3/18/2020
+ SERVICE OF LIGHT +
L Jesus Christ is the Light of the world,
C the light no darkness can
overcome.
L Stay with us, Lord, for it is evening,
C and the day is almost
over.
L Let Your light scatter the darkness
C and illumine Your Church.
L Joyous light of glory:
C of the immortal Father;
heavenly,
holy, blessed Jesus Christ.
We
have come to the setting of the sun,
and we
look to the evening light.
We
sing to God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:
You
are worthy of being praised
with
pure voices forever.
O Son
of God, O Giver of life:
the
universe proclaims Your glory.
L Blessèd are You, O Lord our God, king of the universe, who led
Your people Israel by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
Enlighten our darkness by the light of Your Christ; may His Word be a lamp to
our feet and a light to our path; for You are merciful, and You love Your whole
creation and we, Your creatures, glorify You, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
PSALM 69
9For zeal for your house has
consumed me,
and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
12I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make songs about me.
13But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14Deliver me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
15Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.
16Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
17Hide not your face from your servant;
for I am in distress;
make haste to answer me.
18Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
19You know my reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none,
and for comforters, but I found none.
21They gave me poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
22Let their own table before them become a snare;
and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
and make their loins tremble continually.
24Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
27Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
29But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
30I will praise the name of God with a song;
I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
12I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make songs about me.
13But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14Deliver me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
15Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.
16Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
17Hide not your face from your servant;
for I am in distress;
make haste to answer me.
18Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
19You know my reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none,
and for comforters, but I found none.
21They gave me poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
22Let their own table before them become a snare;
and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
and make their loins tremble continually.
24Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
27Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
29But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
30I will praise the name of God with a song;
I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
L Let us pray.
Let the incense of our repentant prayer
ascend before You, O Lord, and let Your loving-kindness descend on us that,
with purified minds, we may sing Your praises with the Church on earth and the
whole heavenly host and may glorify You forever.
C Amen.
Matthew 27:1–26
1When
morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel
against Jesus to put him to death. 2And they
bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate the governor.
3Then
when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and
brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, 4saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.” 5And
throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went
and hanged himself. 6But the chief priests,
taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the
treasury, since it is blood money.” 7So they
took counsel and bought with them the potter’s field as a burial place for
strangers. 8Therefore that field has been called
the Field of Blood to this day. 9Then was
fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took
the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by
some of the sons of Israel, 10and they gave them
for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”
11Now
Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the King
of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You have said so.” 12But
when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 13Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear how many
things they testify against you?” 14But he gave
him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly
amazed.
15Now
at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one
prisoner whom they wanted. 16And they had then a
notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 17So when
they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for
you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” 18For
he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up. 19Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat,
his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I
have suffered much because of him today in a dream.” 20Now
the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and
destroy Jesus. 21The governor again said to
them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said,
“Barabbas.” 22Pilate said to them, “Then what
shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be
crucified!” 23And he said, “Why, what evil has
he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”
24So
when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was
beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am
innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.” 25And
all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” 26Then he released for them Barabbas, and having
scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
L In many and various ways, God spoke to His people of old by the
prophets.
C But now in these last
days, He has spoken to us by His Son.
SERMON
Psalm 69:29
But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, set me on
high!
In John chapter 2, Jesus drove the money
changers out of the temple in Jerusalem, because they were making a mess of the
place and keeping people from worshipping properly, and then it says, (vs 17) His
disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will
consume me." That’s written here in Psalm 69. The disciples got that
this Psalm is primarily about Jesus.
It’s clear also in the verse
that says “for my thirst they gave me
sour wine to drink.” Which is what
they did to Jesus at the crucifixion.
So also these words: But I am afflicted and in pain; let your
salvation, O God, set me on high!
As our Lord was afflicted and
in pain, He looked to His heavenly Father. He expected help and deliverance
from on high. The answer to His plea came when He rose again on the third day,
ascended into heaven and was seated at the right hand of God Almighty on high.
God the Father answered the
prayer of His Son Jesus, who prayed,
But as for
me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
At an
acceptable time, O God,
in the
abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness. (69:13)
This Psalm can become our
prayer too. We are afflicted and in pain. Afflicted with a pandemic and all the
trouble that it is causing. Some are already feeling the pain in the pocketbook
as all the trouble is causing economic loss. Too many people are afflicted with
fear. Caution is called for. Fear is destructive.
Faith displaces fear. So let
this be your ongoing prayer: I am
afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
On high -- When
the trumpet sounds and the Lord Jesus returns He will lift His beloved people
from their graves and restore us to the high and perfect life in paradise.
On high – When
death comes to us, perhaps soon, perhaps many years in the future, we have our
Lord’s promise that He will send His angels to lift up our soul and take it on
High to be with Him.
On high – When
sickness and weakness get us down, the Spirit of God will call us through His
word to lift up our eyes and our attitudes, so that even when afflicted we can
praise God.
On high – When
foolish fears fill our heads and innards and wreak havoc on us, we remembered
that Jesus died even for our sins of fearing too much. And in repentance and
faith we ask Him, “let your salvation, O God, set me on high!”
On high – When
our God provides the opportunity, when he allows this plague to pass, we will
again be able to come together and have Word and Sacrament properly, to eat of
His Holy Communion in the foretaste of the feast to come on high.
Until then we believe. We
pray. We wait.
Amen.
LITANY LSB
249
L In peace let us pray to the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For the peace from above and for our salvation, let us pray to
the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the
Church of God, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and
praise, let us pray to the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For for all pastors in Christ, for all servants of the Church,
and for all the people, let us pray to the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For [name of president or
monarch], for all public servants, for the government and those who protect
us, that they may be upheld and strengthened in every good deed, let us pray to
the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For those who work to bring peace, justice, health, and
protection in this and every place, let us pray to the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For those who bring offerings, those who do good works in this
congregation, those who toil, those who sing, and all the people here present
who await from the Lord great and abundant mercy, let us pray to the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For favorable weather, for an abundance of the fruits of the
earth, and for peaceful times, let us pray to the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and need,
let us pray to the Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For the sick and those who care for them, let us pray to the
Lord:
C Lord, have mercy.
L For the faithful who have gone before us and are with Christ, let
us give thanks to the Lord:
C Thanks be to God.
L Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
L Rejoicing in the fellowship of the saints, let us commend
ourselves, one another, and our whole life to Christ, our Lord:
C To You, O Lord.
COLLECT FOR PEACE
L O God, from whom come all holy desires, all good counsels, and
all just works, give to us, Your servants, that peace which the world cannot
give, that our hearts may be set to obey Your commandments and also that we,
being defended from the fear of our enemies, may live in peace and quietness;
through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
LORD’S PRAYER LSB
251
L Taught by our Lord and trusting His promises, we are bold to pray:
C Our Father who art in
heaven,
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For
Thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen.
BENEDICAMUS L Let us bless the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
BENEDICTION
P The almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the T Son, and the Holy Spirit, bless and preserve you.
C Amen.
880 NOW REST BENEATH NIGHT’S SHADOW
1 Now rest beneath night’s shadow
The woodland, field, and meadow;
The world in slumber lies.
But you, my heart, awaking
And prayer and music making,
Let praise to your Creator rise.
The woodland, field, and meadow;
The world in slumber lies.
But you, my heart, awaking
And prayer and music making,
Let praise to your Creator rise.
2 The radiant sun has vanished,
Its golden rays are banished
From dark’ning skies of night;
But Christ, the Sun of gladness,
Dispelling all our sadness,
Shines down on us in warmest light.
Its golden rays are banished
From dark’ning skies of night;
But Christ, the Sun of gladness,
Dispelling all our sadness,
Shines down on us in warmest light.
3 Now all the heav’nly splendor
Breaks forth in starlight tender
From myriad worlds unknown;
And we, this marvel seeing,
Forget our selfish being
For joy of beauty not our own.
Breaks forth in starlight tender
From myriad worlds unknown;
And we, this marvel seeing,
Forget our selfish being
For joy of beauty not our own.
4 Lord Jesus, since You love me,
Now spread Your wings above me
And shield me from alarm.
Though Satan would devour me,
Let angel guards sing o’er me:
This child of God shall meet no harm.
Now spread Your wings above me
And shield me from alarm.
Though Satan would devour me,
Let angel guards sing o’er me:
This child of God shall meet no harm.
5 My loved ones, rest securely,
For God this night will surely
From peril guard your heads.
Sweet slumbers may He send you
And bid His hosts attend you
And through the night watch o’er your beds.
For God this night will surely
From peril guard your heads.
Sweet slumbers may He send you
And bid His hosts attend you
And through the night watch o’er your beds.
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Evening Prayer from Lutheran Service Book
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from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®),
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