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Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Today’s Reading: Introit for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Psalm 98:1b, 3-4; antiphon: v.1a, 2b)
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 9:9-18, 26-37; Luke 11:14-36
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (From the Introit for the Fifth Sunday of Easter)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. You think God doesn’t hear. You think He’s forgotten you. You’re pretty sure, in fact. There’s a deafening silence coming from above when you raise your prayers to God. That’s surely what was going through the minds of Jesus’ disciples over the weekend following His death. How could they go on when everything they knew had been destroyed? How could they do anything else once their every reason for living was gone? But Easter morning changed things. Easter morning changed everything. It is entirely likely that this psalm was in their minds and on their lips when their hearts were burning with joy at the realization that Christ was risen!
So it is for you. God your Father might seem silent. He might seem to be far from your cries and prayers, but He isn’t. He’s never far from your side. He proved that to you in your Baptism, when He clothed you with the very righteousness of Jesus. He is even upon your tongue in the Eucharist, once again reminding you what has been given and shed for you. The Lord has indeed remembered His steadfast love. He shows to the ends of the earth His salvation in His risen Son, and he shows it to you as well. He remembers His steadfast love and faithfulness for you, too, in Jesus.
Like the disciples, you are also given to “make a joyful noise,” and “break forth in joyous song” for what He has done for you. Thanks be to God that He has never forgotten you, never forgotten His steadfast love for you. It is always in His mind when He thinks of you. Rest securely in His hands knowing, with the psalmist, that you can sing these words and your Lord hears them, for He is bearing you up even now. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
All the earth with joy is sounding: Christ has risen from the dead! He, the greater Jonah, bounding From the grave, His three-day bed, Wins the prize: Death’s demise Songs of triumph fill the skies. (All the Earth with Joy Is Sounding, LSB 462:1)
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By Higher Things®Today’s Reading: Introit for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Psalm 98:1b, 3-4; antiphon: v.1a, 2b)
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 9:9-18, 26-37; Luke 11:14-36
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (From the Introit for the Fifth Sunday of Easter)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. You think God doesn’t hear. You think He’s forgotten you. You’re pretty sure, in fact. There’s a deafening silence coming from above when you raise your prayers to God. That’s surely what was going through the minds of Jesus’ disciples over the weekend following His death. How could they go on when everything they knew had been destroyed? How could they do anything else once their every reason for living was gone? But Easter morning changed things. Easter morning changed everything. It is entirely likely that this psalm was in their minds and on their lips when their hearts were burning with joy at the realization that Christ was risen!
So it is for you. God your Father might seem silent. He might seem to be far from your cries and prayers, but He isn’t. He’s never far from your side. He proved that to you in your Baptism, when He clothed you with the very righteousness of Jesus. He is even upon your tongue in the Eucharist, once again reminding you what has been given and shed for you. The Lord has indeed remembered His steadfast love. He shows to the ends of the earth His salvation in His risen Son, and he shows it to you as well. He remembers His steadfast love and faithfulness for you, too, in Jesus.
Like the disciples, you are also given to “make a joyful noise,” and “break forth in joyous song” for what He has done for you. Thanks be to God that He has never forgotten you, never forgotten His steadfast love for you. It is always in His mind when He thinks of you. Rest securely in His hands knowing, with the psalmist, that you can sing these words and your Lord hears them, for He is bearing you up even now. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
All the earth with joy is sounding: Christ has risen from the dead! He, the greater Jonah, bounding From the grave, His three-day bed, Wins the prize: Death’s demise Songs of triumph fill the skies. (All the Earth with Joy Is Sounding, LSB 462:1)