Redeemer Lutheran Church

Most holy God, the source of all good desires, right judgements, just works: Give to us that peace which the world cannot give, so that our minds may be fixed on the doing of your will, that we being delivered from the fear of all enemies, may live in peace & quietness. Amen

Compline Prayer Save me, O Lord, while I am awake, and keep me while I sleep. That I may wake in Christ and rest in peace.

Midday Prayer For Peace of Mind Lord, you know my cares and my fears. Help me to turn them all over to you, who have promised to give rest to our souls. Grant to me now a restful spirit and a peaceful mind, and in quietness & confidence and faith to find a new strength. Amen.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. - Martin Luther

Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified you by their martyrdom: Grant that your Church, instructed by their teaching and example, and knit together in unity by your Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord; Amen.

I thank you, my God, for your care and protection this day, keeping me from physical harm and spiritual ignorance. I now place the work of the day into Your hands, trusting that You will redeem my mistakes, and transform my accomplishments into works of praise. And now I ask that You will work within me while I sleep, using the hours of my rest to create in me a new mind and heart and soul. May my mind, which during the day was directed to my work and activities, through the night be directed wholly to You. Jacob Boehme

"A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps." -Proverbs 16:9 "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day." -Psalm 25:5

Grant, O God, of your mercy, that we may come to everlasting life, and there beholding your glory as it is, may equally say: Glory to the Father who created us, Glory to the + Son who redeemed us, Glory to the Holy Spirit who sanctified us. Glory to the most high and undivided Trinity, whose works are inseparable, whose kingdom without end abides, from age to age forever. Amen.... Source: a personal prayer of St. Augustine of Hippo, 354-430, in Oden, Ancient Christian Devotional

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Happy Feast day of the Conversion of St. Paul - an unmovable feast which has been part of the Church calendar for more than 1,500 years. After his conversion, he returned to Damascus and into the synagogue, where he attested to the divinity of Jesus.