It Is Well with My Soul: The Sacred Roots Annual 2022-2023

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T he S eason after E piphany

D eparting to S erve Benediction

O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest Thine only-begotten Son to the Gentiles, mercifully grant that we, who knowThee nowby faith, may after this life have the fruition of Thy glorious Godhead; through the same, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

~ Fred H. Lindemann. The Sermon and the Propers: Volume I, Advent and Epiphany. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1958. p. 141.

Affirmation for the Day Friday: Like the Magi, let us seek and worship Israel’s newborn King. Saturday: The Lord is sending his light to nations that they may find his Messiah-King. Pray without Ceasing – Flash Prayer for the Day Fill us, holy Father, with the same holy longing that the Magi owned, a passion to discover who you truly are, and to offer you ourselves and our gifts, that you alone may be worshiped and glorified.