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With December blustering in, welcome to a new mont

With December blustering in, welcome to a new month, liturgical season, and Church year! With all the hustle and bustle of the Advent season, there is a lot to keep track of in terms of the liturgical cycle. What days (listed or unlisted) are you most looking forward to in the coming weeks?

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.We hope you had a blessed Ad te levavi yesterday,

.We hope you had a blessed Ad te levavi yesterday, celebrating the beginning of Advent! This season of the Church year mirrors Lent in its penitential expectation of the fulfillment of God’s promises, and yesterday’s lesson especially makes this connection, reminding us of the humility in which the Christchild came to earth: “See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey… Hosanna to the Son of David.”

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Entry into Jerusalem, Hans Schäufelein, Germany, 1506–1507

We set out on a new Church year tomorrow with anti

We set out on a new Church year tomorrow with anticipation for all that is to come and with hearts full of joy for all that our Lord has given us in this last cycle. With the start of this new season and calendar, we remember that the Church year is all about Jesus, pushing us closer to him and helping us teach and learn the faith anew every time that we encounter these days, feasts, fasts, festivals, and seasons. Year after year, the Lord provides us with his Word and keeps his promises, reminding us that even our time is directed by him, the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and the end. A blessed new Church year to you all!

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With the beginning of the Church year just around

With the beginning of the Church year just around the corner we look with expectant eyes at all that is to come over the course of the next liturgical cycle. This is the most exciting time, anticipating all the many blessing that the Lord will pour out on us and all the lessons he will teach us through his Word and the life of his Church.

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This is a perfect verse to meditate upon during a

This is a perfect verse to meditate upon during a day of Thanksgiving but also at the end of the Church year. As we contemplate these times we’re in, the End Times, there is still so much to be grateful for in this earthly life. We are constantly reminded of the blessings that our Lord bestows on us, even as we expectantly await his coming and look to the new life he brings, the greatest gift of all. As we close out this Church year and begin the next, we praise the one through whom all is given and at the same time anxiously pray, “Come Lord Jesus.”

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We hope that you had a blessed Last Sunday of the

We hope that you had a blessed Last Sunday of the Church Year and are meditating upon the transitory time that this week of the Church Year brings. The Epistle and the Gospel lessons for Sunday described Christ’s future coming in judgment and the importance of a sober-minded watchfulness in the Christian life. These lessons also foreshadow the Sundays of Advent, starting next week, where the lessons highlight the Lord’s coming in mercy for his people. Both of these transitional periods in the Church’s calendar prepare Christians for the penitential seasons that follow them. We pray that the Lord will prepare your hearts and minds for this time of the year!

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The Wise Virgins Before Christ, Abraham Bosse, France, 1635.

With the end of the Church Year comes the end of T

With the end of the Church Year comes the end of Trinitytide. And with the end of Trinitytide comes the reflection on all the “last things,” simultaneously directing our gaze towards the cross and preparing our hearts and minds for what’s new and what’s to come in Christ! Such times of transition are times to hold tight to both of these things at the same time and the promises of our Lord.

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This time of year means the air is chilling and th

This time of year means the air is chilling and the mail is traveling all over the world, delivering packages and gifts in expectation of the end of the year. We pray that you’ve received your copy of this year’s Lutheran Liturgical Calendar and our other shop goodies (or will see a package in your mailbox soon)! There’s still time to order if you haven’t done so, and be sure to pick up a few of our Saint Nicholas Day cards! We simply can’t wait for the start of Advent and all the season’s festivities!

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With November underway we direct our eyes toward t

With November underway we direct our eyes toward the upcoming transition of seasons and the impending end of the Church Year. While we watch the harvest be brought in and the trees around us colorfully display their beauty, we are reminded of the gifts that God gives to us even as we approach “the end.” This month All Saints’ Day encouraged us to look forward to the triumph that is already ours in our Lord Jesus Christ. Likewise, the Sundays in Trinity in this month are filled with Jesus’ teaching about the end times and the final judgement. Finally we end November with the feast of St. Andrew, apostle and martyr.

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In the last weeks of the liturgical year, the cris

In the last weeks of the liturgical year, the crisp air and increasing winds reflect the inner stirring of the Church’s heart. She listens intently to our Lord’s message: stay awake! But before we can fully turn our attention to the Last Day, we are first comforted by the witness of the saints who remind us of our earthly mission and the life to come and show us our own destiny of communion with the Holy Trinity.

We pray you had a blessed “All Saints Weekend,” with multiple forms of commemoration of all the saints who have gone before us, particularly those who have fallen asleep in the faith this past year. Be encouraged by our Lord, who gathers his faithful around himself, the faithful with whom we proclaim together:

“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” Revelation 7:9-10

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“O God, My Faithful God,” is a beloved Luthera

“O God, My Faithful God,” is a beloved Lutheran hymn that can be traced back to the 1500s. Its writer, the Rev. Johann Heermann, whom we commemorate today on October 26th, faced many trials throughout his life, including multiple sicknessses, the harsh realities of the Thirty Years’ War, Roman plunderings, and a throat ailment that prevented him from preaching.

However, these trials and tribulations did not diminish his faith but instead led him to a staunch confession of the fleetingness of earthly existence. Heermann used his struggles to write tender and feeling hymns about the confidence that faith gives, composing over 400 pieces, six of which are included in the Lutheran Service Book (LSB 421, 439, 568, 696, 774, and 839). Sing 696 or another this evening around the dinner table and thank God for our most faithful Lutheran hymnwriters!

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We are excited and working feverishly to get your

We are excited and working feverishly to get your calendar orders ready for you! And we remain thankful for your excitement about this product and others that help us all better live out the Lutheran liturgical heritage that we have gladly inherited from the saints who have gone before us!

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As we approach the end of October and Reformation

As we approach the end of October and Reformation Day, it is always helpful to contextualize our commemoration of this date within the life of the Church. If you keep your ears open you’ll hear plenty of things about what the “true” meaning of the Reformation is—folks will gladly tell you its a day of celebrating division, rejection of Church unity, and sinful rebellion.

However, what did the Reformers think they were doing? What telos were they seeking with their actions? We as Lutherans can confidently say that the Reformers were after the pure expression of Christian doctrine and a return back to the great heritage that had been passed down to them. And we as Lutherans can confidently say that we, today, are still after these things, looking to glorify God and elevate the importance of his gift of salvation to us, preaching the Good News to all who will listen! That is the meaning of a day we can be excited to celebrate.

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Who exactly was the James who is commemorated toda

Who exactly was the James who is commemorated today, October 23rd? St. James of Jerusalem, the brother of our Lord, also called the “Just,” is surely an important character in the New Testament. But fleshing out exactly who this saint was and wasn’t can be a bit confusing.

Here are a few things we do know: while there is some disagreement concerning whether James was or was not one of the twelve disciples or an apostle, Christians of the early Church (including Paul) agreed that James was a respected eyewitness of the resurrection. That’s why after Pentecost James appears to remain in Jerusalem and becomes a pillar of the first Christian congregations, made a bishop. We hear of him again in Acts when he presided over the Council of Jerusalem.

Want to learn more about this great leader of the early Church? Read our full synopsis on St. James of Jerusalem on allthehousehold.com and check out our scrumptious Bacon Breakfast Skillet that can help you and yours commemorate St. James and his theological contributions.

The Martyrdom of St. James the Younger, by the Circle of Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, c. 1578.

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Here Pastor David Petersen articulates the importa

Here Pastor David Petersen articulates the importance of the saints in our modern Christian lives. Perhaps you’ve wondered what the big deal is about these people from (in some cases) centuries past. Or perhaps you’ve found yourself becoming uber concerned with the factual validity of the accounts that we have about their lives and the stories we repeat about them.

However, the importance of the saints is so much more than just meditation upon those in the Church who are now dead or a striving for perfection in uncovering the “truth” behind who they were. Instead, the saints are examples of the faith—figures meant to help teach us the stories, narratives, and values of the Church that we can then use to better understand what it actually means to be a Christian. We can aim to pattern our lives after them, not looking for perfection but instead putting in the care and concern to model our days after the one whom the saints modeled theirs—Christ! In all things, these figures point our eyes towards God, directing our focus on the one who numbers our days and gives us all that we have in this life.

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We are just over the moon about releasing this St.

We are just over the moon about releasing this St. Nicholas card in collaboration with Kelly of Agnus Dei Liturgical Arts!

Capturing the generosity, love, and faith of the beloved bishop, the “Icon of St. Nicholas of Myra” has as its capstone the image of Christ crucified for whose sake and after whose likeness we, too, can give. We pray this card reminds you of this as the gift-giving season approaches as well as the festivities of St. Nicholas who is commemorated December 6th.

Check out this card through our website, or visit Agnus Dei Liturgical Art (link in bio) to see more of Kelly’s work.
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This wonderful reminder by CTSFW professor, Dr. Bo

This wonderful reminder by CTSFW professor, Dr. Boyle, encourages us to look fondly at the examples of Christian living that God has provided in and around us through the lives of the saints and those who have gone before us in the faith. Striving to act like these saints/sinners should not be an act of personal salvation or out of pride but instead as an imitation of Christ, the one whom we all strive to mimic in our day-to-day lives.

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With grateful hearts to all who got us here we are

With grateful hearts to all who got us here we are excited to announce the launch of the 2024–2025 Lutheran Liturgical Calendars—and more!
Everything in the shop is available for preorder now through 10/13, at which point we will briefly close the shop to process orders in order to get them out to you by early November. We’ll reopen again then, so keep your eyes peeled for all the goodies throughout the fall.

For many October is a month to look forward to, us

For many October is a month to look forward to, ushering in fall like no other with its pumpkins, apples, leaves, and shorter days, reminding us of the year’s final seasonal transitions from warmth to cold.

For the Church, October is also notable as it continues to carry Christian towards the end of the Church Year, reminding us of the tensions between life and death, especially mediated upon towards the end of Trinitytide. In the next few weeks together, we anticipate days like St. Luke and St. James of Jerusalem, Ss. Simon and Jude, and of course Reformation Day, which carries us into November. What about life in the Church does October remind you of?

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What was cooking in your kitchen for Michaelmas ye

What was cooking in your kitchen for Michaelmas yesterday? Was it the pictured blackberry bannock? A tasty goose? Fresh garden carrots? Or blackberry crisp/crumble/cobbler? This fall feast of the Church is one of the best days to delight in from a food standpoint, with all of its wonderful references to the turn of the seasons, dwindling light, end of the Church Year, and defeat of the devil, all mashed together in one rich and deep holy day.

Let us know in the comments what St. Michael favorites your household partook in and what Michaelmas hymns, readings, artwork, traditions and customs you especially enjoyed—there’s almost too many to count!

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