TRINITY – SUNDAY LESSON: JOHN 3:1-15 The Word was God … And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. John 1:14 The Sunday after Pentecost has come to be regarded in the Church as the festival of the Holy Trinity. The word Trinity is not found in Holy Scripture; it has been devised and…

EPIPHANY – FRIDAY LESSON: MATTHEW 2:1-12  Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1   The admonition to “arise” is without doubt spoken to one who has not arisen, that is, to one who is lying asleep, or is dead. I think St. Paul had this…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – CHRISTMAS EVE LESSON: 1 JOHN 3:1-10  I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. John 1:23  If you can now believe that the voice of John is true, fix your eyes in the way he is pointing and recognize the Lamb of God who is taking your sin…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – FRIDAY LESSON: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12-22  Among you stands one whom you do not know. John 1:26  When John says here, “Among you stands one whom you do not know,” he means to say, “Do not direct your eyes too far into the future! He of whom the prophets have spoken has…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – THURSDAY LESSON: LUKE 15:1‒10 “Make straight the way of the Lord,” as the prophet Isaiah said. John 1:23 The special office of John was to make straight the way of the Lord, to humble the whole world and tell it that all men in general are sinners, lost, damned, poor,…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – WEDNESDAY LESSON: ISAIAH 40:1-11 They said to him then, “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord’, as the prophet…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – TUESDAY LESSON: MALACHI 4:1-6 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, I am not.” John 1:21 In the question whether John was Elijah, the Jews were evidently referring to the prophecy of Malachi. I am of the opinion that Malachi had in mind no other Elijah…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – MONDAY LESSON: 1 JOHN 1:5-10 He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” John 1:20 The confession of John contains two parts: first, that he confesses; secondly, that he does not deny. His confession is the confession of Christ when he says that he is…

THE WEEK OF EPIPHANY V – SATURDAY LESSON: JOHN 17:20-26 I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word. John 17:20 Another advantage of confession is that it provides you with an opportunity to confess your errors and mistakes and to seek counsel for them. Even…

THE WEEK OF EPIPHANY V – FRIDAY LESSON: MATTHEW 18:15-20 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. John 20:23 In confession, you have the advantage that the Word is applied to you personally, as is also the case in the Sacrament. In…