Last Sunday of the Church Year – Divine Service 1

 

Christ is everything – making peace by the blood of His cross.  This is the most valuable proclamation for the end of the Church Year.  Jesus holds in balance all things:  the visible and the invisible; the heavens and the earth; the dead and the living; the wicked and the redeemed.  Upon the cross, Jesus utters words that forgive and reserve for repentant sinners eternal paradise.  Through Christ alone, we are declared to be His treasured possessions forever.

 

Malachi 3:13-18

Colossians 1:13-20

Luke 23:27-43

 

Lord Jesus Christ, You reign among us by the preaching of Your cross. Forgive Your people their offenses that we, being governed by Your bountiful goodness, may enter at last into Your eternal paradise; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

 

“Gracious God, You Send Great Blessings”     LSB 782

“Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending”     LSB 336

“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”     LSB 621

“O God, Our Help In Ages Past”     LSB

733“Jesus Shall Reign”     LSB 832

“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”     LSB 802

“Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle”     LSB 454