TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022 Scripture
Reading: Revelation 19:9–10
Additional Scriptures: Leviticus
25:1–19; Psalm 53
You are an invited guest to a marriage feast which has no
end! You are invited to a grand feast. And the king has invited you. Will you not
come? Of course, who would not come? Who would decline such an invitation. Forget
your calendar. Forget any prior engagements. This is a feat, this is an invitation
to a grand celebration you cannot turn down!
What’s more this is an unending feast. There is no time limit.
The Banquet doesn’t close down at midnight. There is no closing time. There is no
final call.
Such is a picture of our celebration with Christ in glory.
Will you not come? Of course you will for the Holy Spirit calls, gathers, enlightens,
sanctifies, and keeps you in the faith. Such is the invitation to the faithful.
And the greater good news…there’s always room at the Father’s table!
O God, with You is
the well of life, and in your light, we see light: Quench our thirst with
living water, and flood our darkened minds with heavenly light; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God,
forever and ever. Amen.[2]
Lord God
heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob, Your servant Moses proclaimed the resurrection to the children of Israel
to give them hope in the midst of their darkness. As we journey to the darkness
of the cross, give us hope to look beyond it to the light of the resurrection;
through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord. [3]
[1] Luther’s
Seal copyright © Ed Riojas Higher Things
[2]Collect for Tuesday of Lent 4, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm
[3] Collect
for Tuesday of Lent 4, Lutheran Service Book © Concordia Publishing House, St.
Louis
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