Pilgrim Lenten Vespers March 15, 2023

  Pilgrim Lutheran Church

Lenten Vespers

March 15, 2023

We're thankful you've come here to watch our service and to worship the one true God!

You may not know until now...     

Vespers comes from the Latin word vespere which can be translated as "evening star" or "evening".  In the Church's historical liturgy, Vespers was a daily fixed time of evening prayer & worship, as the sunset approached.  At Pilgrim we've been using the Vespers liturgy only during Advent and Lent, but historically, Vespers is used year-round, giving thanks for the day just past, and making an evening sacrifice of praise to God.  If you have a hymnal at home, it's a very nice option for personal or family evening devotions.

SCRIPTURE READINGS 
       First Reading:  2 Timothy 2:8-13
                  Psalm:   Psalm 27:1-5
  Second Reading:  Mark 8:27-36
   Gospel Reading:  Mark 14:26-31, 66-72

WORSHIP & SERMON THEME

This Lenten season, we will use the metaphor of eyesight to examine how the various people in Mark’s Gospel viewed Jesus during His Passion.  In most cases, they misunderstood who He was and what He was doing; then again, sometimes by faith people did recognize Him correctly.

This week our focus will be on “Denying Eyes” based primarily on the Mark 14 readings.  At first, Peter and the other disciples can't see how they could ever fall away from Jesus.  Then when Peter is spotted by a servant girl and realizes that his own neck is on the line, he sees fit to deny Jesus.  The rooster' second crowing leads Peter to see his sin, and his denying eyes weep in sorrow.  

We're sinners like Peter, and we deny our Lord in many ways.  Thanks be to God, that Jesus denied Himself, taking up the cross for our salvation!

If you live in the Burton area, please consider joining us for worship services every Sunday morning at 10:30 am, and on Wednesdays in Lent at 4pm or 7pm!

Anyone can watch our services live on Facebook or later on Pilgrim's website.

To watch the video of today's service, please click HERE.

Peace in Christ, who denied Himself to save us,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

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Soli Deo Gloria

“The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save"  Zephaniah 3:17