …

We have heard Johann Arndt meditate on loving God from a pure heart. (Listen here.) In today’s meditation, Arndt explores what he calls “neighbor-love” and how it relates to loving God. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected and translated by John Joseph Stoudt, pages 36-37 (Meditation from Arndt’s …

God has filled the world with wondrous beauty. We pray that He would open our eyes to behold all that He worked with His gracious hand and to rejoice in His creation. “For Joy in God’s Creation,” from The Book of Common Prayer (adapted).