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Trinity Season (Page 3)

The Trinity season extends from Pentecost to Advent. The color green is used to picture the Church as it matures and bears the fruits of the Spirit.

Trinity 20 – October 12, 2025

Service Folder Jesus Invites Us to His Wedding Feast to Receive Abundant Righteousness. God sounds forth the Gospel call: “See, I have prepared my dinner … Come to the wedding feast” (Matt. 22:1–14). But many reject this invitation in favor of worldly pursuits. And so the call goes out to others, both the good and the bad. For the wedding invitation is…

Trinity 19 – October 5, 2025

Service Folder Theme: “The Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” (Matt. 9:1–8) The Lord God was present in the flesh to absolve the paralytic. Jesus showed skeptics in the crowd that he had power to forgive sins. He did by healing the paralytic. The Lord still has power on earth to forgive sins. He does by giving authority…

Eve of Michaelmas – September 28, 2025

Service Folder At the turning point in history, Michael, the protector of God’s people, appears. The angels’ battle against the powers of darkness is the other side of the coin from Christ’s victory over Satan. As an echo to this battle there sounds forth in the heavenly world the song of victory: “The enemy is defeated through the blood of the Lamb!”…

Trinity 13 – September 14, 2025

 Service Folder Theme: Jesus Is Our Good Samaritan The Law cannot help us or give us life. Rather, it confines everyone under sin as wounded and naked before God (Gal. 3:15–22). So it is that two figures of the Law, the priest and the Levite, passed by the injured man on the side of the road (Luke 10:23–37). Only the Samaritan,…

Trinity 12 – September 7, 2025

Service Folder Here on earth, where we fight and suffer, here God comes to us; here he shares in our troubles – that is the message of this close connection into which Jesus comes with the deaf man in Sunday’s Gospel (Mark 7: 31 – 37). He heals through the might of his word; he breaks through the barrier which separated the…

Trinity 9 – August 17, 2025

Service Folder In today’s gospel (Luke 16:1-9) a rich man commends an unjust steward for acting shrewdly. Even though the steward was given notice that his role as steward was terminated due to his unfaithful stewardship, he knew how to use earthly goods to plan for his future. Jesus makes the application that the baptized know their true treasures – paid for…