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.

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…

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.

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.

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 …

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 Dep…

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 hy…

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 sha…

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…

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, Revelatio…

 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 powe…

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. 

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 lit…

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. 

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 medit…

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 indiv…

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. 

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 …

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. 

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.