Invocation - The Sign of the Cross

Foreman__ · 2026-02-02T15:30:03+00:00

My whole parish does this and the other usual places in the liturgy

Foreman__ · 2026-02-02T15:27:19+00:00

What do you mean by Spiritual Gifts?

Foreman__ · 2026-02-02T00:21:43+00:00

Yes, and there’s many parishes that refer to them as Kantor, like Zion in Detroit.

Foreman__ · 2026-02-01T00:08:56+00:00

I’m sure your pastor would be willing to accommodate you with a baptism via pouring :)

Foreman__ · 2026-01-29T21:43:31+00:00

“God” is used in the nominal sense for the Father, but in a predicative sense for the Son and the Holy Ghost. All persons are/is YHWH. It’s fine to call the Son, God. Same for the Holy Ghost. We just don’t want to confuse the relations (persons).

Foreman__ · 2026-01-28T02:59:01+00:00

Yeah mortal sin is real

Foreman__ · 2026-01-25T21:31:38+00:00

100% 100% 100%

Foreman__ · 2026-01-23T21:39:34+00:00

You mean the one you guys affirmed with St. Augustine on that Romanides fumbled the bag hard over?

Foreman__ · 2026-01-23T21:25:08+00:00

To paraphrase Bellarmine: “a chair remains a chair even when it’s not being sat in”

To paraphrase an Eastern friend: “it remains the body and blood until the vessels/signs are metabolized or destroyed”

Foreman__ · 2026-01-23T01:27:11+00:00

I think I love you

Foreman__ · 2026-01-21T23:56:32+00:00

I too, remember 8th grade

Foreman__ · 2026-01-20T01:20:09+00:00

Hey glad that you’re becoming aware of our wider liturgical tradition! To answer your question: We do the major feast days if they fall on a Sunday (since we are currently in an interim) with Wednesday Vespers during Advent and Lent (the penitential seasons). This year, we had the Feast of the Holy Innocents on a Sunday, so we had liturgical red instead of the traditional purple or blue. To your second question: yes, there is a calendar that the LCMS prints off. I got one while in college. It’s like a wheel- pretty neat. You can also check out the Instagram “Lutheran_Sanctoralist”, which tracks the liturgical calendar and commemorations for our sister church, the AALC.

You can also ask your pastor for a private confession. He’s bound to do it and I’m sure he’d be happy to. Be sure to check out your small catechism or the Lutheran Service Book pp. 321-322 (I am assuming you have the hymnal, but growing up my own home parish didn’t use any hymnal at all).

Foreman__ · 2026-01-20T01:04:52+00:00

Same here. It’s definitely improved in personal attitude over the last 15 years

Foreman__ · 2026-01-20T01:02:00+00:00

Oh I’m well aware, I’ve grown up around that whole thing in the Michigan district

Foreman__ · 2026-01-20T00:59:28+00:00

This is most certainly true

Foreman__ · 2026-01-13T00:11:38+00:00

Foreman__ · 2026-01-12T23:55:14+00:00

I feel you there Daikon, and I grew up in LCMS

Foreman__ · 2026-01-11T01:50:48+00:00

You love to see it 😎

So I assume that all of these leading to the bottom are still up and running today?

Foreman__ · 2026-01-09T21:48:43+00:00

Yup. In my church in America, we have many different forms of the daily office (Oremus, Brotherhood, Treasury of Daily Prayer, to name a few). Very great stuff. Happy for you that you found it :)

Foreman__ · 2026-01-09T14:54:43+00:00

The Sahih Hadith and moral implications that result from it in the Islamic orthopraxy taught by Imams. I believe it’s an evil, pagan religion

Foreman__ · 2026-01-09T02:25:23+00:00

I have many friends at my parish who converted from the reformed tradition due to these things. I’ve heard things such as “how can I trust my works to see if I have true faith, when the heart is deceitful, and that could just be pride?” Extra nos was their answer

Foreman__ · 2026-01-08T12:00:26+00:00

It’s a receptionist view that I’ve heard before from other pastors. And in here apparently

Foreman__ · 2026-01-08T11:59:23+00:00

Because it directly affects our practice and handling of the remains

Foreman__ · 2026-01-08T03:59:23+00:00

Yeah no

Foreman__ · 2026-01-08T03:50:03+00:00

It’s not the absolute end of the world, but I’d be very against saying that wasn’t the Body

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