The Congregation at Prayer: The Holy Trinity
The Congregation at Prayer
A guide for daily meditation and prayer
The Holy Trinity 2018
Invocation
In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Apostle’s Creed Catechism on pg. 15, and inside back cover of LSB
Psalm Psalm 29
Daily Readings (Also found in LSB on pg. 299)
Day
Old Testament
New Testament
Sunday
Eccl. 4:1-16
John 7:32-53
Monday
Eccl. 5:1-20
John 8:1-20
Tuesday
Eccl. 6:1-7:10
John 8:21-38
Wednesday
Eccl. 7:11-29
John 8:39-59
Thursday
Eccl. 8:1-17
John 9:1-23
Friday
Eccl. 9:1-17
John 9:24-41
Saturday
Eccl. 10:1-20
John 10:1-21
Catechism: The Table of Duties
To Employers and Supervisors
Masters treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them,
since you know that He who is both their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him. Ephesians 6:9
To Youth
“Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another because, ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.” 1 Peter 5:5-6
Hymn LSB 498 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest
Prayers
In Our Prayers This Week
David Serkowski (friend of the Sorensens), Amy Feldman (Sorensen’s Daughter in Law, pregnant with complications) Dawn Raabe, Christine Behan (deployed to Guam), Nancy Beguhn-Duboise (friend of Pat Nelson), Howard Thiel, Ashley Chrisinger, Paula Sorensen, Matt Kruse, Sue Barton
Collect of the Week
Almighty and everlasting God, You have given us grace to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity by the confession of a true faith and to worship the Unity in the power of the Divine Majesty. Keep us steadfast in this faith and defend us from all adversities; for You, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, live and reign, one God, now and forever. Amen
Lord’s Prayer
Morning Prayer
I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. 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.
Evening Prayer
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.
Mealtime Prayer
The eyes of all look to You, O Lord, and You give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.
Lord God, heavenly Father, bless us and these Your gifts which we receive from Your bountiful goodness, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Next Weekend’s Readings
Trinity 1
Genesis 15:1-16
Psalm 33:12-22
1 John 4:16-21
Luke 16:19-31
When the beggar Lazarus died, he was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. For he was truly Abraham’s seed. Like Abraham, he believed in the Lord, and the Lord “counted it to him as righteousness” (Gen. 15:6). The name Lazarus means “God is my help.” The unnamed rich man, on the other hand, did not love and trust in God. For he evidently cared little for the beggar at his gate. And “he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 John 4:20). He who loved and trusted in possessions and prestige died and was in torments in Hades (Luke 16:19–31). Repentance and faith are worked only through Moses and the prophets—that is, the Word of God, for it points us to Christ. Only through His death and resurrection are we brought the comfort of life everlasting.