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“In this reawakened hope I’m
again presenting to the church, with a prayer to God who desires to help, the need and
once more calling out in the name of Jesus: Help. Help quickly. Help with Christian
generosity.” - Wyneken CLICK HERE!

PRAY for President Matt Harrison. May God unite the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. May we move forward to help others in the world, and may we not depart from God's Holy Word; the Lutheran Confessions, normed by that Word; and reverant, God-pleasing worship focused on Him who gives Himself to us in Word and Sacrament. May we cast calculative man-made programs and gimmicks aside and focus on God and His Word. May we stop trying to copy others in an attempt to be someone we are not, and may we embrace Lutheran, Biblical Christianity, feeding God's sheep, and sharing God's Good News with a world that is dying to hear His Holy Gospel. It is a matter of life and death.

C.F.W. Walther
F.C.D. Wyneken
C.F.W. Walther
H.C.Schwan
F.A.O. Pieper
F. Pfotenhauer
J.W. Behnken
O.R. Harms
J.A.O. Preus
R.A. Bohlman
A.L. Barry
R.T. Kuhn
G.B.Kieschnick
M.C. Harrison

"All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given!
The Son, and Him who reigns
With them in highest heaven:
The one eternal God,
Whom earth and heaven adore!
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore!"

"Now Thank We All Our God", by Martin Rinckart, 1586-1649
(verse 3)

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Του Πατρος και του ϒιου και του Ἁγιου Πνευματος. Αμήν.In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS auf Englisch....... (pp.223-225 LSB)
TE DEUM LAUDAMUS auf Latein
♪♫ WE PRAISE THEE, O GOD; we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting.
To Thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein;
To Thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry:

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth!
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee;
The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee;

The noble army of martyrs praise Thee;
the holy Church throughout the world doth acknowledge Thee:
The Father of an infinate majesty; Thine adorable true and only Son,
also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man,
Thou didst humble Thyself to be born of a virgin.
When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God
in the glory of the Father.
We believe that Thou shalt come
to be our Judge.

We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants,
whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with Thy saints
in glory everlasting.

O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine heritage.
Govern them and lift them up forever.
Day by day we magnify Thee.
And we worship Thy name ever, world without end.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let Thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in Thee.
O Lord, in Thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded.
[Te Deum Laudamus]

ΦΩΣ του Χριστου = "Light of (the) Christ"


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" I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20 Revised Standard Version (RSV)


HAIL TO THE BROWN AND GOLD
(Alma Mater, Valparaiso Universität, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA)

Hail to the Brown and Gold!
Thy sons and daughters hold
In loving loyalty
Thy colors dear;
Colors whereby they show
What others, too, should know;
That they belong to you.
Dear old Valpo.

Hail to the Brown and Gold!
Recall the days of old,
The happy days which we
Ne’er shall forget.
As shadows longer grow,
Brighter the flame shall glow,
The flame of love for you –
Dear old Valpo.

Hail to the Brown and Gold!
We pledge thee to uphold –
Wherever we may be –
Thy honored name.
Through years that come and go,
To pay the debt we owe,
We’ll e’er be true to you,
Dear old Valpo.

(Tune: How Can I Leave Thee [traditional Deutsch (German)]
"Treue Liebe Nur du allein" - melodie bei Georg Heinrich Lux oder Fried. Silcher, 1827)

"For with Thee (God) is the fountain of life: in THY light shall we see light."
Psalm 36:9 KJV (emphasis mine)

3 "What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness?
4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written:
'So that you may be proved right when you speak
and prevail when you judge.'" Romans 3:3, 4 NIV (emphasis mine)
St. Paul quotes from Mizmor (Psalm) 51 :4.

8 "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ." Colossians 2:8 NIV

1"Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
2'Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?
3'Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
4'Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding...'" Job 38:1-4 NASB

Hail to the Lord of All!
False teachings, too, shall fall--
Our wisdom pales to Yours,
Conquer our hearts.
In Your Word, help us stay.
The Life, the Truth, the Way:
Through You alone we pray:
"Reclaim our hearts."

SOLA GRATIA ● SOLA FIDE ● SOLA SCRIPTURA
...................SOLUS CHRISTUS........................

"O God, our Father,
by Your mercy and might,
the world turns safely into darkness
and returns again to light.
We place into Your hands
our unfinished tasks,
our unsolved problems, and our unfulfilled hopes,
knowing that only what You bless will prosper.
To Your great love and protection
we commit each other and all those we love,
knowing that You alone are our sure Defender,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen."

(Prayer prayed by Tutor Jesse Stern in Compline service
at MLC Chapel of the Christ [New Ulm, MN] 4/12/10)

...through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen.

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"O God of peace,
I turn aside from an unquiet world, seeking rest for my spirit and light for my thoughts.
I bring my work to be sanctified,
my wounds to be healed,
my sins to be forgiven,
my hopes to be renewed.
In You there is perfect harmony.
Draw me to Yourself, and silence the discords of my wasteful life.
Your greatness is beyond my highest praise.
Take me out of the loneliness of self,
and fill me with the fullness of Your peace. Amen."

(from a worship bulletin from New Life Ev. Lutheran Church, Rockford, IL)

κυριε ελεησον ● χριστε ελεησον ● κυριε ελεησον

Lord, have mercy

Christ, have mercy

Lord, have mercy

Psalme LI. Miserere mei, Deus, secundum

Υἱὲ Δαυὶδ ΄Ιησοῦ, ἐλέησόν με

"Nothing in my hands I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling..."
(from: Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me.......by Augustus M. Toplady, 1740-1778)

IC is an abbreviation for "Ἰησοῦς" (Jesus), and XC for "Χριστός" (Christ).
"NIKA" is the Greek word for "conquers" or the verb for "victory".
cf. νικάω (nikaō) = I conquer, I overcome. νίκη (nikē) = victory.