Quinquagesima 14 February A+D 2021 Welcome in Jesus’ Name! We Pray God’S Richest Blessings on Your Receiving of His Word This Holy Day in This Unusual Setting

Quinquagesima 14 February A+D 2021 Welcome in Jesus’ name! We pray God’s richest blessings on your receiving of His Word this holy day in this unusual setting. We look forward to the day when we will be able to gather together with you again in church as one body to be nourished by our heavenly Groom, Christ Jesus!

Today’s Readings The seeing are blind, while the one who is blind can see. (Lk 18:31–43) Jesus tells the twelve that He is going up to Jerusalem to suffer and die and rise again. But they cannot understand or grasp what He is saying. The meaning of His words is hidden from their sight. However, as Jesus makes His way up to Jerusalem, a blind man calls out to Him for mercy. This blind man sees that Jesus is the Messiah-Savior; for he calls Him “Son of David.” Jesus is the incarnate love of the Father who suffers long and is kind, who is not puffed up, who never fails us. (1 Cor 13:1–13) Jesus opens the eyes of the blind (Is 35:3–7) to see Him not according to outward appearances of lowliness, but according to His heart of mercy and compassion. Those who behold Him thus by faith follow Him to the cross through death into life.

T H E D I V I N E S ERVICE S e t t i n g Two

Prelude Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me MELVIN ROTERMUND Hymn 683 Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me Stanza 3 sung by cantor in setting by Kenneth Kosche

Tune: © Oxford University Press. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110002551 Stand if able, or sit. The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism. P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. P If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. C But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Kneel if able, or sit. Silence for reflection on God’s Word and for self-examination. P Let us then confess our sins to God our Father. C Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen. P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. + Service of the Word +

Introit Stand (Ps. 31:1, 5, 9, 16; antiphon: Ps. 31:2b–3)HEALEY WILLAN Be Thou my strong Rock for an house of defense to save me! Thou art my Rock and my Fortress; therefore for Thy Name’s sake lead me and guide me.

Salutation and Collect of the Day: Quiquagesima

P Let us pray...... one God, now and forever.

Holy Scripture Readings Sit Old Testament Reading ...... Isaiah 35:3–7 A This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God.

Gradual Cantor (Ps. 77:14–15) HEALEY WILLAN You are the God who doest wonders; Thou hast declared Thy strength among the peoples. Thou hast with Thine arm redeemed Thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Epistle ...... 1 Corinthians 13:1–13 A This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God.

Tract Cantor Stand (Psalm 100:1-3) TONE IV (From Septuagesima to Holy Saturday, the Tract replaces the Verse) Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands: Serve the LORD with gladness! Enter into His gates with thanksgiving; Know ye that the LORD, He is God!* It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Holy Gospel ...... Luke 18:31–43 P The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the eighteenth chapter.

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Sit Hymn 849 Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness

Nicene Creed Stand C I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life T of the world to come. Amen. Prayer of the Church Kneel Each Petition Ends: Lord in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.

Offering Sit Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me PIET POST

Offertory Stand LSB 176

Lord’s Prayer C Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Closing Collect A Let us pray. Lord Jesus Christ, giver and perfecter of our faith, we thank and praise You for continuing among us the preaching of Your Gospel for our instruction and edification. Send Your blessing upon the Word, which has been spoken to us, and by Your Holy Spirit increase our saving knowledge of You, that day by day we may be strengthened in the divine truth and remain steadfast in Your grace. Give us strength to fight the good fight and by faith to overcome all the temptations of Satan, the flesh, and the world so that we may finally receive the salvation of our souls; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. Benediction LSB 183 P The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and T give you peace. C Amen. Hymn 617 O Lord, We Praise Thee

Acknowledgments Divine Service, Setting Two from Lutheran Service Book Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2018 Concordia Publishing House.

Musicians: Amanda Gondick, Fred Gallert

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. What does this mean? This means that I should be certain that these petitions are pleasing to our Father in heaven, and are heard by Him; for He Himself has commanded us to pray in this way and has promised to hear us. Amen, amen means “yes, yes, it shall be so.” 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

T H IS W E E K A T O U R S A V IO R C HURCH Monday 3:30 PM Scrip orders due 7:00 PM Fellowship Hall Rsv’d – Jill Buie Wednesday 6:30 AM Confessional Service w/ Imposition of the ashes 8:30 AM Matins 12:00 PM Divine Service w/ Imposition of the Ashes 5:00 PM Divine Service w/ Imposition of the Ashes 7:00 PM Divine Service w/ Imposition of the Ashes Thursday 9:30 AM Women’s Bible Study 12:30 PM Women’s Bible Study 7:00 PM Divine Service (masks required) Saturday Fellowship Hall Rsv’d (Jeannette Meyer) Next Sunday 8:00 AM Divine Service (Livestreamed) 9:30 AM Divine Service 11:00 AM Divine Service

Next Sunday's Lessons: Invocavit, The First Sunday in Lent Genesis 3:1-21  Hebrews 4:14-16  Matthew 4:1-11

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616.949.0710 www.oursavior-gr.org Church: 2900 Burton St SE, School: 1916 Ridgewood Ave SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Pr. Jeremy M. Swem, Pastor, Cell 644.8338 Kara Harbaugh, Principal Pr. David C. Fleming, Assoc. Pastor, Cell 516.2945 Christina Roberts, Kantor Pr. North P. Sherrill, Assoc. Pastor, Cell: 581.8353 Artwork by Mr. Edward Riojas from Ecclesiastical Art,  2004 Higher Things, Inc. Used by permission.