Lectio Concordia

The Two Tables – Thursday

preparing for The Seventh Sunday after Epiphany

Series: Lectio Concordia

February 20, 2025 By Rev. Mark Ryman

• Online jigsaw puzzle of today's reading • Index

• This is the link to FATS, For All the Saints

• This is the link to The Small Catechism posts mentioned in yesterday's video — A link at the bottom of each page takes you to the next. There are about 150 posts in this Small Catechism series.

• 2025 St. Paul Theological Conference

• Collect: O Lord, deliver us from love of self so that we may seek to love you with a whole heart and mind, and with what strength you give us be of service to our neighbor. Amen.

• Psalm 119:97–104

• John 14:15–17

• The First Commandment: You shall have no other gods.
What does this mean? Answer: We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things.

The Second Commandment: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. What does this mean? Answer: We should fear and love God so that we do not curse, swear, use witchcraft, lie or deceive using his name, but call upon it in every trouble, praying, praising, and giving thanks.

The Third Commandment: Sanctify the holy day. What does this mean? Answer: We should fear and love God so that we do not despise preaching and his Word, but hold it sacred, and gladly hear and learn it. [The Small Catechism, The Ten Commandments]

• Benediction: May you honor God’s name and day, and be of humble service to your neighbor because the Lord alone is your God. Amen.

• You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:37–39)

• Memory Verse Aid: YSLTLYG WAYH AWAYS AWAYM. TITGAFC. AASILI: YSLYNAY. (M223739)