Grace Evangelical-Lutheran: January 2024

Sunday, January 28, 2024

1. Corinthians 9,24-27. Septuagesima

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Septuagesima 21

Charlemagne, Emperor ✠ 814

28. Januar 2024

1. ℣ The sorrows of death compassed me:

℟ The sorrows of hell compass me about (Psalm 116,3).

O Jesus , whose Passion is fast approaching once more, give us a spirit of devotion that from the throne of heaven You appeared to be our Salvation through the pain You suffered. Amen. (Pieper 127; English transl. 75).

2. »Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain the prize. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control,lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.«

3. »The Apostle Paul uses 2 sports examples at the end of chapter 9: sprinting and boxing; both of these events were in the Greek Olympiad which, like the modern Olympics, were held every 4 years in Olympia, Greece from 776 bc - ad 393 – 1200 years, until Emperor Theodosius I banned all pagan sporting events. In 1896 the Olympic Games were revived in Athens. The movie Chariots of Fire is based on the 1924 Olympics held in Paris; it was the VIII Olympiad, and 1924 was also the first Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France. The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics will be at the same stadium as the 1924 Olympics.

4. Most scholars affirm that Paul wrote 1. Corinthians from Ephesus during his Third Missionary Journey some time between ad 53-55 (Acts 19,1-20,1). The 201^st Olympiad was in ad 53 and the 202^nd Olympiad was in ad 57. Both had the pankration (a combination of wrestling and boxing with few rules) and the pentathlon (the stadion, long jump, javelin, discus and wrestling); the stadion was a 200m sprint that started the games, it was the standard unit of measuring distance. It was raced in honor of Zeus and the winner was heralded as the fastest man in the world. As the premiere event it was the only one that had a prize awarded. The winner of the stadion would often be immortalized in poems and statues. The winner of the stadion received a wreath of wild olive leaves that grew near Olympia’s temple of Zeus; it symbolized honor and recognition for athletic achievement. Athletes would train 10 months prior to the Olympiad that included renouncing bad habits and other things that were fine in order to prepare for the Games (Lockwood 318). Paul also probably witnessed the Isthmian Games in ad 51 when he was in Corinth; these games were second only to the Olympiad. The Isthmian Games were held every 2 years about 10 miles from Corinth. Its events were sprinting, wrestling, jumping, boxing, javelin and discus. The reward for these games was a wreath of withered celery. Paul used 2 prestigious events from the Olympiad and Isthmian Games, the pankration and the stadion, as examples of Christian discipline. Like the Greek athletes, Paul exhorts the Corinthians, and all Christians, to train and discipline oneself to win the wreath or crown.

5. Septuagesima begins a period of preparation for Lent, and announces we are about 70 days (actually 63 days in 2024 with its leap year) before Easter. Paul exhorts us to discipline ourselves, and so today we embark on a 2 months of spiritual training. Let us devote ourselves to reading the Scriptures and prayer. We have the mind of Christ (1. Corinthians 2,16) to make wise, Godly decisions and judgments. Let us set aside our sinful vices, such as sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, strife, rage and envy, and strive for the spiritual virtues of άγάπη (unconditional love), joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, which are given to us by the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5,19-22). Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires (Galatians 5,24). Let us run the life-long race of faith in Christ where upon at our finish we will be crowned with the prize of eternal life (1. Corinthians 5,17). Baptism indicates that the Old Adam in us should by daily contrition and repentance be drowned and die with all sins and evil desires, and that a new man should daily emerge and arise to live before God in righteousness and purity forever (Small Catechism, Baptism IV).

6. Praise be to You, O Yahweh, O God of our fathers, for You are just in everything that You have wrought for us. Εύλογητός ει, κύριε ό θεός των πατέρων ήμων, και αίνετός, ότι δίκαιος ει έπι πασιν, οίς έποίησας ήμιν. Benedictus es Domine Deus patrum nostrorum quia justus es in omnibus, quæ fecisti nobis (Daniel 3,26a.27a apocrypha; 3.4 p.252 esv). We have sinned and gone astray from God’s will (6 p.252 esv), but He brings us back to Him with a contrite heart and a humble spirit (16 p.252 esv). Through His Son, Jesus Christ, by the working of the Holy Spirit within our hearts, we know that the Triune God is the only God who saves and redeems. In Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit we are new creations.

7. Each morning God awakens me,

He speaks into my ear to say.

He doesn’t hide Himself from me,

But guides me through the day,

That with His Word I

Welcome the new light.

With the twilight portal nigh

He speaks to me this night.

(Er weckt mich alle Morgen elkg 694,1 2021 Jochen Klepper 1938 nach Isaiah 50,4-8).

This is most certainly true.

8. The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4,7). Amen.

9. Let us pray. We beseech Thee, O Yahweh, make Thy servants always to join together in seeking Thee with their whole heart, to serve Thee with submissive mind, humbly to implore Thy mercy and perpetually to rejoice in Thy blessings. Amen. (Septuagesima, Vespers Collect 2. The Daily Office.)

To God alone be the Glory

Gode ealdore sy se cyneþrymm

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All Scriptural quotations are translations done by The Rev. Peter A. Bauernfeind using the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 4. Edition © 1990 Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart, Septuaginta, Vol. I and II 2. Revised Edition © 2006 Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart and the Novum Testamentum Graece, Nestle-Aland 28. Revised Edition © 2012 Deutsch Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart.

Monday, January 22, 2024

2. Corinthians 4,6-10. Final Sunday after Epiphany

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Letzter. Sonntang nach Epiphanias 18

Agnes, Virgin, Martyr at Rome, 304 (Diocletian, 284-311/12; persecution 302-11)

21. Januar 2024

1. ℣ Thy lightnings lightened the world:

℟ The earth trembled and shook (Psalm 97,18).

О Great and Exalted God, having thus provided for them in all bodily things, show us Your grace and goodness also in spiritual matters. Let sinners be led to repentance by Your goodness so that the angels in heaven may rejoice over them. … Have mercy on all people. Amen. (Pieper 126; English 74).

2. »For God, who said: Let light shine out of darkness, [Genesis 1,3] has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.«

3. In Luke’s account of Jesus’ Transfiguration, we read: »Moses and Elijah appeared in glory and were speaking of Jesus’ exodus, which He was to accomplish at Jerusalem« (Luke 9,31). The exodus of which these 3 men speak is the crucifixion of Jesus. The reality of Jesus’ crucifixion is still part of our Christian life: we daily carry and manifest in our body our Lord’s death. Paul lists some examples : affliction, perplexity and struck down. The years after Jesus’ crucifixion, resurrection and ascension were times of tribulation for Christians. All of the apostles suffered for preaching the gospel of Jesus’ death and resurrection for the redemption of humanity. Paul suffered numerous times for preaching this gospel. Some Jews and Gentiles rejected and persecuted Christians.

4. The gospel is a message of justification and liberation, but often it is met with ridicule and violence. Many Christians suffer around the world for their faith in Jesus. The unbelieving world means it to be one of mockery and discouragement. We are tempted to also receive it that way. When Jesus would teach about His suffering and death, His disciples were perplexed by His words and found them difficult to hear and believe. What He told them went against their preconceived notions of who the Christ is and how the Christ would be received.

5. 2000 years we still are surprised at the hostility the gospel can evoke. Why would the message „God loves you and sent His Son to die for you so as to redeem you“ create such angst and anxiety in people? Jesus said: »Do not think that I have arrived to bring peace to the earth. I have not arrived to bring peace, but a sword. Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves« (Matthew 10,34.16). The gospel will divide people, and some will receive it peacefully but others will reject it violently. Jesus reminds us that it is Him they are rejecting. »A disciple is not above his teacher. If they have called Me [Jesus] Beelzebul, how much more will they malign My disciples« (Matthew 10,24.25).

6. Jesus comforts us with these words: »Have no fear« (Matthew 17,7). The exodus that is Jesus’ suffering and death leads to the promised land of resurrection. We will suffer as did Jesus, and we will arise as He did. »But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?« (2. Corinthians 2,14-16).

7. The Light of God is Jesus Christ who shines the light of righteousness into the darkness of our sins. Jesus forgives and drives away our sins. His redemptive light now shines forth from our hearts. »You are the light of the world. Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven« (Matthew 5,14.16). Let His light shine forth so people know the gospel of the crucified and risen Jesus. We may be earthen clay jars but we hold the treasure of Jesus that the world needs to see. »Your Word is a Lamp to my feet and a Light to my path. Your testimonies are my Heritage forever, for they are the Joy of my heart« (Psalm 119,105.111). »Lucerna pedi meo verbum tuum et lux semiae meae. Hereditas mea testimonia tua in sempiternum quia gaudium cordis mei sunt« (Psalmi 118,105.111 vul). Christ Jesus is the Word, our Lamp, Light, Heritage and Joy. To Him be all glory forever!

8. Bright dawn of eternity,

Light of inexhaustible light,

Send us each morning daily,

Your rays to give us sight

And drive away by Your might

Our night.

(Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit elkg 693,1 2021 Christian Knorr von Rosenrot 1684).

This is most certainly true.

9. The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4,7). Amen.

10. Let us pray. O God, who on the mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses Thine only-begotten Son wonderfully transfigured, in raiment white and glistening, mercifully grant that we, being delivered from the disquietude of this world, may be permitted to behold the King in His beauty. Amen. (Final Sunday after Epiphany, Vespers Collect 2. The Daily Office. Copyright © 1965 Concordia Publishing House.)

To God alone be the Glory

Gode ealdore sy se cyneþrymm

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Sunday, January 14, 2024

Hebrews 12,12-18.22-25a. Epiphany II

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2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias 16

Felix of Nola, Italy. Pastor, Confessor, ✠ 256

14. Januar 2024

1. ℣ All the earth shall worship Thee:

℟ And shall sing unto Thee, O God (Psalm 66,4).

O Lord, Lord, merciful, patient and of great faithfulness, You are from everlasting to everlasting, and with You there is no alteration nor change of light and darkness, behold, we have once again begun a new year under Your blessing. Lord, how great is Your goodness, that the children of men take refuge/trust under the shadow of Your wings; You give them drink from the riches of Your house; God’s fountain has water in abundance. Amen. (Stark 493-94; English transl. 71).

2. »Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no „root of bitterness“ springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears. For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.«

3. »And to Jesus, the Mediator of a new covenant« is the cornerstone of the Epistle to the Hebrews; everything prior to the verse leads to it and everything following flows from it. The apostle calls Jesus the Mediator, and appears 3 times in the epistle: 8,6; 9,15 and 12,24. Let’s hear the three texts together. »But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant He mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. In speaking of a new covenant, He makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away« (Hebrews 8,6-7.13). »For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the Living God. Therefore He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant« (Hebrews 9,13-15). »But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel« (Hebrews 12,22-24). [μεσίτης : mediator, go-between, reconciler, intercessor; mediator, mediatorem (12,24) vul; Mittler lut]

4. Fallen humanity needs a mediator who will intercede with God. In the Mosaic covenant the priests stand between God and the people. They brought the animal sacrifices and its blood before God to reconcile the sin of Israel. This covenant was to teach and prepare the people for the advent of the Messiah who would be the intercessor and mediator for all the world’s sinfulness. Jesus proclaimed with His epiphany: »The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel« (Mark 1,14). The Apostle Paul wrote: »For there is one God, and there is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time« (1. Timothy 2,5-6).

5. When Jesus had turned the water into wine at the wedding in Cana, the master of the feast declared: »Everyone serves the good wine first … but you have kept the good wine until now« (John 2,10). Moses and the Sinai covenant had served well as the mediator for people’s sin, but now God sent the Good Mediator to be the fulfillment of the covenant and an even better blessing. The Apostle John explains it this way: »For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Behold, Jesus, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!« (John 1,17.29b). [καλος : fitting, rightly ordered, according to God’s will, beauty.]

6. Jesus is this good wine, for He is the fulfillment of the Law and the Sinai testament; He is the Mediator of a new testament in which Christ Himself is the sacrifice and redemption for all sin. When our consciences are terror stricken, we rely on point solus Christus. Trust in Jesus and give Him your concerns, for He is our Savior who has redeemed us from all our sinfulness. This is the pure gospel that is liberating! Today we again receive the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. This is not merely a memorial meal of bread and wine wherein we only remember that Jesus died for our sins, but as the Words of Institution say: »This is the body of Jesus. This is the blood of Jesus shed for your forgiveness« (Matthew 26,26-28). Eat and drink it, for this is the good wine of Christ that He gives to you. He gives you forgiveness and salvation in this holy Sacrament. You have the new wine of the new testament. You have Jesus, His Word and His Sacraments. Take them and receive them with joy and be assured of your righteousness and forgiveness.

7. Thou Eternal Truth, Image of God,

You reveal the Father who is God,

You descended into the valley of earth

With Your ray of Divine worth (knowledge) (Du Morgenstern, du Licht vom Licht elkg 396,3 2021 Richard Adelbert Lipsius 1878).

This is most certainly true.

8. The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4,7). Amen.

9. Let us pray. Almighty and Everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth, mercifully hear the supplications of Thy people, and grant us Thy peace all the days of our life. Amen. (The 2. Sunday after Epiphany, Vespers Collect 1. The Daily Office.)

To God alone be the Glory

Gode ealdore sy se cyneþrymm

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Sunday, January 7, 2024

1. Corinthians 1,26-31. Epiphany I

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1. Sonntang nach Epiphanias 15

Lucian, Pastor in Antioch, Turkey, Martyr 312 (Diocletian, 284-311/12; persecution 302-11)

7. Januar 2024

1. ℣ I saw also Yahweh sitting upon a throne:

℟ High and lifted up (Isaiah 6,1).

О Loving Father, lead me, Your child, by Your hand; O Mighty King, protect me, Your servant, from mine enemies; O Faithful Shepherd, nurture me, Your little sheep, on green pastures; may Your goodness and merciful steadfast love accompany me from the beginning of the year to the end. Amen. (Stack 489; English 65).

2. »For consider your calling, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written: Let the one who boasts, boast in Yahweh [Jeremiah 9,24].«

3. The Prophet Isaiah declares: »The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled« (Isaiah 2,11). Augustine and Chrysostom said Adam’s sin was pride. The first sin is pride, which was the cause of the fall of the first man, and which is the root of all other sins (Augustine, The Confessions X,3). The sin of Adam was pride, and it was pride that caused his fall, and it is pride that is the root of all other sins (Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis, Homily 13). Pride, which is the mother of error, is the chief of all heresies (WA IV,437.27-38). [1] Our fallen human nature is well adept at sinning through pride. Truly Solomon opined: »Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall« (Proverbs 16,18).

4. When we fall, Jesus picks us up. In Christ we are a new creation, and as such pride becomes for the Christian a fruit of the Holy Spirit. »Let the wise person who boasts boast in this, that they understand and know Me, that I am Yahweh who practices merciful steadfast love, justice and righteousness in the earth« (Jeremiah 9,24). Christ, the Son of God, is merciful steadfast love made flesh, justice made flesh and righteousness made flesh. Christ brings us His Father’s mercy which declares us innocent of the crimes of our sins and makes us righteous.

5. Paul expounds upon the Prophet Jeremiah and writes that Christ is wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. Solomon tells us: the fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight (Proverbs 9,10). To seek wisdom is to find that wisdom in Jesus Christ; He gives us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. Paul tells us to be proud of Christ and to boast in Christ; Paul exhorts us to simply know Christ and Him crucified (1. Corinthians 2,2). To boast in Christ is to boast in His crucifixion; to be proud of Christ is to put pride in His resurrection. The crucified and risen Christ is the Source of our righteousness and redemption.

6. Human beings like to boast of their merits and take pride in whom they know. We boast in Christ’s merit of sacrifice and take pride in Him who for our sakes bore the punishment for our sins. To know Jesus is to know the Savior who loves His creation so much that He laid down His own life for it (John 15,13). Righteousness is a gift of the crucified Christ.

7. „The righteousness of God is revealed [1, 17]. The righteousness of men is revealed and taught in human doctrines, i. e. who and how he is and becomes righteousness before himself and men. But in the gospel alone the righteousness of God is revealed (i.e. who and how he is and becomes righteous before God) through faith alone, by which the word of God is believed. According to Mark 16,16 below: ‘He who believes and is baptized will be saved. But he who does not believe will be condemned.’ For God’s righteousness is the cause of salvation. And here again the ‘righteousness of God’ is not to be understood as that by which He is righteousness in Himself, but by which we are justified by Him, which is done by faith in the gospel. | Therefore blessed Augustine writes in chapter XI of On the Spirit and the Letter: ‘For this reason it is called the righteousness of God, because by imparting it He makes righteous people. Salvation is the Lord’s, by which He makes salvation.’ [De spiritu et littera, 11,18, Patrologia, Series Latina, XLIV,211] And he says the same in chapter 9. of the same writing. | And it is said to distinguish it between the righteousness of men that comes from works. As Aristotle clearly determines it in Book 3 of his Ethics, according to which righteousness follows actions and is made from actions. But according to God, righteousness precedes works, and works are made from righteousness. | Just as no one can do the works of a bishop or priest unless he has first been consecrated and sanctified for this purpose, and the works of righteousness of those who are not yet righteousness are like the works of a man who does the works of a priest and a bishop but are not yet a priest himself i.e. such works are silly and playful and are similar to what one finds in the market place“ (WA LVI,17-72.26-29, 1-15; AE 25,151-52).

8. Let us therefore boast in Christ Jesus, for He is our Savior, our Righteousness and our Pride before our Heavenly Father. To Him be all glory, laud and honor on earth and in heaven now and forevermore.

9. O highest Light, eternally shine,

Thou God and faithful Lord of mine;

From You grace radiantly emanates

And beautifully illumines early and late.

(Du höchstes Licht, ewiger Schein elkg 389,1 2021 Johannes Zwick before 1542).

This is most certainly true.

11. The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4,7). Amen.

12. Let us pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, we beseech Thee, by the innocence and obedience of Thy holy childhood and by Thy reverence and love for little children, do Thou guard the children of our land, preserve their innocence, strengthen them when ready to slip, recover the wandering and remove all that may hinder them from being brought up in Thy faith and love. Amen. (Epiphany I, Vespers Collect 2. The Daily Office. Copyright © 1965 Concordia Publishing House.)

To God alone be the Glory

Gode ealdore sy se cyneþrymm

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1 Vide b. Augustinum. Caput i.e. superbia, que est mater erroris, caput heresium omnium (WA IV,437, 27-28).

2 Contritionem præcedit superbia, et ante ruinam exaltatur spiritus. (Proverbia 16,18 VUL)

3 Iustitia Dei reuelatur [1, 17]. In humanis doctrinis reuelatur et docetur Iustitia hominum, i. e. quis et quomodo sit et fiat Iustus coram se et hominibus. Sed in solo euangelio reuelatur Iustitia Dei (i. e. quis et quomodo sit et fiat Iustus coram Deo) per solam fidem, qua Dei verbo creditur. Vt Marci Vlt imo: 'Qui crediderit et baptisatus fuerit, saluus erit. Qui vero non crediderit, condemnabitur.' Iustitia enim Dei est causa salutis. Et hic iterum 'Iustitia Dei' non ea debet accipi, qua ipse Iustus est in seipso, Sed qua nos ex ipso Iustificamur, quod fit per fidem euangelii. | Vnde b. Augustinus c. XI. de spi. et lit.: 'Ideo Iustitia Dei dicitur, quod impertiendo eam Iustos facit. Sicut Domini est salus, qua saluos facit.' Et eadem dicit c. 9. eiusdem. | Et dicitur ad differentiam Iustitie hominum, que ex operibus sit. Sicut Aristoteles 3. Ethicorum manifeste determinat, secundum quem Iustitia sequitur et fit ex actibus. Sed secundum Deum precedit opera et opera fiunt ex ipsa. | Sicut in simili opera Episcopi Vel sacerdotis nullus potest facere, nisi sit prius consecratus et ad hoc sanctificatus, Et opera Iusta nondum Iustorum sunt sicut opera hominis facientis opera sacerdotis et episcopi nondum ipse sacerdos i. e. stulta et ludicra et circulatorum similia.

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

Sunday, January 28, 2024

1. Corinthians 9,24-27. Septuagesima

Monday, January 22, 2024

2. Corinthians 4,6-10. Final Sunday after Epiphany

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Hebrews 12,12-18.22-25a. Epiphany II

Sunday, January 7, 2024

1. Corinthians 1,26-31. Epiphany I