Sacred Meditations
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A Prayer with Matthew 25:14-30
November 10, 2019 10:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBOur Lord Jesus Christ journeyed into this fallen world to save sinners and returned to His Father to reign over all things. We pray that He would make us faithful servants in our vocations and receive us into His eternal kingdom. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran …
Proper 27 (2019)
November 10, 2019 09:55 - 57 seconds - 1.33 MBWe pray to God who sent His Son into this world to destroy the works of the devil, and we ask Him to make us pure as He is pure, so that we may be made like Him when He comes again. Collect for Proper 27 (the Sunday closest to …
A Prayer with Matthew 25:1-13
November 09, 2019 10:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBGod sent Jesus, His only-begotten Son, to be the bridegroom of the Church. We pray that He would keep us faithful to the end and rejoice in the eternal joys of His eternal wedding feast. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury …
A Prayer with Matthew 24:29-51
November 08, 2019 10:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBThe day is surely drawing near when our Lord Jesus Christ will appear to judge the living and the dead. We pray that He would prepare us for that final hour and that we may rejoice to see Him face to face. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in …
A Prayer with Matthew 24:1-28
November 07, 2019 10:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBJesus promised that the one who endures to the end will be saved. We pray that, by His Holy Spirit, the Church may be the bringer of good news in these gray and latter days. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury …
A Prayer with Matthew 23:13-39
November 06, 2019 10:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBGod’s Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. We pray that He would keep us steadfast in His Word. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)
A Prayer with Matthew 23:1-12
November 05, 2019 10:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBJesus Christ came not to be served but to serve and to give His life as the ransom for us. We pray that He would forgive our pride and preserve us from hypocrisy, that we may humbly love Him and our neighbors. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in …
A Prayer with Matthew 22:23-46
November 04, 2019 10:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBJesus the Christ sits at the right hand of the Father and all enemies are under His feet. We pray that He would grant us the comfort, peace, and joy of His resurrection, that we may love Him and our neighbors. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran …
A Prayer with Matthew 22:1-22
November 03, 2019 10:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBOur gracious God invites us to the wedding feast of His Son and His bride, the Church. We pray Him to make us worthy to receive His kingdom and rejoice in the foretaste of His banquet as we gather at His table. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in …
Proper 26 (2019)
November 03, 2019 09:55 - 57 seconds - 1.33 MBOnly by God’s gift we can offer Him true and laudable service. So we pray that our gracious God may grant us to run without stumbling toward His heavenly promises. Collect for Proper 26 (the Sunday closest to November 2), from The Book of Common Prayer.
A Prayer with Matthew 21:23-46
November 02, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBOur heavenly Father warns us against rejecting His Son and His authority over heaven and earth. We pray Him to preserve us from rejecting Jesus that we may receive His kingdom and bear the fruits that He produces in us. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service …
A Prayer with Matthew 21:1-22
November 01, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBJesus revealed His gracious kingdom by riding into Jerusalem, cleansing the temple and cursing the fig tree. We pray that He would unite us to Him, the true Vine and cleanse us from our sin, that we may rejoice when He comes to us in His Word and Sacraments. Source: …
All Saints’ Day (2019)
November 01, 2019 08:55 - 57 seconds - 1.33 MBGod has knit together His elect people into one communion in the mystical body of His Son Jesus Christ. We pray that He would give us grace to follow His blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys of His eternal kingdom. …
A Prayer with Matthew 20:17-34
October 31, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBAs Jesus healed the two blind men, we pray our heavenly Father to heal our spiritual blindness and give us the eyes of faith. We ask Him to rescue us from our pride and lead us to be both humble and lovely. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in …
A Prayer with Matthew 20:1-16
October 30, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBThe Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard teaches us that we live, and work, in God’s kingdom only by grace. Here we pray our Lord to preserve us from pride and grumbling, and grant us gratitude. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 …
A Prayer with Matthew 19:16-30
October 29, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBGod gives us His commandments as the way of life, but we cannot keep them perfectly. We pray for His salvation that we may receive a hundredfold of brothers and sisters in Christ in His Church. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or …
A Prayer with Matthew 19:1-15
October 28, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBGod our heavenly Father has established marriage as an honorable estate and a picture of the communion of Christ and His bride, the Church. We pray for forgiveness in all sexual sins and that husbands and wives may live in fidelity and love. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found …
A Prayer with Matthew 18:21-35
October 27, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBOur heavenly Father forgives our many sins through His Son Jesus Christ, and He calls us to forgive one another from the heart. We pray for His forgiveness when we hold our neighbors’ sins against them, and that He would lead us to forgive as He has forgiven us. Source: …
Proper 25 (2019)
October 27, 2019 08:55 - 57 seconds - 1.33 MBWe pray that God would increase in us His gifts of faith, hope, and charity (love), and that we may love what He commands so that we may obtain what He promises. Collect for Proper 25 (the Sunday closest to October 26), from The Book of Common Prayer.
A Prayer with Matthew 18:1-20
October 26, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBJesus Christ taught us to become like children and humble ourselves to receive His kingdom. We pray that His Holy Spirit would lead us to confess our sins, resist temptations, and receive His forgiveness. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of …
A Prayer with Matthew 17:14-27
October 25, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBJesus cast out demons, foretold His resurrection, and showed the freedom of living in humility. We pray for faith in His promises, joy in hearing His Word of life, and that we may live in humility in all we think, say, and do. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found …
A Prayer with Matthew 17:1-13
October 24, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBJesus’ Transfiguration reveals God’s will to restore us to His image. We pray for faith to hear and trust God’s beloved Son, because He alone manifests the glory intended for us. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)
A Prayer with Matthew 16:13-28
October 23, 2019 09:00 - 58 seconds - 1.75 MBOur heavenly Father has revealed Jesus to be the Christ, the Son of the living God. We pray that we may know Him, trusting His cross and resurrection for salvation, and that we may take up our cross and follow Him. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran …
A Prayer with Matthew 16:1-12
October 22, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBOur Lord Jesus Christ is the sign of Jonah and gives us His cross and resurrection for our comfort and peace. We pray Him to save us from our little faith and help us gladly hear and keep His Word. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service …
A Prayer with Matthew 15:21-39
October 21, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBBecause our Lord Jesus Christ is the Great Physician of body and soul, we pray Him to give us the persistent faith of the Canaanite woman, that we may rely on Him through all trials and rejoice in the “crumbs” of His mercy. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found …
A Prayer with Matthew 15:1-20
October 20, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBGod’s Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. We pray that He would cleanse us from our defilement from within and create in us new and clean hearts. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of …
Proper 24 (2019)
October 20, 2019 08:55 - 57 seconds - 1.33 MBGod has revealed His glory among the nations in His Son Jesus. We pray that He would keep His Church in mercy that she may persevere in the true confession of His Name. Collect for Proper 24 (the Sunday closest to October 19), from The Book of Common Prayer.
A Prayer with Matthew 14:22-36
October 19, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBJesus walked on water and showed Himself to be the Lord of creation, and He rescued Peter from his little faith. We pray that, while we believe in His merciful goodness, He would forgive our unbelief and receive His healing in body and soul. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary …
A Prayer with Matthew 14:1-21
October 18, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBGod’s mercies are new every morning and He provides for all our needs of body and soul. We pray that He would grant us faith in His merciful goodness so that we may not feast on the cares and pleasures of this world, but rather be satisfied by receiving His …
A Prayer with Matthew 13:44-58
October 17, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBOur Lord Jesus Christ sold His all to redeem and purchase us from sin, death, and the power of the devil. We ask Him to lead us into receiving and rejoicing in the treasures of His forgiveness. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 …
A Prayer with Matthew 13:24-43
October 16, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBJesus, our Lord, opened His mouth in parables to reveal what was hidden from the foundation of the world. We thank and praise Him for making us part of His End-Time harvest. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)
A Prayer with Matthew 13:1-23
October 15, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBGod our heavenly Father reveals His name, His kingdom, and His will through Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. We pray that He would preserve us from dull hearts and ears that do not hear, that we may receive His healing. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran …
A Prayer with Matthew 12:38-50
October 14, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBOur heavenly Father sent His only-begotten Son to be the resurrection and the life. We pray that we may be cleansed from all evil and walk as His children in our various vocations. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily …
A Prayer with Matthew 12:22-37
October 13, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBOur Lord Jesus Christ cast out demons and plundered the house of our greatest adversary. We pray that He would guard and protect us against the cosmic powers of this present darkness and the spiritual forces of evil. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages …
Proper 23 (2019)
October 13, 2019 08:55 - 57 seconds - 1.33 MBThis week we pray that God’s grace may always go before us and follow after us so that we may live lives of good works (see Ephesians 2:8-10). Collect for Proper 23 (the Sunday closest to October 12), from The Book of Common Prayer.
A Prayer with Matthew 12:1-21
October 12, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBJesus showed Himself to be the Lord of the Sabbath. We pray that He would grant us His healing in body and soul and the refreshment we need from hearing His Word of forgiveness. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of …
A Prayer with Matthew 11:20-30
October 11, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBOur Lord Jesus warned unrepentant cities of God’s just judgment. We pray our heavenly Father to grant us the gift of repentance and lead us, who are heavy laden with our sins, to find rest for our souls. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages …
A Prayer with Matthew 11:1-19
October 10, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBGod sent John the Baptizer to prepare the way of His beloved Son in both life and death. We pray that He would lead us to daily repentance for our sins and grant us His bountiful forgiveness. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 …
A Prayer with Matthew 10:24-42
October 09, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBJesus taught us not to fear those who kill only the body, but to confess Him above all things. We pray that He would remove our fear of those who would persecute His flock and lead us to rejoice in His eternal reward. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found …
A Prayer with Matthew 10:1-23
October 08, 2019 09:00 - 57 seconds - 1.73 MBJesus called the twelve apostles to proclaim His kingdom and grant healing. We pray for faithful pastors who faithfully proclaim God’s Word and administer His Sacraments for our healing. Source: “Sacred Meditations Collects” (Daily Lectionary found in Lutheran Service Book, pages 299-304 or Treasury of Daily Prayer.)