10th Sunday after Trinity

Readings

• Jeremiah 7:1–11
• Psalm 92
• Romans 9:30—10:4
• Luke 19:41–48

Hymns

• 907  God Himself Is Present
• 644  The Church’s One Foundation
• 637  Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord
• 941  We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God

Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem

Our Lord wept over Jerusalem for the destruction that would soon come upon her. For she did not recognize the time of God’s visitation in Christ, who had come to bring her peace (Luke 19:41–48). Through His prophets God had consistently called His people to turn from their deceit and false worship. “But My people do not know the judgments of the Lord” (Jer. 8:4–12). They sought to establish their own righteousness rather than receive Christ’s righteousness through faith (Rom. 9:30–10:4). So it was that God was in His temple to cleanse it, a precursor to the once-for-all cleansing from sin which He would accomplish in the temple of His own body on the cross. God grant us to know the things that make for our peace—His visitation in the Word and Sacraments—that by the Holy Spirit we may penitently confess “Jesus is Lord” (1 Cor. 12:1–11).

Pentecost / Confirmation

Readings

• Genesis 11:1-9
• Psalm 143
• Acts 2:1-21
• John 14:23-31

Hymns

• 605 Father Welcomes
• 498 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest
• 661 The Son of god Goes Forth to War
• 660 Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
• 917 Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise

Order of Service: Divine Service Three / Rite of Confirmation

The Holy Spirit Gives Peace

Following the flood, Noah’s descendants failed to spread out and fill the earth as God had spoken. Rather, they exalted themselves; with “one language and the same words” (Gen. 11:1) they spoke proudly and arrogantly. The Lord humbled them by confusing “the language of all the earth,” dividing and dispersing the people (Gen. 11:9). That dispersal was reversed on Pentecost Day (the fiftieth day of Easter), when God caused the one Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to be preached in a multitude of languages. “At this sound the multitude came together” (Acts 2:6), for the preaching of Christ is the primary work of the Holy Spirit, whereby He gathers people from all nations into one Church. The Holy Spirit teaches and brings to our remembrance the words of Jesus, which are the words of the Father who sent Him. These words bestow forgiveness and peace to those who keep and hold on to them in love for Jesus. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” (John 14:27).