| Prelude
Greeting and Welcome
Lighting of the Candles
Hymn of Invocation – My Song Is Love Unknown (LSB 430)
My song is love unknown, My Savior’s love to me, Love to the loveless shown That they might lovely be. Oh, who am I that for my sake My Lord should take frail flesh and die?
He came from His blest throne Salvation to bestow; But men made strange, and none The longed-for Christ would know. But, oh, my friend, my friend indeed, Who at my need his life did spend!
Sometimes they strew His way And His sweet praises sing; Resounding all the day Hosannas to their King. Then “Crucify!” is all their breath, And for His death they thirst and cry.
Why, what hath my Lord done? What makes this rage and spite? He made the lame to run, He gave the blind their sight. Sweet injuries! Yet they at these Themselves displease and ’gainst Him rise.
They rise and needs will have My dear Lord made away; A murderer they save, The Prince of Life they slay. Yet cheerful He to suff’ring goes That He His foes from thence might free.
In life no house, no home My Lord on earth might have; In death no friendly tomb But what a stranger gave. What may I say? Heav’n was His home But mine the tomb wherein He lay.
Here might I stay and sing, No story so divine! Never was love, dear King, Never was grief like Thine. This is my friend, in whose sweet praise I all my days could gladly spend!
Opening Sentences – Psalm 51:15; 70:1 P: O Lord, open my lips, C: and my mouth will declare Your praise. P: Make haste, O God, to deliver me; C: make haste to help me, O Lord. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Praise to You, O Christ, Lamb of our salvation.
Collect of the Day P: Let us pray. Merciful Father, through the blood of Your Son, Jesus Christ, You have cleansed the way between us, so that we might be Your own possession. Build us up into a holy and righteous temple that Christ may dwell in us and manifest the Good News of His cross through us to all people. Keep us from wandering from Your Word and guide us to walk in Your ways always; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.
Apostles' Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life + everlasting. Amen.
First Reading - 2 Chronicles 24:1–4, 17–25 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters. After this Joash decided to restore the house of the LORD.
Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. And they abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the LORD. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention. Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’” But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD. Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the LORD see and avenge!” At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army, because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash. When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
Second Reading – Hebrews 10:19–25 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
Catechism – The First Article C: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. P: What does this mean? C: I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them. He also gives me clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home, wife and children, land, animals, and all I have. He richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life. He defends me against all danger and guards and protects me from all evil. All this He does only out of fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me. For all this it is my duty to thank and praise, serve and obey Him. This is most certainly true.
Gospel – Matthew 20:20–28 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.” Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ.
Hymn – When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (LSB 425)
When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.
See, from His head, His hands, His feet Sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e’er such love and sorrow meet Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a tribute far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all!
Sermon
Hymn – Chief of Sinners Though I Be (LSB 611)
Chief of sinners though I be, Jesus shed His blood for me, Died that I might live on high, Lives that I might never die. As the branch is to the vine, I am His, and He is mine.
Oh, the height of Jesus’ love, Higher than the heav’ns above, Deeper than the depths of sea, Lasting as eternity! Love that found me—wondrous thought! Found me when I sought Him not.
Only Jesus can impart Balm to heal the wounded heart, Peace that flows from sin forgiv’n, Joy that lifts the soul to heav’n, Faith and hope to walk with God In the way that Enoch trod.
Chief of sinners though I be, Christ is all in all to me; All my wants to Him are known, All my sorrows are His own. He sustains the hidden life Safe with Him from earthly strife.
O my Savior, help afford By Your Spirit and Your Word! When my wayward heart would stray, Keep me in the narrow way; Grace in time of need supply While I live and when I die.
Versicles P: Hear my prayer, O Lord; C: let my cry come to You. P: In the day of my trouble I call upon You, C: for You answer me. P: Hide Your face from my sins, C: and blot out all my iniquities. P: Create in me a clean heart, O God, C: and renew a right spirit within me. P: Cast me not away from Your presence, C: and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. P: Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, C: and uphold me with a willing spirit. P: Because Your steadfast love is better than life, C: my lips will praise You. P: For You have been my help, C: and in the shadow of Your wings I will sing for joy. P: Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk in Your truth; C: unite my heart to fear Your name. P: I give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, C: and I will glorify Your name forever. P: May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. C: May those who love Your salvation say evermore, “God is great!” P: Save Your people and bless Your heritage! C: Be their shepherd and carry them forever. P: Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; C: listen to my plea for grace.
Prayers P: Let us pray. O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy, be gracious to all who have gone astray from Your ways and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of Your Word; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. P: Almighty and most merciful God, though You are not contained in houses built by human hands, You have been pleased to dwell among Your people with the fullness of Your glory through the Means of Grace. Grant us forgiveness so that we may hear Your Holy Word with cleansed hearts and praise Your name with pure voices, until at last You bring us to the heavenly Jerusalem, where the Lamb is the temple and we unite with all the saints and angels in Your praise forevermore; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. C: Amen. P: Compassionate Lord, You graciously take into Your fatherly care all who are in trouble, temptation, affliction, adversity, and the peril of death. Comfort them, O God, with Your Spirit that they may patiently endure their trials and be preserved to everlasting life. Support them with Your everlasting arms that in their weakness and at the hour of their death they may know Your strength and be granted a peaceful end and a joyful entrance into Your kingdom in the resurrection of the body; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. C: Amen.
I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Benedicamus P: Let us bless the Lord C: Thanks be to God.
Blessing P: The Lord bless us, defend us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life. C: Amen.
Hymn – Stay with Us (LSB 879)
Stay with us, till night has come: Our praise to You this day be sung. Bless our bread, open our eyes: Jesus, be our great surprise.
Walk with us, our spirits sigh: Hear when our weary spirits cry, Feel again our loss, our pain: Jesus, take us to Your side.
Walk with us, the road will bend: Make all our weeping, wailing end. Wipe our tears, forgive our fears: Jesus, lift the heavy cross.
Talk with us, till we behold A joyful life You will unfold: Heal our eyes to see the prize: Jesus, take us to the light.
Stay with us, till day is done: No tears nor dark shall dim the sun. Cheer the heart, Your grace impart: Jesus, bring eternal life.
Postlude
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