Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Ascension Day Services

Just a reminder, tomorrow morning at 8am and 7pm the Lord's Supper will be received by God's people at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Middleville. Join us if you can!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

A prayer for graduates

(Prayer for Graduates at West Michigan Lutheran High School Commencement Exercises, May 26, 2011)

Almighty God, Heavenly Father, You have spoken in Your Holy Word: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding (Psalm 111:10). As these young men and women begin a new phase in their lives, bless them with true faithfulness that fears and loves You above all things. May they pursue godly wisdom wich has its source and perfection in the sure and certain knowledge of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Bless and uphold all graduates with the Truth of Your Word Jesus Christ, made flesh for them, crucified for them, risen for them, and even now interceding for them at Your right hand. Bless them as they travel, some to faraway places, some to their homes, all in Your name, sending Your holy angels to guard and keep them that the evil foe may have no power over them. Grant them heavenly wisdom and instruction that they may not be found fools but with a good understanding which is founded upon the Precious Cornerstone, even Jesus Christ, our Lord. We commend these graduates and their families into Your gracious hands. your praise endures forever! In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter Day Sermon-April 24, 2011

Christ is Risen! Alleluia! He is Risen Indeed, Alleluia!

I cannot say this glorious Paschal greeting enough! So, I thought I'd try saying it to everyone (with some help from Wikipedia!):

He is Risen! He is Risen indeed!

Old English - Crist aras! Crist soþlice aras! (Lit: Christ arose! Christ surely arose!)

Middle English - Crist is arisen! Arisen he sothe!

Rastafarian - Krestos a uprisin! Seen, him a uprisin fe tru!

Danish - Kristus er opstanden! Sandelig Han er Opstanden!

Frisian - Kristus is opstien! Wis is er opstien!

German - Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!

Icelandic - Kristur er upprisinn! Hann er sannarlega upprisinn!

Dutch - Christus is opgestaan! Hij is waarlijk opgestaan!

Afrikaans - Christus het opgestaan! Hy het waarlik opgestaan!

Norwegian - Kristus er oppstanden! Han er sannelig oppstanden!

Swedish - Kristus är uppstånden! Han är sannerligen uppstånden!

Latin - Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere!

Aromanian - Hristolu unghia! Daleehira unghia!

Catalan - Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!

French - Christ est ressuscité! Il est vraiment ressuscité!

Italian - Cristo è risorto! È veramente risorto!

Portuguese - Cristo ressuscitou! Em verdade ressuscitou!

Provençal - Lo Crist es ressuscitat! En veritat es ressuscitat!

Romanian - Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!

Romansh - Cristo es rinaschieu! In varded, el es rinaschieu!

Sardinian - Cristu est resuscitadu! Aberu est resuscitadu!

Spanish - ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad ha resucitado!

Walloon - Li Crist a raviké! Il a raviké podbon!

Greek - Χριστός νέστη! ληθς νέστη! (Khristós Anésti! Alithós Anésti!)

Church Slavonic - Хрїстóсъ воскрéсе! Воистину воскресе! (Christos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!)

Belarusian - Хрыстос уваскрос! Сапраўды ўваскрос! (Chrystos uvaskros! Sapraŭdy ŭvaskros!)

Bulgarian - Христос възкръсна! Наистина възкръсна! (Hristos vyzkrysna! Naistina vyzkrysna!),

Croatian - Krist uskrsnu! Uistinu uskrsnu!

Czech - Kristus z mrtvých vstal! Opravdu z mrtvých vstal!

Macedonian - Христос воскресе! Навистина воскресе! (Hristos voskrese! Navistina voskrese!)

Polish - Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Prawdziwie zmartwychwstał!

Russian - Христос воскрес! Воистину воскрес! (Christos voskres! Voistinu voskres!)

Serbian - Христос васкрсе! Ваистину васкрсе! (Hristos vaskrse! Vaistinu vaskrse!)

Slovak - Kristus z mŕtvych vstal! Skutočne z mŕtvych vstal!

Ukrainian - Христос воскрес! Воістину воскрес! (Chrystos voskres! Voistynu voskres!)

Latvian Kristus (ir) augšāmcēlies! Patiesi viņš ir augšāmcēlies!

Lithuanian - Kristus prisikėlė! Tikrai prisikėlė!

Old Irish - Asréracht Críst! Asréracht Hé-som co dearb!

Irish - Tá Críost éirithe! Go deimhin, tá sé éirithe!

Manx - Taw Creest Ereen! Taw Shay Ereen Guhdyne!

Scottish - Tha Crìosd air èiridh! Gu dearbh, tha e air èiridh!

Breton - Dassoret eo Krist! E wirionez dassoret eo!

Cornish - Thew Creest dassorez! En weer thewa dassorez!

Welsh - Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd!

Marathi - (Yeshu Khrist uthla ahe! Kharokhar uthla ahe!)

Albanian (Tosk) - Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!

Armenian - Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜ Օրհնեալ է Յարութիւնն Քրիստոսի՜ (Christos haryav i merelotz! Orhnial e Haroutiunn Christosi! -- Christ is risen! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!)

Turkish - İsa dirildi! Hakikaten dirildi!

Uyghur - ئەيسا تىرىلدى! ھەقىقەتىنلا تىرىلدى! (Əysa tirildi! Ⱨəⱪiⱪətinla tirildi!)

Azeri - Məsih dirildi! Həqiqətən dirildi!

Chuvash - Христос чĕрĕлнĕ!! Чăн чĕрĕлнĕ! (Khristós chərəlnə! Chæn chərəlnə!)

Austronesian languages: Malayo-Polynesian

Carolinian - Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefal!

Chamorro - La'la'i i Kristo! Magahet na luma'la' i Kristo!

Fijian - Na Karisito tucake tale! Io sa tucake tale!

Filipino - Si Kristo ay nabuhay! Siya nga ay nabuhay!

Hawaiian - Ua ala aʻe nei ʻo Kristo! Ua ala ʻiʻo nō ʻo Ia!

Indonesian - Kristus sudah bangkit! Dia benar-benar sudah bangkit!

Malagasy - Nitsangana tamin'ny maty i Kristy! Nitsangana marina tokoa izy!

Basque - Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua!

Malayalam - (ക്രിസതു ഉയിര്ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു! തീര്ച്ചയായും ഉയിര്ത്തെഴുന്നേറ്റു!) (Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!)

Aleut - Kristus aq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq!

Yupik - Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq! Iluumun Ung-uixtuq!

Japanese - Harisutosu fukkatsu! Jitsu ni fukkatsu!

Korean - Geuriseudokkeseo Buhwalhasheotne!

Tlingit - Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot!

Niger-Congo languages

Luganda Kristo Ajukkide! Kweli Ajukkide!

Swahili - Kristo Amefufukka! Kweli Amefufukka!

Gikuyu - Kristo ni muriuku! Ni muriuku nema!

Quechua - Cristo causarimpunña! Ciertopuni causarimpunña!

Arabic (standard) - !المسيح قام! حقا قام (al-Masī qām! aqqan qām!)

Syriac - Mshia qām! sharīrāīth qām! ; Mshio Qom! Shariroith Qom

Neo-Syriac - Mshikha qimlih! bhāqota qimlih!

Turoyo-Syriac - Mshio qāyem ! Shariroith qāyem!

Tigrigna - (Christos tensiou! Bahake tensiou!)

Amharic - (Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal!)

Hebrew (modern) - !המשיח קם! באמת קם (Hameshiach qam! Be'emet qam!)

Maltese - Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew! OR Kristu qam mill-mewt! Huwa qam tassew!

Coptic Pikhristos Aftonf! Khen oumethmi aftonf!

Mandarin - Jidu fuhuo-le! Ta queshi fuhuo-le!

Georgian - ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა! (Kriste aĝsdga! Č'ešmarit'ad aĝsdga!)

Estonian - Kristus on ülestõusnud! Tõesti, Ta on ülestõusnud!

Finnish - Kristus nousi kuolleista! Totisesti nousi!

Hungarian - Krisztus feltámadt! Valóban feltámadt!

Esperanto - Kristo leviĝis! Vere Li leviĝis!

Ido - Kristo riviveskabas! Ya Il rivivesakabas!

Interlingua - Christo ha resurgite! Vermente ille ha resurgite! (or) Christo ha resurrecte! Vermente ille ha resurrecte!

Quenya - Hristo Ortane! Anwave Ortanes!



Vigil Homily-April 23, 2011

Friday, February 04, 2011