30 November 2021
Luther
Patristic Quote of the Day
God did this so that whenever the Devil saw the matters of piety not diminishing, despite the shepherds’ removal, nor the word of the message being extinguished, but rather growing, he might learn through experience—both he himself and those who serve him in these matters—that our affairs are not human, but that the basis of our teaching has its root above in heaven, and it is God who guides the Churches in every respect, and that it isn’t possible for the individual who fights God to ever overcome Him.—St. John Chrysostom, On the Holy Martyr Ignatius, par. 12.
Catechesis: Studying the Catechism
29 November 2021
Patristic Quote of the Day
Catechesis: Studying the Catechism
Luther
He rides there so beggarly, but hearken to what is said and preached about this poor king. His wretchedness and poverty are manifest, for He comes riding on an ass like a beggar having neither saddle nor spurs. But that He will take from us sin, strangle death, endow us with eternal holiness, eternal bliss, and eternal life, this cannot be seen. Wherefore thou must hear and believe.—Sermon for Ad Te Levavi, 1533
28 November 2021
27 November 2021
And so…
26 November 2021
Gerhard and Walther
Patristic Quote of the Day
Catechesis: Church Authority
25 November 2021
A wonderful day
Upon Thanksgiving Day…
Gerhard and Walther
Patristic Quote of the Day
Catechesis: Church Authority
24 November 2021
The sun when it appeareth
The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew; The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvelous instrument, the work of the most High…Great is the Lord that hath made it.—Ecclesiasticus 43:1-2, 5.
Gerhard and Walther
Patristic Quote of the Day
Catechesis: Church Authority
23 November 2021
Gerhard and Walther
Patristic Quote of the Day
Catechesis: Church Authority
22 November 2021
Gerhard and Walther
Patristic Quote of the Day
Catechesis: Monastic Vows
19 November 2021
Gerhard and Walther
Patristic Quote of the Day
Catechesis: Monastic Vows
18 November 2021
Gerhard and Walther
Patristic Quote of the Day
Catechesis: Monastic Vows
17 November 2021
Gerhard and Walther
Patristic Quote of the Day
Catechesis: Monastic Vows
16 November 2021
A New Experiment!
Gerhard and Walther
Ah, in what awful anguish I saw Thee upon Mount Calvary, and now in what glory I behold Thee upon Mount Olivet! There Thou didst suffer alone; here Thou art attended by a vast multitude of the angelic hosts; there Thou didst ascend to the cross, here Thou dost ascend in a cloud to heaven; there Thou wast crucified between two thieves, here Thou dost exult among angelic choirs; there Thou wast nailed to the cross as a condemned criminal, here free from all condemnation, Thou art the deliverer of those condemned to eternal death; there Thou didst bleed and die, here Thou dost rejoice and triumph.—Johann Gerhard, Sacred Meditation XXI
But the true faith, to which the Holy Scripture attributes salvation, is something completely different. This faith has such great power that the person who carries it in his heart is completely changed by it. He becomes a new person, who leads a truly pious life. True faith works what nothing else in the world can work in a person.—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 873.