Tuesday of Lent 5

Tuesday of Lent 5 –March 31, 2019 –  Luke 7:11-17
 

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O Christ, who shared our mortal life

    And ended death’s long reign,

Who healed the sick and raised the dead

    And bore our grief and pain:

We know our years on earth are few,

    That death is always near.

Come now to us, O Lord of Life;

    Bring hope that conquers fear! [2]

When Jesus raised the widow’s son at Nain, He anticipated His own resurrection. Just as “he came up and touched the bier” (Luke 7:14), so He takes our sin and death upon Himself in order to atone for our sin and destroy our death by His cross and Passion.

This is the deepest, most heartfelt expression of pity and compassion. Only Jesus can say this, only Jesus can have this compassion. - His stomach aches for those He loves.

Almighty God, through the incarnate Word You have caused us to be born anew of an imperishable and eternal seed: Look with compassion upon those who are being prepared for Holy Baptism, and grant that they may be built as living stones into a spiritual temple acceptable to You; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen [3] 

Lord Jesus Christ, the temple of Your body was destroyed on the cross and three days later raised from the dead and exalted to the right hand of the Father. Visit us now with this same body, that we may not deny that we know You, but in faith hear in our ears Your life-giving voice and receive on our lips Your very body and blood to strengthen us in times of temptation; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. [4]

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1. Image: The Crucifixion, Schnorr von Carolsfeld woodcuts © WELS for personal and congregational use

2. O Christ, Who Shared Our Mortal Life  © 2003 GIA Publications, Inc. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100013721.

3. Collect for Tuesday of Lent 5, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm

4. Collect for Tuesday of Lent 5, Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis