Sermons on Luke 1:39-56
He Shall Be Their Peace
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Every year on the fourth Sunday of Advent, we are always introduced to Mary, one of the more important figures in the birth of our…
He Shall Be Your Peace
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Every day of every week, you and I, whether we realize it or not, and whether we want it or not, get schooled by the world in the…
Great Things He Has Done
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And so, it comes to an end, the fourth Sunday in Advent, our last opportunity to gather together before we celebrate the great birth of our Lord. We tend to think of ourselves in this chasm of time as if everything is happening in the last 100 years, or maybe we think in…
Great Things for You
“From now on all generations will call me blessed,” said Mary. And indeed they have called her blessed, though certainly not all people in all generations. It’s a great shame of Christian history that our Savior’s dear mother has been perpetually caught in a tug-of-war over her role and status in the Church. That’s not Mary’s fault, of course. It wasn’t Mary that elevated…
