Martin Luther's Evening Prayer
"An Unchanging Faith for Changing Lives" describes the message of God for us in the turmoil of the 21st Century. This faith is taught at St. John's Lutheran Church of Taylor, Michigan, and other congregations of the Lutheran church-Missouri Synod. Rev. Dr. Richard Zeile, Pastor at St. John's, applies the Word of God to our everyday experiences. God's LAW always accuses, but God's GOSPEL shows where grace can be found, through Jesus Christ who died for our sin, but rose that we may have eternal life.
Martin Luther's Evening Prayer
Ash Wednesday Rite to the Gospel
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This portion of the Ash Wednesday service begins with the penitential Rite of Ashes where those expressing sorrow for sin kneel and have ashes imposed with the words from the Fall of Adam, "Remember, you are dust and to dust you shall return." The litany of repentance, readings from Joel and the Sermon on the Mount conclude this potion of the service. The hymn of mortality, "Who Knows when Death will Overtake Me?" is sung during the imposition of ashes with its refrain, "My God, for Jesus' sake I pray, Thy peace may bless my dying day!"