Martin Luther's Evening Prayer

Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation Send us Fan Mail

Abram was promised a son, and waited for God to provide. When Abram fretted about this God gave him a new name, "Abraham" meaning "Father of Many." That this childless old man should take on this name was a testimony before the world that Abraham believed God. Dr. Zeile applies this episode to believers who bear the name of "Christians" and are witnesses to the world....

Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation. Send us Fan Mail

"Who is a God Like Ours?" asks the prophet Micah. This prompts a meditation on how the revealed faith of Christ differs from some of the major religions in the world and popular in the secular West. Dr. Zeile shows that the common belief that all religions believe basically the same is deeply mistaken, and how the unique religion of Christ is essential for an authentic relationship with...

Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation. Send us Fan Mail

This message, delivered for the Festival of Saints Peter & Paul, addresses the Office of the Keys, the authority of the Pastoral Office (or Office of the Holy Ministry). Many Protestants believe that pastors' only authority is human-bestowed and can be taken away by human institutions, but the Biblical doctrine is that Christ Himself appointed men to be pastors and gave them authority. Dr...

A Lenten midweek service begins a series on the Seven Deadly Sins. The first, Sloth or Laziness, is the deadest of the deadly sins, as Dr. Zeile explains in his meditation. Send us Fan Mail

Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation. Send us Fan Mail

This meditation was from a series entitled "Objects of the Passion" for Wednesday evening services in Lent. The palm, often associated with oriental royalty (picture the slave waving the palm branch to create a breeze for the sitting king), recalls Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem where He was acclaimed king and then crucified for being king. Readings from Jeremiah 10, Psalm...

This Ash Wednesday message confronts us with the fact of death and its meaning, which shows our need for the Savior who suffered and died for us. The classic Luther hymn based on Psalm 130 ,"From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee,"   is included as well as the Ash Wednesday celebration of Holy Communion. Send us Fan Mail

Dr. Zeile's message reflects on the burden given to young Samuel who had to speak of God's judgment against the house of Eli the priest, Samuel's own foster father. The message is accompanied by a hymn inspired by the story, "Speak, O Lord, Your Servant Listens,: and the common of the Antecommunion (Confessional rite, introit, Kyrie, Gloria, collect).   Send us Fan Mail

After the Antecommunion (also called the Service of the Word, anciently the Service of the Catechumens) which includes Confessional rite, Introit, Kyrie, Gloria in Excelsis and collect, Dr. Zeile shares a meditation on the traffic jam that occurred at Nain where the multitude following the Lord of life confronted the procession of burial. The Nicene Creed and the hymn of consolation, "If Thou...

The Litany is prayed in procession, an ancient prayer imploring God for every blessing temporal and spiritual. Dr. Zeile's message reflects on the varieties of experience in Mark's brief account of a few days in Jesus' early ministry and how typical this is of human experience in general. Truly God has entered our condition! The St. Columba hymn "Christ is the World's rede...

While some have taken the "tribulation" in Revelation to singular, pertaining to the generation that will witness the Parousia (Christ's Return in Glory) and speak of THE Great Tribulation, Revelation 7 speaks of "These are those who have come out of great tribulation..." As Dr. Zeile explains, every generation of Christians experiences tribulation, and should expect this....

 Matins, the Church's morning prayer based on the Psalms is presented in this program including the Sunday Psalm 95 Venite and the canticle Te Deum Laudamus.  Dr. Zeile's meditation discusses the power for healing and peace that flowed from Jesus to others through His physical touch and how He touches us through Word and Sacrament today. The hymn "Son of God Eternal Savior" is...

Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner Revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.  Send us Fan Mail

Dr. Zeile points out that certain aspects of Elisha's death point to the sacrificial death of Jesus the Christ. For one, the name "Elisha" means "God is my Salvation." Portions of the Good Friday liturgy of Tenebrae accompany this meditation, including the choral selection "Gross Darkness,"  as well as the strepidus  conclusion. The classic hymn based on a St. Be...

Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims version.  Send us Fan Mail

Mark's Gospel presents Jesus as a man of action, and the events presented in his first chapter of Jesus' activities on a Sabbath in Galilee are instructive for us, as Dr. Zeile explains in this meditation. Included are Psalm 113, a reading from James 3, and the hymn, "Lamb of God." Send us Fan Mail

Dr. Zeile presents St. Paul's instructions to the Corinthian Church, a seaport notorious for its sex trade. The particular nature of sexual sin, that it affects the body and becomes part of the individual, presenting memories that invite the sinner to repeat, if only in his heart, the sin. Furthermore the ambiguous nature of sin leading to swings from pride to shame is also confusing to those...

Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims version.  Send us Fan Mail

After the John 2 account of the wedding at Cana where Christ performed His first miracle of turning water into wine, the children's choir sings "Father I Adore You." Dr. Zeile explains the Christian understanding of marriage declared by Christ, "That the two (male & female) become one flesh" for the life of the partners.  It is a truth and ideal very difficult to live...

Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims version.  Send us Fan Mail

Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims version.  Send us Fan Mail

After the rehearsal of the Decalog (Ten Commandments), Confession of sins, and Kyrie, Dr. Zeile discusses the role of signs and wonders in the early Church and whether they are a part of our life today. The favorite hymn "I've Got Peace like a River" concludes the episode. Send us Fan Mail