Saturday prior to Epiphany 5

 

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Psalm 72 The Hymn of the day - LSB 398 Hail to the Lord's anointed. It was written as a Christmas hymn and was first sung on Christmas Day, 1821, at a great convocation of the Moravians in their settlement at Fulneck. At a Wesleyan missionary meeting, held in Liverpool on April 14 of the following year, 1822, when Doctor Adam Clarke presided, Montgomery made an address and closed it by the recital of this hymn with all of its verses…Doctor Clarke later used it in his famous Commentary in connection with his discussion of the Seventy-second Psalm.

Collect for Psalm 72: Deliver us, Lord from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protectr us from all anxiety, as we wait in joyful home for the coming of your Son, Jesus Christ our LORD.[2]

For guidance in our calling – Lord God, You have called Your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that Your hand is leading us and Your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.[3] -05 February, 2022

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[1] Luther’s Seal copyright © Ed Riojas, Higher Things
[2] Collect for Psalm 72, For All the Saints, A Prayer Book For and By the Church, Vol I copyright The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY
[3] Collect for guidance in our calling, Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House, St, Louis