Inwood Lutheran Parish

 

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Turn from your sin!

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.

my flesh faints for you,

as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,

beholding your power and glory.

Because your steadfast love is better than life,

my lips will praise you.

So I will bless you as long as I live;

I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,

and my mouth praises you with joyful lips

when I think of you on my bed,

and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

for you have been my help,

and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

My soul clings to you;

your right hand upholds me.

Pastor's Soapbox
updated 9/30/09

Third Sunday in Lent March 7, 2010 — Color: purple

Isaiah 55:1-9

Psalm 63:1-8 (appointed psalm refrain: verse 1)

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Luke 13:1-9

Eternal God, your kingdom has broken into our troubled world through the life, death, and resurrection of your Son. Help us to hear your word and obey it, and bring your saving love to fruition in our lives, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Jesus began to procalim, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. (Matthew 4:17)

Fourth Sunday in Lent March 14, 2010 — Color: purple

Joshua 5:9-12

Psalm 32 (appointed psalm refrain: verse 11)

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

God of compassion, you welcome the wayward, and you embrace us all with your mercy. By our baptism clothe us with garments of your grace, and feed us at the table of your love, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

I will arise and to to my father and say, I have sinned against heaven and before you. (Luke 15:18)

Joseph Guardian of Jesus March 19, 2010 — Color: white

2 Samuel 7:4, 8-16

Psalm 89:1-29 (appointed psalm refrain: verse 2)

Romans 4:13-18

Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a

O God, from the family of your servant David you raised up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the husband of his blessed mother. Give us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and his obedience to your commands, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

We have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Corinthians 5:1)

PURPLE. This color is symbolic both of penitence and royalty. It is used throughout Lent, on Holy Saturday, and is the alternate color for Advent.