Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

Thus the life of God in the parish implies that the parish will take prayer seriously. Family prayers in the families of the parish will provide both the extension of and the basis for corporate worship in the greater family of the parish. This may require not only diligent instruction, but also careful demonstration.... Daily matins and vespers at hours convenient to the potential worshippers can become the occasion for programmatic intercessions for those desiring such prayers, for those with anniversaries of baptism, birth, marriage, or bereavement falling on these days, with private Absolution and Holy Communion available for those who desire it. The parochial services of Holy Communion will reverse the present trend away from the general use of corporate intercession toward a more consistent and meaningful use of it. -- A. C. Piepkorn, *The Church* p. 135