“All heretics have denigrated matrimony and have sought for and begun some newfangled and bizarre way of life.”
Luther’s Sermon on John 2: 1—11, 1533, Luther’s House Postils, vol. 1
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On Marriage
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The 7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 15th, 2,012, Gospel Lesson: St. Mark 6: 14-29
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Appointed readings: Romans 6:1-5; Mark 6:14-29
About this festival:
In contrast to the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (observed on June 24), this festival commemorates his beheading by the tetrarch, Herod Antipas. From the perspective of the world, it was an ignominious end to John the Baptist’s life. Yet it was in fact a noble participation in the cross of Christ, which was John’s greatest glory of all. Christ Himself said that there had arisen none greater than John the Baptist. He was the last of the Old Testament prophets and also the herald of the New Testament. As the forerunner of Christ, John fulfilled the prophecy that the great prophet Elijah would return before the great and terrible day of the Lord. By his preaching and Baptism of repentance, John turned “the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.”…
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The Spirit of the Lord fills the world. Alleluia! O Come, let us worship Him
See the page above, Read before You Hear, for the Lessons for this coming Sunday.
The DAY of PENTECOST, 28 May, Anno Domini 2,023
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